This is everything, gang. The first post on this blog was 13/May, 2009. The sole purpose of the MusicONE blog is to dispense information, training and useful tips about the music scheduler. You can usually find an article or video with an answer to your question by typing a word or two into the Search field. But if you scan down the page, you may find some things M1 does that you didn't know about.

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The TrafficONE Blog

For some who don’t know, MusicONE’s companion enhancement is TrafficONE, our advertising scheduler and biller.  Most of the tutorial videos for T1 are on the Knowledge Base page here on this site. There is also a TrafficONE blog where we sometimes post information for T1 users on that site that’s not posted here on the

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· Formatting

The Early Years - Scheduling Music Before Computers

Al Jarvis was the first disc jockey. He invented this thing we do in Los Angeles in the early 1930’s.  One guy, one microphone, two turntables and a stack of records. He played records for three hours a day. He introduced the songs and talked about the singers, band leaders and musicians. He took requests

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Create a Weekly Spins Report

One of the most important things in music radio is to always be aware of exactly how much exposure you are giving to the songs you’re playing.  And, if your station reports to one of the music charts, then you’ll need a weekly spins report every week.  Here a video showing how to make a

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· Radio Stuff

Music Scheduling Before Computers

The thing guys coming into music radio today don’t have that the young radio guys of my generation had is mentors. There is still no school teaching how to do it. It is a craft that is learned by doing.  Top 40, the very first radio ‘format’ was born in the 1950’s along side Rock’n

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· Formatting

Linking - Elvis Intros

It is easy to record a bunch of Artist intros and link them to songs by the singers. Simple little things like this can make a fully automated station come alive. There are a couple more videos on the M1 site about linking.  Here’s a refresher. The vid below runs 3:35

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· Formatting

Voice Track - Auto Numbering

When your announcers are voice tracking from remote locations and when your automation system is not one that allows them to record the VT’s directly into player itself, here’s a way to get the task done without making mistakes. A lot of stations have to do it this way: First you email the playlists for

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