Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera
International Radio Network
DRAFT Cue Sheet (as of 1/07/16)
LES PÊCHEURS DES PERLES (Bizet)
BROADCAST DATE: January 16, 2016, 1:00 PM, ET
FORMAT
TIME SCHEDULE
SEGMENT TIME TOTAL TIME
OPENING
1:00:00 – 1:09:00 PM, ET
9:00
ACT I
1:09:00 – 1:57:00 PM, ET
48:00
INTERMISSION
1:57:00 – 2:28:00 PM, ET
31:00
INTERMISSION FEATURES – Interview
Station Break Cue: “This is the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network”
STATION BREAK
2:01:50 – 2:03:05 PM, ET
(1:15)
3:15
(2 second pause)
AD BREAK/Feature #1
2:03:07 – 2:05:07 PM, ET
(2:00)
Ad Break/Feature #1Out-cue: “TBA”
INTERMISSION FEATURES – Interview
Cue Ad Break/Feature #2 “We’ll be back with Acts II & III of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles in just a moment."
AD BREAK/Feature #2
2:14:02 – 2:16:02 PM, ET
(2:15)
3:00
Ad Break/Feature Out-cue: “"...a highlight from this past fall, next Saturday's broadcast."[music]
Ad Break/Feature Comment
2:16:02 – 2:17:02 PM, ET
(0:45)
Comment Out-cue: ““Tannhaeuser will be our broadcast next Saturday.”
INTERMISSION FEATURES – Interviews
ACT II
Act Change Pause
ACT III, Sc.1
Scene Change Pause
ACT III, Sc. 2
2:28:00 – 3:02:00 PM, ET
3:02:00 – 3:04:00 PM, ET
3:04:00 – 3:24:00 PM, ET
3:24:00 – 3:26:00 PM, ET
3:26:00 – 3:37:00 PM, ET
CLOSING
3:37:00 – 3:41:35 PM, ET
34:00
2:00
20:00
2:00
11:00
1:09:00
4:35
Closing Cue: “This is the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network”
OFF THE AIR 3:41:35 PM, ET
**Feature runs while commercial stations break away for advertising. Note: Outcues may change. Be sure to
check for format that will arrive at your station Friday before the broadcast.
Please report any transmission problems immediately to the Met Radio Booth at 212-496-7261.
STATION BREAKS:
Each station break is 1-minute-15 seconds (00:01:15).
TWO AND THREE MINUTE AD BREAKS/FEATURES
We have created two and three minute features of non-commercial material that air during ad breaks where
some stations may cut away from the broadcast to run local commercials or recognize local underwriters. If
your station is NOT running commercials or underwriting, the broadcast continues with taped features and you
can just return to the opera broadcast immediately following each station break.
Operas with one intermission will have a two-minute ad break/feature immediately following the station break
and later in the intermission a three-minute break/feature. Operas with two intermissions will have a twominute break/feature following the station break and another two-minute break/feature later in the intermission
during the first intermission and a two-minute break/feature following the station break in the second
intermission (no second break in second intermission). Operas with no intermission will have a two minute
break in the opening.
TRANSMISSION:
STATIONS CONNECTED TO THE CONTENT DEPOT – Please be sure that your station has signed
up for each Saturday broadcast. You can do this all at once for the whole season. If you are not signed
up for each program you will not receive the broadcasts.
TRANSMISSION TROUBLE REPORTING PROCEDURES
If any transmission problems occur during the opera on Saturday, contact the NPR Content Depot help line if
your station is a subscriber. If the station is not subscribed to the Content Depot, switch to our back up
streaming service at www.metopera.org/networknews and call the Met Radio Booth immediately at 212-4967261 for assistance. If you are a Content Depot user and you are experiencing any problems during the prior
week, you can call NPR (202-513-2600) no later than Friday to set-up an ISDN feed that you can call into on
Saturday.
PROMOS: Weekly promos will be available at both the content depot and
www.metopera.org/networknews at least by Thursday, nine days in advance of each broadcast. Generic
promos are also posted on Content Depot and www.metopera.org/networknews.
AUTOMATION RELAYS FOR RADIO STATIONS INTERCONNECTED WITH CONTENT DEPOT:
For each 00:01:15 STATION BREAK, use Cue #3 (station ID); for end of broadcast use Cue #4 (end of
show)
AUTOMATION CONTACT CLOSURES FOR NON CONTENT DEPOT USERS
CLOSURE #1 indicates a 1:15 STATION BREAK. This will occur at the beginning of the station break(s) in
the first intermission and second intermission. CLOSURE #2 indicates end of broadcast.