that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message rcs industry broadcast automation founded 1979 headquarters white plains new york united states of america products gselector selector linker zetta nexgen digital master control aquira rcsnews parent iheartmedia website www.rcsworks.com rcs originally called radio computing services is a provider of scheduling and broadcast software for radio internet and television stations . the company was established in 1979 by dr. andrew economos . on january 26 2006 clear channel communications now iheartmedia purchased rcs as a subsidiary company . 1 2 contents 1 music scheduling software 1.1 selector 1.2 linker 1.3 gselector 2 studio automation software 2.1 nexgen 2.2 master control 2.3 zetta 3 traffic system software 3.1 aquira 4 news production 4.1 rcs news 5 new media 5.1 rcs ipush 6 subsidiary companies 6.1 media monitors 6.2 mediabase 6.3 rate the music 7 references 8 external links music scheduling software edit selector edit the first product developed by rcs was selector a music scheduling system . the original selector was developed on a pdp 11 03 under rt 11 and was programmed in fortran and fms 11 . the goal of selector is to help music directors of radio stations to handle day to day operations such as daily schedule generation maintenance of music library and format hours also known as clocks . as of 2013 rcs has approximately 10 500 clients worldwide . linker edit rcs also provides a scheduling system for non musical elements jingles promos etc. called linker a digital automation system for broadcasting from pc called master control a commercial spot trafficking system known as airwaves and software for radio newsrooms called rcs news . gselector edit in april 2006 rcs introduced new music scheduling software for radio satellite dab hd and internet stations called gselector . the original selector system used rules to determine what songs can be scheduled at given schedule positions do not play two rock songs in a row sound code rule ; do not play a beatles song in less than 2 hours artist separation rule ; do not play certain songs in the morning daypart restriction rule and many more . in gselector music director sets goals hence the gselector name of what should happen ; instead of rules the system provides a set of controls allowing to easily adjust increase decrease balance and demand of a variety of music attributes tempo energy mood artist occurrence etc. apart from goal based scheduling gselector also offers a new approach to music libraries . unlike the previous system which maintains one library per database whereas database usually refers to a single station gselector allows to operate individual stations with individual schedules that share one music library within a single database . studio automation software edit nexgen edit nexgen is a digital automation system originally developed by prophet systems inc. prophet systems was founded in 1989 by ray & kevin lockhart of ogallala nebraska to develop a system that would run their radio stations . prophet systems went on to become a subsidiary of capstar broadcasting partners 3 which eventually became iheartmedia in 1998 . on january 19 2007 prophet systems and rcs merged . 4 nexgen allows for voice tracking remote control and complete station automation ; as well as dual redundancy an emergency control room system and satellite control . alongside many other media organizations sirius satellite radio uses nexgen to manage some of its programming . 5 introduced in 2011 rcs remote for nexgen is the latest application in the rcs nexgen platform of products . rcs remote for nexgen is the first application developed by rcs for the ios platform to allow for remote control of a station in a nexgen system . the application is designed for the iphone ipod touch ipad and ipad2 . master control edit master control is an automation playout system used in over 100 countries worldwide . master control integrates with rcs s other products such as selector music scheduling and linker promo scheduling . zetta edit rcs s latest automation system is known as zetta . this new automation system uses the latest technology to provide a great user experience . zetta consists of an eye catching user interface floating modules deep integration to rcs gselector music scheduler and an innovative play technology . zetta is used in a variety of different countries including france germany greece italy uk jordan china taiwan south africa poland singapore south korea india japan sweden australia and the united states . traffic system software edit aquira edit aquira is a scalable platform that centrally supports single station to multi station or multi location broadcast groups . the database allows the user to manage scheduling and billing of advertising orders across multiple stations from one location . the log management tool allows the user to open multiple logs at the same time and drag and drop spots from one day to the other . news production edit rcs news edit rcs news is a radio newsroom system . the software was first released by prophet systems in 2004 as newsgen . after the merge with rcs the product was officially renamed to rcs news . since that time rcs news has become common in newsrooms around the world . rcs news allows for a transition for file transfers to nexgen zetta and master control . one of the features of rcs news is the robustness of the wire copy process where sources such as http ftp rss and email are supported . new media edit rcs ipush edit rcs ipush is the first application developed by rcs for the ios platform . the application provides for audio recording with the unique ability to send the audio to nexgen zetta or rcs news . many users have found ipush to be useful for recording voicetracks . subsidiary companies edit media monitors edit mediabase edit rate the music edit references edit clear channel buys rcs . radio magazine online . 2006 01 26 . retrieved 2008 08 06 . clear channel form 10 k filing . sec info fran finnegan & company . 2007 03 01 . retrieved 2008 08 06 . capstar broadcasting partners to acquire prophet systems inc. . pr newswire . pr newswire . retrieved 2015 12 26 . rcs and prophet systems to merge . radio magazine online . 2007 01 23 . retrieved 2008 08 06 . broadcasters flock to nexgen digital . digital broadcasting . 2001 06 29 . retrieved 2009 04 17 . external links edit official website radio & records article on clear channel purchase the state of the radio industry the role of rcs in the industry . june 21 1996 v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio computing services & oldid 744163837 categories companies based in white plains new yorksoftware companies based in new yorkhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 14 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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