Creating an Ideal Piece Page
Getting to Piece Edit
- To start fresh: choose Create a New Piece from the homepage or My PRX.
- To find a piece you have already begun working on: go to My PRX and find the piece by title under Unpublished Pieces.
- To edit a piece you have already published: go to My PRX > Manage Pieces and click on the title of your piece. You can also find your piece in Search, then choose Edit Piece from the Actions menu on the piece page.
Description Tips
Grab PDs’ attention with an exciting short description, and include more details about your piece in the long description. Good descriptions help your pieces appear in our search. Finally, double-check your description for clarity, grammar errors, and typos so that programmers will take your work seriously.
The Short Description will show up prominently on your piece page, in search results, in the list of Related Pieces on other piece pages. The Long Description will appear further down on your piece page.
To do it:
Basics > Short and Long Description
Go Back to An Ideal Piece PageImages
Would you try to sell a book without a cover? Include an image on your piece page! If you don’t have an image, consider finding an image with a Creative Commons license online. Find out more about Creative Commons or search Creative Commons for an image.
Make sure to resize your image to approximately 240px by 240px before uploading.
To do it:
Describe > Images > Browse
Don’t forget to click the Add Image button to upload.
Versions
Make your piece accessible for stations by uploading multiple versions. This producer has uploaded the same piece edited to two different lengths; you might consider uploading an hour-long piece both in a single hour-long version and as two half-hour segments.
To do it:
Basics > Audio Versions
Check the box that says “My audio files go into different versions…” Name your audio versions, then click and drag the light-yellow box containing your audio file into the appropriate field. To change the version names, choose the Edit button above the Versions box.
Content Advisories
Does your piece include FCC violations, or potentially offensive content? Let stations know what to look out for, and when to look for it. Make it easy for stations—they’re your customers! Check out our Indecency Guidelines.
To do it:
Basics > Content Advisories
Timing and Cues
Include timing information, so that stations airing your piece know what to expect, and when. Include cues for news holes, segment incues and outcues, and anything else an engineer will need to know.
To do it:
Basics > Timing and Cues
Production Date
PDs will want to know when your piece was produced, so let them know. Approximate if you are unsure of the exact date.
To do it:
Describe > Details > Production Date
Tags
Topics, Formats, Tones and Additional Tags are important for optimizing your piece’s searchability. Include synonyms in your Additional Tags. For example, if your piece is about teenagers, type: “teens, teenagers, adolescents, youth.”
To do it:
Describe > Tags
Musical Works
You must list all musical works contained in your piece, including musical excerpts. We report this information to licensing agencies.
To do it:
Describe > Musical Works
Additional Files
Include extra photos, transcripts, promotional materials, and anything else you want stations and listeners to view under Additional Files. Fill out each Label, explaining what the item is.
To do it:
Describe > Additional Files
Transcripts
Transcribing can take a long time, but including a transcript with your piece is the best thing you can do to make it appear in PRX and Google searches. Copy and paste a transcript into the Transcript Field, where search engines can access it. Attaching a transcript as a .txt or Word document in the Additional Files section is helpful for stations as well.
To do it:
Basics > Transcripts
Intro and Outro
If your piece requires an introduction or backannounce from a broadcasting station’s local host, include your copy here.
To do it:
Describe > Details > Intro/Outro
