How to Schedule A Promo 3x’s More Than the Others

This is something most of us need to do occasionally: Schedule one promo or announcement more than the other tracks in the category. This is super-simple as you’ll see in this 90 second video. Note: Cloning can only be done with Non-music (and Spot cards in TrafficONE); music cards cannot be cloned.

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Clone a promo card

Here’s the situation: a music director has a group of promos and wants to add a morning show promo that plays about three or four times more often than the others in the group. The answer is to clone the promo card.

1. Everything you run has to have an audio card, so first create the card for the promo. Type in the automation cart number (in the video, cart number 3).

2. Clone the card. You get an exact copy. You could give it a slightly different title if you wanted; the cart number for the automation system stays the same in the clones.

3. Clone it again until you have the number you need. In the video there are now 12 cards in the category, and the morning show promo should run every fourth time.

4. Move the cards around so the morning show promo sits in every fourth slot. To move things up and down quickly, hold the Ctrl key and use the up or down arrow on the keyboard.

Check it on the Average Turnover chart

Click over to the Average Turnover chart and show the clocks. It shows the promo category is used three times an hour. With 12 items in it and the morning show promo in every fourth slot, that promo plays about every hour and 20 minutes from here on out. That’s what we want it to do.