One of the tools I use to program the 2nd half of the show, or New Music Hour, are sampler compilations I create down at the station. Basically I'll scan through all the new releases and upon finding a promising song will burn it. One song per disc only. Once I have 80 minutes of stuff down to CD-R it goes, which allows me to listen closer in the car or at work. From there the stuff that catches my ear gets programmed into the show.