diff --git a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/driver/test_jgdas_verfrad_hera.sh b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/driver/test_jgdas_verfrad_hera.sh
index 79d4e4d38a..d37bfbffde 100755
--- a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/driver/test_jgdas_verfrad_hera.sh
+++ b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/driver/test_jgdas_verfrad_hera.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 set -x
 
-export PDATE=${PDATE:-2018091712}	#binary
-#export PDATE=${PDATE:-2018110206}	#NetCDF
+#export PDATE=${PDATE:-2018091712}	#binary
+export PDATE=${PDATE:-2018110206}	#NetCDF
 #############################################################
 # Specify whether the run is production or development
 #############################################################
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export radmon_shared_ver=v3.0.0
 #############################################################
 
 export RADMON_SUFFIX=${RADMON_SUFFIX:-testrad}
-export NWTEST=${NWTEST:-/scratch1/NCEPDEV/da/Edward.Safford/noscrub/ProdGSI/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod}
+export NWTEST=${NWTEST:-/scratch1/NCEPDEV/da/Edward.Safford/noscrub/GSI/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod}
 
 export HOMEgdas=${HOMEgdas:-${NWTEST}/gdas_radmon.${gdas_radmon_ver}}
 export HOMEgfs=$HOMEgdas
diff --git a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/jobs/JGDAS_VERFRAD b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/jobs/JGDAS_VERFRAD
index 11f69731c6..c7f4cd45c0 100755
--- a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/jobs/JGDAS_VERFRAD
+++ b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/jobs/JGDAS_VERFRAD
@@ -94,17 +94,23 @@ export RAD_AREA=${RAD_AREA:-glb}
 export biascr=${biascr:-$COMIN/gdas.t${cyc}z.abias}
 export radstat=${radstat:-$COMIN/gdas.t${cyc}z.radstat}
 
-msg="JOB HAS STARTED"
-postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
+echo " "
+echo "JOB HAS STARTED"
+echo " "
+
 
 ########################################################
 # Execute the script.
 ${RADMONSH:-${SCRgfs}/exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf} ${PDY} ${cyc}
 err=$?
-[[ $err -ne 0 ]] && exit $err
 
-msg="JOB COMPLETED NORMALLY"
-postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
+if [[ $err -ne 0 ]] ; then
+   exit $err
+else
+   echo " "
+   echo "JOB HAS COMPLETED NORMALLY"
+   echo " "
+fi
 
 ################################
 # Remove the Working Directory
diff --git a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/scripts/exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/scripts/exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf
index 9edf15d9db..771a5a549e 100755
--- a/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/scripts/exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf
+++ b/util/Radiance_Monitor/nwprod/gdas_radmon.v3.0.0/scripts/exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ if [[ "$VERBOSE" = "YES" ]]; then
    echo "end exgdas_vrfyrad.sh.ecf, exit value = ${err}"
 fi
 
-msg="${scr} HAS ENDED"
-postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
+echo "${scr} HAS ENDED"
+
 
 set +x
 exit ${err}