Scheduling Play Stack Using Scheduler
The MENU/Edit/Program Settings/ Scheduling Tab diplays internal sub sections of Play Stack using the DJB Scheduler
This section reflects on the Use Scheduler (Pro Version Only) selection.
Figure 1: Selecting the Use Scheduler (Pro Version Only) button selection and clicking on [Template Scheduler]
button opens the window that displays the hours of the days in a week.
Before any hourly templates are created, let's refresh the planning aspect of programming a radio station for Internet, FM, AM or High School broadcasts.
See previous DJB BBPro manual Sections:
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How To Import Audio using the Button Panel" -
"Planning SubTab Genres - Tempo"
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"Organize The Music Before Import"
The planning of music, male, female, categories, up-tempo, down-tempo (Main / Sub Tabs) is important prior to IMPORT of audio.
This process is very important and NECESSARY to make the Scheduler Grid useable for programming.
It is most efficient to pre-organize the music physically before it is imported into the SUB TAB Hot Buttons
Highly Recommended: Organize your music first in Windows Folders FIRST:
Figure 4: Organize your music into Windows folders so that when your SUB TABS are created users can simply
drag respective music into the SUB TABS and you are almost ready to generate a professional hourly / daily schedule.
Copied from DJB-II Automation Getting Started
Some ideas on organizing user's music for scheduling purposes
Audio Category Creation: BB & BBPro
These are used in the MAIN TABS anbd SUB TABS
Category naming is unique to each user as it's based on the format of the station and the progam sound desired.
Radio Programmers must categorize audio items that will be stored in the audio database.
These could be categories such as:
a) Music - (MAIN TAB)
SUB TABS: Power Cuts, Currents, Recurrent, Oldies, Classics, Christmas (as examples)
Additional: Power Cuts Uptempo, Power Cuts Down Tempo and so on...
Note: This would allow the BBPro Scheduler Grid to pick Power Uptempo music titles to open or close a schedule hour
This all depends on the sound and tempo your Internet or radio station plans to have.
Other SUB TAB names
b) Bumpers
c) Station ID's / Imaging
d) Promo's
e) Commercials
f) Liners
g) News
f) Voice Tracks
If you already have some separation of the music as described above let's proceed to the next Section to use the DJB BBPro Scheduler Grid.
