Overview
What the schedule is for, and what it is not.
The schedule is your station's week: the programmes you announce, when they are on and who presents them. It is what the public page reads when it says what is coming up.
What a program is
A title, a start, a length, and the station it belongs to. Programmes can repeat, and each one belongs to exactly one station.
Two kinds of programme
| Programme | What happens at its time |
|---|---|
| With playlists | It takes over AutoDJ for its time slot: its playlists play from the moment it starts. If the music runs out before the slot ends, the programme decides what follows: hand the air back to the rotation, play the playlists again in order, or play them again shuffled. |
| Without playlists (a live slot) | Nothing switches. It announces that someone intends to be on air; going live is still done with your broadcasting software. If nobody connects, the rotation carries on. |
The schedule never connects your encoder
A live programme does not start your broadcasting software for you. It is what your page announces, and when the reminders go out.
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