Furry Name
We will need to know what to call you. You do not have to use your real name.
Email Address
We will need to get in contact with you to set up an interview.
Phone Number
It is not required that you give us your phone number, but it would be nice to have on file in case we have to get intouch with you.
SecondLife Name
It is not a requirement that you play SecondLife to be a part of our staff. However, AllFurRadio got its start in SecondLife and almost the entire staff plays it eventually.
SecondLife is a free 3D world.
Over 18?
AllFurRadio is a mature station. The owners of AllFurRadio are also located in the United States, which happens to be where our home office is as well. Under the laws of the United States you must be 18 or older in order to work (weather under employ or voluntarily) for a mature organi-zation. As long as you are over 18, AllFurRadio will not use your age to discriminate against your elligability.
Why Join AFR?
We would like to know why you want to join AllFurRadio.
Fursona
This response will be added to your staff profile if you are accepted to the station.
Persona
This is what may appear on your profile.
Time Zone
Please choose which time zone you are in. This will help us to determine a time to set up for an interview and a time to schedule for meetings and dj sessions.
Week Schedule
Please tell us when you are available. The schedule for dj's is flexible and may be shuffled around. If not available on a day, please put not available.
Job Types
We have 11 job types in our station. Please choose one.
DJ
DJ's on the schedule will be required to take the stream for a minimum of one show a week. Each show is required to be no less than two hours.
If you are unable to commit to a scheduled show, you may opt to be a floater DJ. A Floater DJ is one that can DJ whenever he/she has time and Furball is on the schedule during such time.
Event Coordinator
The EVENT TEAM is resposible for setting up events, finding places to hold events, telling DJ's that are on the schedule where to be and what day, asking for a volunteer DJ if none are on the schedule for that day, asking businesses in SL to donate prizes to be given away at contests, getting important information to the Production Team and Art Development Team if the events are labeled as MAJOR.
Public Relations
The PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM is responsible for taking suggestions and/or complaints from listeners, making sure the businesses that are paying to advertise both on our website and the air are happy with our services, making sure the live DJ's are playing the promotions on air, making sure our sponsors in SL that are streaming us are happy with our services.
Advertisements
The ADVERTISEMENT TEAM will be responsible for selling ad space on our website or promotions to be played on air. They must also get the proper information to the Productions Team and the Art Development Team for the advertisements.
Productions
The Productions team is responsible for cutting new promotions (commercials) and station identifications.
Personnel
The PERSONNEL TEAM will be responsible for interviewing applicants to AllFurRadio. Interviews will be held by the Personnel Team for all positions with in the station. Instructors for TRAINING DJ's on Sam Broadcaster and just being a RADIO PERSONALITY also fall under the Personnel Team. Any Displinary actions for misconduct or breaking the Standard Proceedures will be recorded and issued by the CEO of Personnel.
Tech Support
The TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM is responsible for troubleshooting the programs AllFurRadio uses. We use Sam Broadcaster 4, Virtual Audio Cable, Virtual DJ. In the future we do hope to have other programs for staff to use that require networking knowledge. Our webmaster will also occassionally require assistance with web languages such as PHP, CSS, HTML, and others.
Marketing
The MARKETING TEAM is responsible for going into Secondlife and finding new venues (clubs) for AllFurRadio to play in. Also the team will go around telling people about the station, the web address, to tune in when there is a live DJ, tell people about planned events, and let people know they can buy air time for promotions and advertise on our website and get them hooked up with the Advertisement Team.
Art Developement
The ART DEVELOPMENT TEAM will be responsible for ILLUSTRATIONS needed for the website, advertisement banners for the website, advertisements for use in SecondLife for events, AllFurRadio banners for use at Conventions that AllFurRadio will have tables, etc. etc.
Forum Admin
The FORUM ADMINS TEAM will be responsible for moderating the AllFurRadio forums, designing the look of the forum, getting the Production Team to make promotions for the Forum, getting the Art Development Team to design graphics for the forum, etc. etc.
Surveys and Polls
The SURVEYS AND POLLS TEAM will be responsible for designing, running, and updating the AllFurRadio Surveys and Polls and contests. They will also be responsible for getting the proper departments envolved with the Surveys, Polls, and Contests.
DJ Name
This will be your DJ name while you are on air. If no other staff member already has this name it will be yours.
Connection Speed
Please give both upload and download speeds. We broadcast from a stream using a bit rate of 192kbps. We need to know if the bitrate for your internet connection can handle broadcasting at this speed. This section will help you to test that speed. Please go to this site
speedtest.net to run the free test. Simply click the pyramid closest to you.
Please Note *We will provide the software needed to broadcast. The software will broadcast your music to our server. That is the only bandwidth that will be used on your side. All Listeners bandwidth counts against our server and not you.
Hours of Music
We do ask that you have more than 20 hours of music. This means creating a playlist and it would last more than 20 hours before a song repeated. We broadcast in the mp3 format.
Number of MP3's
The broadcast program we use works best with MP3 format. The more mp3's you have on hand makes for a better show. If you have more than 500 mp3's you will be great to go.
Experience
Please tell us about any experience you have in DJ'ing or performing. To be a good DJ you must be able to entertain. If you can be interesting or funny, you will be able to draw more listeners while you are on the air. Performing arts experience can always be a plus.
Experience
Please tell us your experience at Event Coordinating or Organizing.
Experience
Please tell us your experience with Public Relations or Social Skills.
Experience
Please tell us your experience in Advertising or RETAIL.
Experience
Please tell us about your experience working with voice recordings, editing sound clips, and any audio recording programs.
Experience
Please tell us your experience in RUNNING INTERVIEWS and dealing with PERSONNEL ISSUES.
Experience
Tell us about your experience with AUDIO RELATED COMPUTER SOFTWARE, NETWORKING, WEB DESIGN, etc.
Experience
Please tell us about your experience in MARKETING.
Experience
Tell us about your experience with ILLUSTATION ART, ADVERTISEMENT DESIGN, or WEB DESIGN.
Experience
Please tell us about your experience with MANAGING FORUMS or MANAGING Databases.
Experience
Please tell us about your experience with DESIGNING or RUNNING SURVEYS or POLLS.