Live365 Broadcaster Feature Requests

Welcome to the Live365 Broadcasters Feature Requests log!   Our goal is to build the best platform possible to help all our broadcasters. To help make sure we are building the features you specifically want to see, we opened up this public feature requests log. This gives you, the user, the ultimate power because you now decide what we build next! Please submit any features you'd like to see built in this channel and be sure to vote on the ones that are most important to you. The features that get the most votes will become priorities for our development team during the next sprint.

10 votes

Default artwork for songs without artwork

How about using the station's logo picture as album artwork for songs without artwork where the search for artwork doesn't result in any. This would at least help ...
Suggested by: Jay Goldberg (28 Jan, '22) • Upvoted: 11 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration
10 votes

Create a broadcast portal or community for selling airtime space

Is there an opportunity for online broadcasters to sell 30-60 minute radio airtime blocks if there are people or podcasters who have interesting content for radio ...
Suggested by: Scot Seltzer (23 Mar, '19) • Upvoted: 24 Aug, '21 • Comments: 0
Under consideration
10 votes

Station Contests

The old Live365 used to do a Holiday E-Card Campaign where listeners could send an e-card to their friends, relatives, etc. through Live365. The e-card would be ...
Suggested by: DJ Lorelei (30 Jan, '19) • Upvoted: 24 Nov, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration
10 votes

Schedule rotation of Station ID's

I'd like to do two things: 1. evenly rotate ID's (sometimes the same one plays a few times in a row) 2. Schedule the same ID (or a sequence to play at a fixed ...
Suggested by: jim (07 Dec, '18) • Upvoted: 02 Oct, '21 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
10 votes

Ability to add playlists to clockwheels

It would be awesome to be able to add playlists to clockwheels, giving us the ability to move blocks instead of individual pieces.
Suggested by: Russ Haslage (07 Nov, '18) • Upvoted: 07 Feb, '21 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
10 votes

Add more control of Genres settings

At the least the following Genres should be added: Holiday, Easy Listening, Rock, Blues. THE ONLY WAY to get listed under MAJOR HEADINGS now is through what I call ...
Suggested by: Thomas Callahan (29 Oct, '18) • Upvoted: 30 Jan, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
10 votes

Edit multiple tracks in sequence improvement

Editing a track for artwork, metadata, etc brings you back to the top of the page when you hit Save. As you usually edit tracks in sequence, it'd be good if it stayed ...
Suggested by: Bogdan (26 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 09 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done
9 votes

Implement clicking on a time slot in the Scheduler to create a new event

The new dashboard does not allow clicking on a time slot to the new events creation window. This previous version of the Dashboard made programming easier than the ...
Suggested by: Tom Farley (03 Oct, '20) • Upvoted: 04 Jun, '21 • Comments: 6
Under consideration UI/UX
9 votes

Relay fallback suggestion

2 to 3 times a day the current relay feature drops and the Live365 autoDJ takes over. Live365 support are saying the error logs indicate the relay software thinks it ...
Suggested by: Mike K (06 Aug, '21) • Upvoted: 30 Jan • Comments: 3
Under consideration
9 votes

Simplified, Station-specific URLs

This is maybe a headache to do, but simplification of station URLs to something like "http://live365.com/__[station name]__ would be a valuable tool for publicizing ...
Suggested by: Sake-bito (28 Apr, '20) • Upvoted: 20 May, '21 • Comments: 3
Under consideration Directory/Listeners
9 votes

A second test station for training

I have been an owner for over 10 years and I have always had two encoders. This is the first time I have not had a second encoder to use for training new DJ's on. It ...
Suggested by: George Reynolds (16 Feb, '20) • Upvoted: 15 Jul, '22 • Comments: 3
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

Preview tracks directly in library, without going through the Edit track menu

Suggested by: Bogdan (18 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 11 Feb, '19 • Comments: 3
Done Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

Piechart representation of clockwheels

Ability to see a piechart representation of the clockwheel, to get a nice overview of the percentages that each item/category gets. Might be very useful to see it ...
Suggested by: Bogdan (18 Nov, '20) • Upvoted: 07 Jun, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration
9 votes

Replace current track with a different version of it

It would be useful if we could replace the current tracks in our library with others with the same ID tags, without having to delete them and re-upload.
Suggested by: Ionut Sarghi (12 Feb, '20) • Upvoted: 22 Sep, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

Use album art from sam Broadcaster

Use album art from sam Broadcaster
Suggested by: Kevin Spencer (15 Jun, '19) • Upvoted: 30 Nov, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration
9 votes

Image Cropping for Logo

Image cropping at the time of upload, during both the on-boarding and Station Profile management processes
Suggested by: Moderator (16 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 18 Apr, '22 • Comments: 2
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

station calendar to spotlight specials or shows

a weekly calendar at least, that broadcasters can display special shows or regular shows.
Suggested by: Dj Rage (30 Aug, '18) • Upvoted: 08 Nov, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration
9 votes

Track or Artist details

Lyrics, info about the artist Here's an example: http://www.invubu.com/radio/solidrockorg/playing.html
Suggested by: Bogdan (26 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 04 Jun, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration
9 votes

AD-Free Radio Weekends

Maybe Live365 should look into this for their broadcast stations. (Commercial Free Weekends)
Suggested by: David MacArthur (30 Mar, '21) • Upvoted: 06 Dec, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Ads
9 votes

DMCA compliance tool for making playlists

It would be helpful to add an APP to our host platform to confirm the playlist conforms with DMCA compliance while building a playlist before attempting to add the ...
Suggested by: Mark C (06 Jan, '20) • Upvoted: 30 Dec, '20 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

QR codes for mobile app

Two versions desired. Version 1 would be a dynamic link that would recognize mobile phone type and send to appropriate app store. Version 2 would also include station ...
Suggested by: Rich (25 Mar, '19) • Upvoted: 06 Dec, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Mobile App
9 votes

Don't "catch up" ID files after scheduled event plays

As the system currently stands, IDs get queued up when a playlist or clockwheel is played. For instance, I have the "play Station ID" setting at 4 per hour (so, ...
Suggested by: Alistair Bowness / BozRadio (02 Mar, '19) • Upvoted: 25 Feb, '22 • Comments: 0
Planned Tools for Broadcasters
9 votes

Allow pre-roll on pop up player for those on ad free programs, allowing us to insert an ad.

Would allow a pre-roll ad to play prior to the stream starting. Allow ad free programs to sell ad positions by percentage of rotation of play in pre-roll ad player. ...
Suggested by: Mark Maier (17 Feb, '19) • Upvoted: 26 Jan • Comments: 0
Under consideration Ads Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Display Most-Listened To Stations First, Within Their Respective Genre Listings

Let's reward the stations that are attracting the most listeners by showing them first within their respecitve genre listings. Something the 'old' Live365 used to ...
Suggested by: Ernie Mitchell (21 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 23 Dec, '22 • Comments: 9
Under consideration Directory/Listeners
8 votes

Dynamic genres

With only 5 genres, some stations are at a disadvantage if they play more than 5 genres. we consistently change genres, while different shows play (that play ...
Suggested by: Dj Rage (30 Aug, '18) • Upvoted: 16 Jul, '21 • Comments: 6
Under consideration
8 votes

Sort Columns in Historical analytics screens

Broadcasters want to be able to sort by TLH, Sessions, Country. By default, it sorts by Platform and alphabetically. It would be more useful if the columns could be ...
Suggested by: Philip K. (16 Mar, '20) • Upvoted: 26 Jul, '22 • Comments: 4
Under consideration Reporting and Analytics
8 votes

Convert ClockWheel generated track lists into saved playlists

Scheduling long playlist shows takes time. I love clockwheels but sometimes, by random, certain songs keep showing up and others do not. I would love to generate a ...
Suggested by: Jay Goldberg (06 Apr, '19) • Upvoted: 09 Jun, '22 • Comments: 4
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Comments section

A place where you can add a sentence or two about the music that will show up on the broadcast screen under the artist name which will give the listener an ...
Suggested by: Bob Pegg (15 Sep, '18) • Upvoted: 23 Mar, '22 • Comments: 4
Under consideration
8 votes

Add Buy Links To The Live 365 Mobile App

The mobile app does not show the buy links for each song played like the website players do? Why is this? I'd like to request this feature be added.
Suggested by: Jeffrey Moses (25 Nov, '20) • Upvoted: 17 Jul, '22 • Comments: 3
Done Mobile App
8 votes

Bulk add tracks to Playlist after filtering

the ability to either add a whole category to a playlist, as this will help with compliance. if this is not possible the alternative if that when adding tracks to a ...
Suggested by: Stephen McLeod (16 Oct, '20) • Upvoted: 25 Mar, '21 • Comments: 3
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Dynamically update Scheduled Events In Real Time

It would be nice if you could update a scheduled event in the calendar without it being linked to previous events. As it stands, when you try to update the time of a ...
Suggested by: Jaymie Bowles (21 Feb, '19) • Upvoted: 23 Apr, '21 • Comments: 3
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Live365 Weekly radio station ratings report to see who is number 1 currently in listeners

Suggested by: Ricky Bienvenu (12 Feb, '22) • Upvoted: 19 Jan • Comments: 2
Under consideration
8 votes

Bandcamp "Buy Now" (or Custom Buy Link)

It would be great to include Bandcamp when a listener clicks on "Buy Now". That's where a lot of bands now sell their music. Or a custom "buy now" link that I can ...
Suggested by: Sooz (27 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 01 May, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration Directory/Listeners
8 votes

View clockwheel as a graphic

Would be beneficial to see the clockwheel graphically as opposed to a list.
Suggested by: Fred (28 Dec, '19) • Upvoted: 05 Oct, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration ClockWheel
8 votes

Playlist Logs

Provide public playlist logs for all the "live" shows on your station.
Suggested by: RICHARD RIVERA (24 Jan, '19) • Upvoted: 21 May, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Ability to drag songs between 2 playlists

For example, pull up say "playlist 1" & "playlist 11". I want to drag or click a couple of songs from playlist 11 over to playlist 1 so I can balance out the ...
Suggested by: Scott Burdett (14 Nov, '18) • Upvoted: 13 Jan, '22 • Comments: 2
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Request to be able to DL the current media library

At this time a broadcaster can re-download their files one at a time. A few reports have come in with broadcasters asking if they can download their whole library. ...
Suggested by: Adam (12 Sep, '18) • Upvoted: 24 Feb, '21 • Comments: 2
Under consideration
8 votes

Completely customizable player

Being a front end developer, the way the embeddable player sits on a a site has to be perfect for me and one thing I see missing is the customisation of the player is ...
Suggested by: John Farrell (13 Mar, '22) • Upvoted: 05 Dec, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration Widgets and Players
8 votes

Last Played time extend

While (AutoDJ is playing) logged into your dashboard, I wish there was a way to see what was played longer than the timeframe available. It looks like now it only ...
Suggested by: James H Becker (20 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 23 Jul, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Upcoming Track/QUE and Album Art on Overview Page

The "Upcoming Track" feature has been removed. The next Track Que/ Upcoming Track is more important to me than what "Last Played". Now Playing also important and ...
Suggested by: Mary Alice (09 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Jan, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Ad-Free Day/Weekend

Upgrade to the ad-free package for only a day or weekend. I think it would be nice if we could offer a ad free weekend to our listeners without permanently upgrading ...
Suggested by: dennis (26 Aug, '19) • Upvoted: 23 Mar, '22 • Comments: 1
Under consideration Ads Billing Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Sorting by duration & category

To sort by duration & category & to see how many times a particular track has been played
Suggested by: Denyse Crank (28 Dec, '18) • Upvoted: 12 May, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration
8 votes

Ability to rearrange categories

IT would be nice to go into categories listings and rearrange so it appears in the order that I would prefer.
Suggested by: Terry Likens (25 Nov, '18) • Upvoted: 22 Sep, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Progressive Tagging Environment

It would be great to have a "Forward/Back" arrow and "Apply" button to use when tagging tracks so that you can tag newly loaded tracks and update information ...
Suggested by: Lee (22 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 11 Feb, '19 • Comments: 1
Under consideration
8 votes

Ability to delete dashboard notifications

Broadcasters should have the ability to remove the dashboard notifications present under the bell icon.
Suggested by: Austin Miller (04 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 08 Dec, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
8 votes

Featured "New Stations" category on the website

Add an area on the LIVE365 webpage that introduces new stations or stations that may need a boost.
Suggested by: James H Becker (22 Sep, '21) • Upvoted: 30 Dec, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Directory/Listeners
8 votes

Statistic Relays For Sam Broadcaster Pro

Please consider the capability to add Live365 Statistic Relay
Suggested by: Jeff Moses (25 Nov, '20) • Upvoted: 05 Nov, '22 • Comments: 0
Done Reporting and Analytics
8 votes

Pay invoice with PayPal

To be able to pay invoice with Paypal. This makes things easier for the broadcasters in case of CC change they only have to change it in one place and is also more ...
Suggested by: William Bilancio (09 Jun, '20) • Upvoted: 12 May, '22 • Comments: 0
Planned Billing
8 votes

Listener's genre information

It would be great to be able to see what genre the listener used to reach the station.
Suggested by: David Gildea (19 Sep, '19) • Upvoted: 26 Jul, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Reporting and Analytics
8 votes

Copy/Paste Clockwheel Elements

I have several three-hour blocks of AutoDJ'd music and I'd like to be able to copy and paste several tracks in a row so that I don't have to manually repeat it.
Suggested by: Jelani Greenidge (07 May, '19) • Upvoted: 14 Dec, '22 • Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters