Scheduling & logs

Learn how Music 1 schedules: you fix things during the run, so every song in a category gets consistent spins and placement.

Understand why M1 stops when every choice breaks a rule, and the quick way to edit past the stop by filling upcoming slots first.

See why M1 only looks at the top of the category stack: it keeps songs from repeating too soon and holds your rotation plan.

Cut daily editing time by more than half: let M1 override minor rules and stop only for unbreakable ones.

Have M1 schedule the full day, or several days, without stopping, and know how to check the rule violations afterwards.

Schedule many stations or a week at a time faster by letting M1 dig into an alternative category when the main one runs out.

Set the columns, font, font size and colors you see while you schedule.

Swap two songs or move a song to another hour by dragging it in the Clock view while you edit.

Find a song while you schedule, for example hits from a range of years, and drop it into the log.

Decide whether a song you search-and-schedule counts as a regular rotation play, so your planned spins stay on track.

See every unit in a non-music category when you insert one manually, even the ones that have already played.

Get one announcement from a rotating category on the air at the same time every day.

Drop a short-run promo straight into the schedule without editing your master format clocks.

Place artist drops next to songs by that artist: automatically with Links in Pro, or by hand in SE.

Play a promo every other hour with a second clock, a second promo or an empty place-holder card.

Run a whole promo campaign from one category by giving units start and end dates and times.

Schedule a weekly or year-end countdown show in about five minutes instead of searching every slot by hand.

Schedule artist double-shots all day on Tuesday, or just a few times across the day.

Know when to flip hour-restricted songs: yes for tight-rotation categories, no for songs that play a few times a week.

Fix a scheduling stop that keeps coming back with the same one or two choices, and keep daily editing under five minutes.

Find out why the Dig button works for some categories and not others when M1 stops for a rule violation.

Get past a scheduling stop with no choices: let M1 leave an empty non-music slot unfilled.

See why scheduling exactly 60 minutes an hour is rarely wise, and how to hit the top of the hour with a sync command instead.

Make sure the spots in your Music 1 schedule are included in the playlist your playout system gets.

Fix a playlist that runs short in your playout system: check the CART paths, then the setting shown here.

Delete and reschedule a log, or just a few hours, without throwing your song rotations off.

Get a log for the date you need, an earlier date, tomorrow or a past schedule reused, by renaming the log file.

Learn what a reconcile does and why Steve only reconciles commercials, not music.

Know what "Errors Found During Load" means when you open a schedule, and why you can usually ignore it.