Sound Ideas Newsletters

NPR Distribution publishes Sound Ideas,an informative quarterly newsletter. Archived copies are available in pdf format. To join our mailing list, please send your name and address to prssplanning@npr.org.

Sound Ideas (Winter 2006)

• Managing Live Programs in the PRSS ContentDepot


• How Many Decoders Does Your Station Need?


• NFCB and PREC 2006 Scholarships


• ContentDepot Up Close: Breaking News


• ContentDepot Transmission Test Sites

Sound Ideas (Summer 2005)

• PRSS ContentDepot Update


• Scheduling and Subscribing to Multi-Hour Programs in the ContentDepot


• New Service: Supplemental Audio Channel Distribution


• StoryCorps Promos and Pieces Available in the PRSS Content Exchange

Sound Ideas (Winter 2005)

• Transitioning to PRSS ContentDepot


• Station Automation FAQ


• First HD Radio Transmission Via Satellite


• How the Grinch Almost Stole Jazz After Hours


• Upcoming ContentDepot Training

Sound Ideas (Fall 2004)

• PRSS Offers New File Sharing Service


• A Luddite's Guide to the ContentDepot


• Get Ready for the ContentDepot

Sound Ideas (Spring 2004)

• PRSS ContentDepot Architecture Leverages Off the Shelf Technologies


• A ContentDepot Producer Case Study: Sound & Spirit


• Digital Radio: PRSS ContentDepot Supporting Tomorrow's Technologies


• PREC 2004 Offers Two Days of New Technology Training

Sound Ideas (Fall 2003)

• Enhanced PRSS ContentDepot Catalog Now Available for Stations and Producers


• PRSS ContentDepot Offers Content Exchanges for Neighborhoods of Interest


• Powered By ContentDepot: The Public Radio Exchange


• 2003 STC Experience Externship Wraps Up

Sound Ideas (Summer 2003)

• PRSS ContentDepot Beta Site to Launch This Fall


• NPR Distribution Helps Out During Blackout


• ContentDepot Updates


• Round Two STC Externship Completed


• PRSS Helps Register PRSS Earth Terminals with FCC


• WebDACS Pager Alert Service

Sound Ideas (Spring 2003)

• FCC Registration Will Protect PRSS Earth Terminals


• ContentDepot: Satellite File Transfer


• STC 2003 Round One Externs Speak Out


• Moving Sound Around: Digital Sound Files and the ContentDepot

Sound Ideas (Fall/Winter 2002)

• NPR Distribution Teams with BBC Technology to Test ContentDepot Transmission Technologies


• New Year, New Look for PRSS.org


• PTFP Grants Help Stations Extend Coverage Area and Secure Future


• Deliver Audio to the STC via FTP


• Business Continuity Planning for the PRSS


• STC Externship Deadlines for 2003

Sound Ideas (Summer 2002)

• NPR Distribution Provides Support for the Public Radio Collaboration


• Satellite-based Translator Networks Can Extend Your Reach


• Metadata: A Push For Shared Standards


• NPR Distribution's STC Experience Externship Kicks Off Successfully


• Webhosting Services Evaluated

Sound Ideas (Spring 2002)

• PRSS System Performance—Personalized Service from Beginning to End


• New Visual Identity for the Public Radio Satellite System


• ContentDepot: Release One Enhancements


• Technology Training at the PRC


• Earth Terminal Refurbishment in Full Swing