How to Get Your Program To Air On SPNN
1. Become a member of SPNN. Membership for St. Paul Residents is $25, MN Residents is $50, non MN residents is $100. Organizations can have up to five of their staff/volunteers become members for $100. SPNN also offers limited income, student and senior memberships at $15.
2. You can submit your program on any one of the following formats: VHS, SVHS, DVCAM, mini DV. If you submit on mini DV you need to use Sony tapes. At this time SPNN does not accept programs on DVD. If you submit on SVHS or VHS SPNN needs to put a control track on the right channel of audio. This will create a “buzz” on the right audio channel. Please make sure you don’t turn in your master and that the audio on both the left and right audio channels is the same. You can record over this tape, but you will not be able to play it on other machines.
3. At the start of the tape you need to have 30 seconds of black or preferably color bars and tone. Then a slate which should include your name, total run time, and run dates of the program. After the slate should be a count down. Then the start of your program. If your program does not start 30 seconds into the tape the first 30 seconds of your program will be cut off.
4. At the end of the tape please put 30 seconds of “black”.
5. Once you have your program in hand, you need to fill out a Program Release Form. You can download the form here or you can pick one up from SPNN. Please fill out the form completely.
6. All programs must be turned in by the Wednesday of the week before it airs.
7. Once your program has aired on SPNN you must pick your tape back up again. If you would like a series program on SPNN please contact SPNN Access Manager Bonnie Schumacher at schumacher@spnn.org or by phone at 651-298-8904.
