How to Schedule Playlists with Smart Stream Print

The Schedule page lets you program your station: run a playlist as a show at set times, and build clockwheels that shape each hour like a professional radio station.

What plays when

When the AutoDJ picks the next item, it checks in this order:

1. Requests (tracks you added with Play next)
2. Shows on the calendar / list
3. The weekly clock grid
4. The default clock
5. Normal rotation (your active playlists, or the whole library)

Add a show

1. In the Calendar view, click an empty hour. Or in the List view, click Add show.
2. Give it a Title.
3. Under Plays, choose a Playlist or a Clock.
4. Choose One time (pick a date) or Weekly (pick days, a start date and an optional end date).
5. Set Starts and Ends. An end time earlier than the start runs past midnight.
6. Set the Priority (0 to 10). When shows overlap, the higher priority wins; on a tie, one-time shows beat weekly ones.
7. Click Save show.

Tip: create the show's playlist as Scheduled only so its songs don't play outside the show.

Clockwheels

A clock is a template for one hour, made of slots that play in order:

• Song: one song from the playlist you choose.
• Jingle: one jingle of the category you choose. A sweeper slot plays over the next song.
• Ad break: ads from an ad source, with a maximum number of ads and maximum length (see Running Ads on Your Station).

The clock restarts at the top of every hour. If the hour runs long, the clock is cut; if it runs short, songs from the first song slot fill the gap.

Build a clock

1. Switch to the Clockwheels view.
2. Type a name (e.g. "Daytime"), pick a colour and click Add.
3. Select the clock, then add slots with + Add slot. Drag slots to reorder them. The wheel shows how the hour is divided.
4. Click Save clock.

Assign clocks to hours

1. Under Weekly clock grid, choose a clock in Paint with.
2. Click or drag across the hours where it should run. Choose Erase to clear hours.
3. Click Save grid.

Hours with nothing assigned use the Default clock, if you've chosen one. Otherwise they play normal rotation.

Example: a simple hour

Station ID ? Song (Hits) ? Song (Hits) ? Sweeper ? Song (Classics) ? Song (Hits) ? Ad break ? Liner ? Song (Hits)…

The Dashboard shows the show or clock currently on air next to the ON AIR light.