Main Production Training Materials

NOTE: KPFA is still following Health and Safety Protocols and only approved essential staff can enter the building. Information regarding changes to these protocols or updates to the station re-opening process will be sent to @kpfa.org email addresses only. You will be contacted by Antonio Ortiz if and when it is time for you to get training on the new digital boards.

Must Do’s

(VERY IMPORTANT – this will normalize the board for you and the programmer after)

Before LIVE show

Press the Event Button for your program.

After Using the Board (end of show or pretaped recording)

Press the Blue Button to normalize to Production

Training Checklist

Normalizing the Board
- Event 1 (yellow) – Live Daytime/Talk Shows
- Event 2 (pink) – Live Music Shows
- Unlabeled Blue Button – to normalize the board for Production/Pretaped Content (This is a must)
Finding and using sources on the normalized board
- - Phones
  - CD Players 1 and 2
  - CD Player 3
    - Bluetooth
    - Auxiliary
    - mp3
  - Laptop
  - Cassette
  - Automation
  - Computer
    - Chrome/ipDTL
    - Skype
    - Firefox
    - Everything else
  - News (for daytime)
4 channels
- Program
- Audition
- Auxiliary
- Offline aka “talkback”
Gain
Changing Sources