Even if you already know how to use scheduling software, this is a good thing to read. It will give you some new insight into how to plan and construct song rotations and music categories.

The article is an excerpt from Steve's Programming Operations Manual and was written as a guide for stations with live DJs before we had music scheduling software. If you're doing an automated or webcast station, this isn't going to help you do what really needs to be done with music scheduling software. But, if you must keep making your playlists manually, this could give you some ideas about how to devise your own ways to control song rotations and music flow a bit better.

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