The process for subscribing to an hourly automated series is similar to subscribing for a weekly series, but with some key differences.
First ensure the following:
- You're an admin for your station account
- Your station account is selected via the choose account dropdown on your My PRX page
Step 1 - Navigate to the series you'd like to subscribe to and click the blue "Subscribe to series.." button in the upper right.
Step 2 - Fill out the billing contact information for your station.
Depending on the billing arrangement for the show you are subscribing to this information may not be used. For example, you will need to fill in this section even if the show is free - but you won't be charged for it.
Step 3 - Choose from three file delivery methods.
Option 1 - "We'll download the audio from PRX's file server.."
We recommend this option, which grants access to a PRX supported file server where we'll deliver your files. If you choose this method, you will be able to access this FTP site using the credentials that are automatically generated to download your audio.
Option 2 - "Send the Audio to us..."
Select this option if you have a station FTP server already set-up that you'd like to send audio to. In this case you will be asked to enter the protocol (ftp, ftps, or sftp), hostname, port (21), username, password, and directory for the push:
Option 3 - Manual Downloads
If your station does not use FTP servers you can choose to manually download the files. Please note that a staff person would need to do this for each hour of programming you air.
Step 4 - Select your preferred carriage and delivery options
All hourly episodes have a designated air window opening, which is pegged in the episode title. For example:
JN 190426 H1_DEE: Jazz Network, 4/26/2019 1:00 AM
CLW 190412 9AM: ClassicalWorks (Episode 111), 4/12/2019 9:00 AM
The audio will be available to air on this date, but you can air it any number of days afterwards. We ask you to indicate when you air the selected hours so that we know when we can deliver new audio to you without overriding an episode you haven't used yet.
Please select "on time" if you air episodes on the day the air window opens.
You can alter the File Type, Naming, and Metadata according to your station's needs- but we recommend using the default settings.
Step 5 - Select the specific hours you'd like delivered to your FTP.
Each program has a different daily set of hourly productions. In this example, Jazz Network produces 8 hours each day. You may have preferences for some of these hours based on host or time of production - in this case, select the hours you would like delivered to you. If you do not make a selection you will receive all hours in your FTP.
Please note that you can air these hours at any time throughout the day.
Step 6 - Override or take note of your cart ID numbers and click Continue.
Each hour is assigned a unique cart ID number. Our system assigns a consecutive range of cart IDs to these hours, but you can override them by entering a cart ID in the "Cart Number Overrides" field.
Step 7 - Review the licensing terms, and click Activate Subscription to agree to them, and submit your subscription request.
Upon approval of your subscription request the files will begin to deliver, until then it will live as a pending subscription in your subscriber report until the producers approve the request.
If you need your request approved ASAP please reach out to help@prx.org
Now that your subscription is set, and your content delivering - consider setting up some software to pull this content directly into your automation system.