Artist Separation

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Artists

More Trouble Than It Need BeToday’s world.  The label says the song is a duet by This Singer and That Singer featuring Third Singer. The question comes to me regularly: How do I add separation for the Third Artist. Back in my consulting days, people have...

Scheduling Stops On Same Song…a quick hack

by | Mar 7, 2024 | Scheduling

It happens to us all…Everybody runs into this at one time or another….M1 starts giving editing stops during the scheduling run with the Same Song showing up as the culprit. That one can usually be fixed by simply moving the song UP in rank order within its...

The Category 35% Rule

by | Feb 6, 2024 | Categories

This Doesn’t Do What We Think It Might DoThis is a minor category rule that seems more important than it actually is. The “Allow Repeat after X-% of Song have played…”  You should leave that box at the 35% default.  The only reason...

Category Rules 101

by | Feb 3, 2024 | Categories

 The most important rules are those you set in Format clocks. Category rules are minor few and as a general policy it is best to leave these with the default settings.  The video below covers everything you see on thje Category rules screen. It runs five...

Adding New Announcements into Rotation

by | Jan 6, 2024 | Categories, Formatting

Spread Them OutWhen new items are added to a non-music category, they appear at the bottom of the list.  Here’s how to spread them through the list so they new ones won’t schedule close together.  The other way is to simply shuffle the category a...