Profile – Station Schedules
One of the most important breakthroughs God allowed us to accomplish is the ability to put your Station’s Schedule in your hands.
Though at first glance it may appear complicated, it is actually quite simple.
Schedule Strategy – Local and Worldwide
Our Schedule strategy has been honed and perfected over a ten year period and we have reinvented the wheel in this department. To put it simply, it is astoundingly effective.
The concept you want to grasp most is that your Station is not only local, but worldwide. Every Schedule has been designed with this in mind.
7 Slots is critical to this strategy. You can have more or less, but what’s important is that the amount is consumable to the Listener. Not many people can consume 100+ different preaching files in a week but that’s exactly what many Christian stations are broadcasting. It’s just not consumable, and it usually attracts the saved not the lost. Our strategy reaches both the saved and the lost because it is consumable and so shareable.
7 Slots has been found to work most effectively because the average loyal, spoken word, listener averages 1.5 hours per day, 7 days per week. That amounts to 7.5 hours. 7 Slots is perfect.
Blocks
You will notice every Schedule has at least 1 or more Blocks. Blocks are Slots that play every day at the same time. This is part of the strategy of time zone management as well as allowing listeners a dependable time to listen to certain content. Maybe you will choose a Schedule with 2 Blocks that repeat every 8 hours and put your Sunday and Midweek Service in them.
Cascading Slots
In every Schedule, Slots that are not Blocks are Cascading. This give variety to the Listener. It is also very effective.
How Long Should Your Slots Be?
First, determine how long your Slots need to be. If you will be broadcasting church services, how long are they on average? Under one hour, but more than thirty minutes? You need 60 minute Slots?
There are descriptions above every Schedule to help you understand it.
Less than 5 Seconds to Change Your Schedule
You can change your Schedule as often as you like. When you update the Schedule in your Profile, it only takes about 3-5 seconds to make the change live.
The change will not interrupt your current file. It will go into effect at the next scheduled event on your new Schedule.
Schedule Names
To help you better identify what you are looking for, here’s a guide understand the naming convention. (See example image.)
013 2B60 – SL60 – 8H 4/12/8
013 is the Schedule’s ID
2B60 is Slots 1 & 2 in Blocks, both 60 minutes
SL60 all other Slots are 60 minutes
8H means the Blocks repeat every 8 hours
4/12/8 means the 8 Hour repeating Blocks start at 4am, 12pm and 8pm