The Broadcast Scheduler will let you automatically change your programming during the week providing a greater
range of content for your audience and in turn, a more interesting station. Your listeners can also see what your broadcast will
be doing, be it a playlist rotation, or an upcoming Live show, for up to a week in advance using the new schedule/calendar feature
accessible from the station page. You will find your schedule status and "edit" links on your Broadcast Homepage.
The Broadcast Scheduler is included in the Premium and PRO Broadcaster Packages.
Need an upgrade? 
The Broadcast Scheduler is primarily for "Basic Mode" broadcasters or broadcasters that switch back and forth between Live and Basic Modes.
Sample one-week schedule... Instructions For broadcasters, the schedule has two views - a "listener view" and an "edit view." The "edit view" is the default view with all the control buttons. Click the "Listener View" link in the upper left area to preview what the listener will see. Click "back" on your browser to return to the "edit view" to make your changes.
Click the (edit)(delete) links within each scheduled event to change or delete the event. Clicking "Edit" will bring up the Event Editor Form where you can edit your event. Clicking "Delete" will remove the event from the schedule. Event Editor Form Instructions The schedule editor will permit you to add or modify events to your broadcast schedule. These events will show up in the calendar window your listeners will see. Think of events as timed program changes in your broadcast day, and you are the program manager of your station. These events can either be the swapping in of a new playlist for a previous one, or an announcement of upcoming special programs such as a live show. Your schedule will first require a default event. This specifies a standard playlist that will run when no other events are scheduled. So for example, if you have a classical station, you might want to run your standard playlist you have been using all along, during the day. But then schedule an hour each evening featuring different composers. Such as Strauss for Sunday, Mozart for Monday and so on. So first select your default playlist, supply a name to the event, and a description that your listeners will see in the directory. Note that you cannot start a schedule with only a default event, you must have other events created as well. Now you are ready to add your special shows. The event name will show up only in the Calendar view for your listeners. Event names must be unique. Next you must choose an event type (broadcast mode for that particular event). Basic mode is the standard rotating playlist style of programming. Live and Relay types do not actually switch modes for you, but are place holders to show your listeners when special programs scheduled. It will be up to you to manage any mode changes from your Broadcast Homepage. Any playlist currently playing will continue to play until you actually start the Live/Relay event, ensuring the listener has an uninterrupted stream. Scheduled Events may be edited at any time to change their times, types or descriptions. However you cannot change the name of an event. Attempting to do so will actually create a new event by the different name. The only way to rename a current event is to delete it and create it anew. Recurrence Recurrence is how you want the event to repeat: once, daily or weekly. One-time events for example, might be for a special live show on Tuesday and will temporarily override any other normal events. Daily events will repeat at the same time each day. Weekly events will repeat the same day of each week, so your Strauss show from above would be created as a weekly event on Sundays. One-Time Event Tip: If you're scheduling a one-time event, you might want to include the date of the event within your event title or description. For instance, if you add a one-time event for Sunday night, and a listener looks at your schedule on Wednesday... is that this Sunday or next Sunday?
Example: Start Time The start-time is your own local time you want the event to begin. However your listeners will see the event adjusted to their time zone. Remember this if you are in Snoqualmie, Washington but have Bollywood station that is popular in Bombay. End Time The end-time is optional. If supplied and there are no other events scheduled immediately after this one, the default playlist will kick in. Otherwise you can select "play until next event" which will keep this show running until the next one. Saving Events Saving the event will NOT publish it immediately for your listeners. This allows you to modify the calendar until you think it is correct before tossing it to the masses. Starting and Stopping Stopping your schedule will clear out the listeners calendar, but will not disturb your current listeners, leaving the last active playlist running.
Note: Please allow 5-10 minutes for your changes to appear in the directory.  Clicking the "Stop Scheduler" button will turn off Scheduler but will not drop your listeners. Your station will still be on the air playing its current playlist. The schedule will no longer be available to your listeners nor will it be automatically managing your playlist scheduling.
Keep your scheduled events adjusted to your local time zone as you move into and out of daylight savings time over the course of the year. Live365 stores events in GMT, which means that you must adjust your scheduled events if you want them to obey your local geopolitical rules regarding time shifts. Note that whenever you shift your events to suit your local time zone, you will necessarily change the apparent time of these events for those listeners who are in areas that obey different DST customs. Make sure your current local time zone is selected correctly; then press the adjust all events link to synchronize all of your existing events to your designated time zone.
Here are the GMT offsets of some popular locations:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Click the "New Event" button to add events to your Schedule. The Event Editor Form will open for you to enter new information and save.
