Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera

International Radio Network

DRAFT Cue Sheet (as of 2/08/18)

PARSIFAL (Wagner)
BROADCAST DATE: February 17, 2018 12:00 p.m. – DELAYED FEED
FORMAT TIME SCHEDULE SEGMENT TIME TOTAL TIME
OPENING 12:00:00 – 12:06:30 PM, ET 6:30
ACT I 12:06:30 - 1:54:30 PM, ET 1:48:00
FIRST INTERMISSION 1:54:30 – 2:36:30 PM, ET 42:00
Station Break Cue: “This is the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network”
STATION BREAK 1:56:45 - 1:58:00 PM, ET 1:15 3:15
(2 second pause)
AD BREAK/Feature#1 1:58:02 - 2:00:02 PM, ET 2:00
Ad Break/Feature Out-cue: “TBA”

INTERMISSION FEATURES – Interviews

Cue for Ad Break/Feature #2: “Coming up soon, Act II of Wagner’s Parsifal.”

AD BREAK/Feature #2 2:18:42 – 2:20:42 PM, ET 2:00 2:00
Ad Break/Feature Out-cue: “TBA’

INTERMISSION FEATURES – Interviews

ACT II 2:36:30 – 3:44:30 PM, ET 1:08:00

SECOND INTERMISSION 3:44:30 – 4:25:30 PM, ET 41:00

Station Break Cue: “This is the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network”
STATION BREAK 3:46:45 – 3:48:00 PM, ET 1:15 3:15
(2 second pause)
AD BREAK/Feature #3 3:48:02 – 3:50:02 PM, ET 2:00
Ad Break/Feature out cue: “…next Saturday’s matinee broadcast, live from the Met.” [music]

INTERMISSION FEATURE – Interview, Opera Quiz, Feature

ACT III 4:25:30 – 5:43:30 PM, ET 31:00 1:18:00

CLOSING 5:43:30 – 5:48:00 PM, ET 4:30

Closing Cue: “This is the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network”
OFF THE AIR 5:48:00 PM, ET
Please note: AD BREAK/Features run while commercial stations break away for advertising. Outcues may
change. Be sure to check updated documents that will be sent in e-mail & posted on the Thursday immediately
prior to 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 two-
minute 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. In the case of operas which offer both a live and
delayed feed, please be sure to sign up for the correct one.

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 212-496-
7261 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.