Ability to Sync Station At or Near Top of Hour
After a song ends after the top of an hour, the station starts the clockwheel over regardless of location. The first element in the clockwheel then begins to play, ad block, ID, or music.
For example, if my song ends at 2:01:35, instead of going to the next item in the clockwheel, the Auto DJ returns to the beginning of the clockwheel and starts the new hour. Rinse and repeat. I used to play Legal ID's on my station, but stopped once I noticed they would often fire off anywhere from 20 mins past the hour to 20 mins to the next one. This feature would ad structure to our stations.
Broadcasters that want it could also have the option to "hard sync" or have the clockwheel or a scheduled event start exactly at a specified time, such as 2:00pm. This feature is currently available but only for scheduled programs.
Comments: 4
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19 Jul, '22
Joseph GorgoThis is definitely a must for a professional sounding station.
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18 May, '23
James H Becker MergedIn trying to make a SMOOTH transition from AUTODJ to LIVE show, there are times when AUTODJ will play a track that is LONG and the LIVE show is delayed IF you don't want to cut the track off.
Recommendation: Add a case or requirement in AUTODJ that when it approaches the top of the hour, and when the last song ends and there is only 3 minutes left, then search/find a track that does NOT exceed that time frame. I have plenty of tracks in the 2-3 minutes range. -
02 Jun, '23
Ionut Sarghi Admin"AUTODJ Top of the Hour Track Limit" (suggested by James H Becker on 2023-05-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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04 Oct, '23
Arlen HornStation Playlist Creator allows me to program specific features to play at or near a specified time and day. There is a need for this ability so that a clockwheel doesn't continue long past the top of the hour and can also allow for set day(s) and time(s) for feature programming.