Setting up a station schedule
To create a schedule of radio programs, you need to enable the following modules:
- station
- station program
- views
- station schedule
You can then begin creating program nodes, if you haven't already. Create one for each program on your station, but bear in mind that one program can be scheduled at several times. For example, the program 'Rock Dungeon' can be on both Saturday and Sunday nights.
Schedule time increment
Before you being scheduling, you should consider what your minimum schedule slot size needs to be. Set this at admin >> site configuration >> station >> schedule. The default is 1 hour. Other options are 15 and 30 minutes.
Scheduling programs
There are two ways of adding a program node to the schedule:
- At admin >> content management >> schedule, click on an unscheduled slot, and type in the name of the program. You can also change the times, to have the program occupy only part of the empty slot.
- Edit the program node, and under Schedule click Add to the schedule. Note that the node must have already been saved.
Station: Radio station schedule, programs, playlists and webstream archive
Station is a group of modules designed to run a radio station's website. It was originally designed for KPSU, a college radio station in Portland, Oregon.
The component modules of station are:
- station.module - the core of the station module. Required by all the other modules.
- station_program.module - provides a content type for program nodes.
- station_schedule.module - allows a weekly schedule of programs and a block that displays the currently playing program, and adds a list of DJs to program nodes. Requires the views module.
- station_catalog.module - track albums in a radio station's library.
- station_playlist.module - provides a program playlist node type..
- station_archive.module - provides a script to rip hour long mp3s and then imports the files as audio nodes. Requires the audio module, views module, and StreamRipper executable.
Station Schedule Module
The station schedule module provides:
- A weekly schedule of timeslots for a radio station. Slots can be 1 hour, 30 minutes, or 15 minutes.
