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 and be sure to vote on the ones that are most important to you.

487 votes

Audio normalization, gain and EQ on the station dashboard.

Broadcasters would like additional audio tools on the Live365 Dashboard to control or shape the sound coming from AutoDJ or Scheduled Events. This way, they could do ...
Suggested by: Philip (20 Jul, '18) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 98
258 votes

More Cross-Fade Control

Some have suggested cross-fading during playlists and I know cross is an option now, however the following would be suggested: 1. Intersect the cross at a ...
Suggested by: Rich (25 Jul, '18) Upvoted: 30 May Comments: 30
245 votes

AutoDJ: Queue up songs in real time, take requests

I would like to see the Auto DJ have a playlist area where you can drop a random song in. For example: I get a Facebook message from a listener who wants to hear ...
Suggested by: The1Essence Radio (11 Oct, '18) Upvoted: 30 May Comments: 36
232 votes

Easier Events Scheduling

To be able to edit a scheduled event without having to delete the event and re-enter the info. ability to stop an event in progress and delete it/reprogram it. ...
Suggested by: Thomas Farley (25 Jun, '21) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 127
225 votes

Top of hour function - News Feed, Weather, ID's, station updates

I would like to see a feature where all we have to do is provide a newsfeed URL and Live365 automatically inserts it and plays the news every hour at the top of the ...
Suggested by: Jim Clark (07 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 38
127 votes

Notifications to Listeners and Broadcasters during service issues or Outages

When a station is down due to a home internet issue OR a Live365 issue (like mine in now); how about having an automated message on the player web page saying that ...
Suggested by: Jay Goldberg (09 Nov, '18) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 29
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
121 votes

Opening Greeting When Stream is Accessed

When listeners first connect it would be nice to have a station greeting/announcement that could maybe be pulled as an ID? Essentially, give Broadcasters the ...
Suggested by: John Mouw (30 Jan, '19) Upvoted: 27 May Comments: 11
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
113 votes

Playlist - Batch edit multiple tracks at once (add or delete) & allow to edit Album Art in bulk

Updated 2-26-25 to clarify that this Request is two parts - 1. Allow to bulk edit Album Art in batch on the Tracks page. All other elements can be bulk edited ...
Suggested by: Jaymie Bowles (07 Aug, '18) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 68
108 votes

Gap Killer / Silence Detection

Will Live365 be incorporating a "Gap Killer" anytime soon... those couple seconds of dead air can really hurt a station's listening viewer count as listeners may log ...
Suggested by: Mixx 716 (28 Mar, '19) Upvoted: 27 May Comments: 28
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
99 votes

Ability to "Kick" Live DJ streams, manage encoder password.

Broadcaster's that have remote DJ doing shows request the ability to remotely stop the stream if the remote DJ forgets to turn off the encoder or run over their ...
Suggested by: Adam (16 Jul, '18) Upvoted: 12 May Comments: 33
88 votes

Customized widget

Either the ability to customize the size of the now playing widget or have additional sizes available. As some websites have set sizes for different things, and with ...
Suggested by: Mark Phire (26 Jun, '19) Upvoted: 12 May Comments: 42
60 votes

Option to "Kick" off listener "immediately"

There are times when listeners mistakenly tune in two or three times with different tabs on their browsers, tune in with different devices, or with suspicious but ...
Suggested by: Jose (03 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 11 May Comments: 12
56 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: 28 May Comments: 12
53 votes

Replace/overwrite existing files on upload

Make it possible to overwrite existing files.
Suggested by: Tyrone K Sullivan (09 Oct, '18) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 26
52 votes

more options to customized station page.

I would like to see more options to customized station page. the option of having background images or layout options and color scheme.
Suggested by: Chris From Rockade Radio (04 May, '19) Upvoted: 12 May Comments: 5
51 votes

AutoDJ Separation Rules

Increase the maximum duration for separation rules from the current 240 minutes in AutoDJ.
Suggested by: Leonard Mancini (16 Sep, '18) Upvoted: 14 Apr Comments: 21
48 votes

Scheduled stream relays

Have we considered an option to schedule a relay stream? Say for example you have your normal auto dj stream that plays out the songs in your library, but maybe you ...
Suggested by: Cameron Fletcher (13 May, '19) Upvoted: 22 Jan Comments: 27
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
41 votes

Block metadata for Ads, IDs, Sweepers etc.

It would be great if there were a way to filter or block certain metadata from being sent to the player/app as well as the recently played list. I happen to run ...
Suggested by: Dan (04 Jun, '19) Upvoted: 04 Apr Comments: 15
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
39 votes

Ability to import M3U playlists

The ability to upload M3U playlists in the Playlist section of the dashboard.
Suggested by: Bogdan (17 Jul, '18) Upvoted: 02 Mar Comments: 3
37 votes

Music Library / Pre-Loaded Content

A library of music that broadcasters can use on their stations. Preferably major label tracks, but anything would be great. Maybe include an example templates ...
Suggested by: Jason Stoddard (03 Aug, '18) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 10
34 votes

FTP uploads

It would be nice to upload media files via FTP using an FTP client such as Filezilla or Cyberduck
Suggested by: Kevin Askew (01 Nov, '21) Upvoted: 03 Mar Comments: 11
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
27 votes

Live365 desktop app for DJs

Create a version of Live365, much like Mixxx or Studio365, for broadcasters to run automation locally
Suggested by: Philip (18 Aug, '25) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 16
27 votes

UK and Spanish (Mexico) PSA's

request for UK PSA's request for Spanish PSAs these PSAs should air to listeners in the relative geo-locations. Or Broadcasters need to have an option ...
Suggested by: Conrad Arnold (07 Dec, '18) Upvoted: 23 Feb Comments: 5
26 votes

Custom Art work during LiveDJ sets

Ability to enter a jpeg or name of the Guest or organization's Logo during Live Interviews to identify speaker. This would show on the player like the Album Art or ...
Suggested by: J Hollidah (06 Nov, '18) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 15
25 votes

Limit Listeners

I'd like to have it where I can set a limit on how many can be tuned in at the same time. The limit would be able to be set by the broadcaster. For example, if I ...
Suggested by: Joseph Hafley (15 Aug, '20) Upvoted: 01 Feb, '25 Comments: 14
25 votes

Sync ClockWheel queue to top of hour so ID's are played at the expected time

...[A] big one for me is having the ability to clear the queue when a new clock launches at the top of the hour or the bottom of the hour, or whenever a new clock ...
Suggested by: AC Tones (23 Jun, '19) Upvoted: 23 May Comments: 11
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
21 votes

MultiTrack - Unlimited number of Place Markers

Memory Lane radio plays songs across the decades and unfortunately the 60's are a problem when trying to multitrack a 60 minute show! 60's music tracks are ...
Suggested by: Anastasia (23 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 20 Apr Comments: 8
20 votes

Ability to listen to your playlist in full before adding to schedule

Would like to see the option to preview your playlist in full before adding it to the schedule to make sure all levels and transitions are at same volume levels and ...
Suggested by: Justin (23 Feb, '19) Upvoted: 18 Nov, '25 Comments: 2
15 votes

GoLive shout-out/voice tracking through web browser

Introduces the GoLive shout-out feature through the web Dashboard for desktop devices It would be great to be able to place a "pre-recorded" audio file between ...
Suggested by: Philip (18 Aug, '25) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 11
14 votes

Promo Rotation/Restrictions

Just like station IDs, there should also be restrictions on Auto DJ station Promos. While 1 per hour may be quite sufficient for some producers, 2 or more per hour ...
Suggested by: John Labaum (27 May, '19) Upvoted: 05 Jan Comments: 3
14 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: 11 Nov, '25 Comments: 2
14 votes

2FA Two-Factor Authentication for Broadcaster dashboard

Please add 2FA Two-Factor Authentication such as 'Authy' or 'Google Authenticator' to add an extra level of security to our stations.
Suggested by: Alex (25 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 16 Oct, '25 Comments: 0
12 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: 25 Sep, '25 Comments: 6
12 votes

Custom Alexa Skill - Too many prompts

I love being able to find out the name of the song on my station through the Alexa Skill. One area of improvement is when I say “open or play station name”, in my ...
Suggested by: Romane (12 Mar, '24) Upvoted: 12 May Comments: 0
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
11 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: 18 Jun, '24 Comments: 3
11 votes

To be able to upload wav files & other formats in Live365

Suggested by: TONYT (15 Oct, '19) Upvoted: 27 Sep, '22 Comments: 3
10 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: 24 Jan, '25 Comments: 6
9 votes

BSS Mobile App - News, DJ Profiles and upcoming events/shows

Give station owners the capability to add news, DJ profiles, and an upcoming shows/events schedule
Suggested by: Romane (06 Oct, '25) Upvoted: 08 Apr Comments: 6
9 votes

Playlist Logs

Provide public playlist logs for all the "live" shows on your station.
Suggested by: RICHARD RIVERA (24 Jan, '19) Upvoted: 02 Apr, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Tools for Broadcasters
9 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: 15 Nov, '25 Comments: 2
9 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: 15 Jun, '24 Comments: 1
9 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: 02 Apr, '23 Comments: 1
8 votes

Ability to block specific states from the US

Currently, if a broadcaster chooses to stop a listener from logging onto their station, for whatever the reason (it should be their choice to do so), they only have 2 ...
Suggested by: Kevin (20 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 22 Apr Comments: 5
8 votes

Add automation capabilities to the Live365 encoder

Add an interface for the Live365 encoder where a person can do live shows or music programming. Also, have an encoder to connect to the cloud system so you can play ...
Suggested by: Garrick (03 Oct, '22) Upvoted: 27 Feb, '25 Comments: 1
7 votes

Ability to download the song database

I would like to be able to download the song database. This way I could create a searchable database for listeners/indie artists to find out the songs on the ...
Suggested by: Jay Goldberg (20 Jun, '21) Upvoted: 06 Jan Comments: 3
6 votes

Change encoding settings through the Live365 Dashboard for uploading Tracks

I would love an option where we can change our encoding settings to MP3 128kbps 44.1 kHz right on Live365 rather than having to go through a program like Audacity to ...
Suggested by: Mark (09 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 11 Nov, '25 Comments: 5
6 votes

More options for adjusting the Session duration

I have a need to have unlimited session duration.
Suggested by: Dennis Worflar (02 Nov, '20) Upvoted: 25 Feb, '25 Comments: 2
6 votes

Branded Single Station mobile app - White Labeling

I would like to remove the ( POWERED BY LIVE365 ) on my custom mobile App... I would like to Replace it with either ( PARTNERS WITH LIVE365 ) or ( RADIO SOCIAL MEDIA ...
Suggested by: Litho Nericcio (22 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 01 Oct, '25 Comments: 1
5 votes

Ability to play podcasts through RSS feed

My station is at least 80% if not 100% independent musicians for our oddball type of music. There's a fairly popular podcast that the sci-fi channel can pull in ...
Suggested by: Spearcarrier (19 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 14 May, '25 Comments: 3
5 votes

Virtual Machine & StationPlaylist Should Replace AutoDJ

Virtual Machine & StationPlaylist should not be an add-on, but the basic standard (replacing Auto DJ) going forward. Auto DJ has been okay (not great) for power ...
Suggested by: Sam Crutchfield (27 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 14 Mar, '24 Comments: 3