MusicMaster Blog

MusicMaster 5.0

With all due respect to Paul Desmond, we want you to Take Five—MusicMaster 5.0 that is.  Take 5.0 to new places with new features including:

• Scheduling Goals that concentrate on rotations
• Category QuickMove to quickly move songs from one category to another
• An InfoBar that displays more critical information on your categories and displays your lognotes
• Look for the additional information on your Schedule Calendar display including what’s been exported, reconciled and any day-specific notes
• Enhanced short-cuts swapping and replacing songs in the Schedule Editor
• More choices on the Editor Results Panel, like Song Segue where you’ll confirm the last time the two songs played next to each other
• Combined history graphs for your keywords
• A Turnover graph that allows you to select only certain hours, perfect for analyzing special shows or eliminating network plays

It would take us a bit longer than five to tell you about all the new enhancements, so check out the What’s New in 5.0 bulletin in our support center or contact your Music Scheduling Consultant for more information about the ways we’ve made MusicMaster even better.

Welcome to MusicMaster

Radio Eins – Potsdam, Germany
Radio Fritz – Potsdam, Germany
Antenne Brandenburg – Potsdam, Germany
Liferadio Tirol – Innsbruck, Austria
Media-plan – Zagreb, Croatia
DRadio Wissen – Cologne, Germany
Antenne Thüringen – Weimar, Germany
Top40 – Weimar, Germany
WWAV-FM, WMXZ-FM, WFFY-FM, WHWY-FM – Destin, FL
The Mormon Channel – Salt Lake City, UT
musicfm – Budapest, Hungary
Domradio – Cologne, Germany
RTL 102.5 – Cologno Monzese, Italy
Radio Narodni – Zagreb, Croatia
Fireplay – Zagreb, Croatia

Radiodays Europe

On Air’s Rainer Eichhorn and Thomas Roth will be showing the brand new MusicMaster Version 5 at Radiodays Europe, March 15-16, in Barcelona, Spain. The show is sold out, but if you already have tickets, please stop by at our booth (#9) in the CCCB exhibition area or get in touch with Rainer or Thomas if you want to fix an appointment right away.

Radiodays Europe is the meeting point for all radio in Europe, bringing together European private and public radios. Over 750 participants from over 45 countries will attend this year’s conference in Barcelona.

Industry Event Calendar

If you are planning to attend any of these upcoming events let us know. We would love the opportunity to say hello, share a cup of coffee, or help with any questions you may be having.

• March 9-16: SXSW – Austin, TX
• March 15-16: Radiodays Europe – Barcelona, Spain
• March 21-22: Hispanic Radio Conference – San Diego, CA
• March 21-25: Canadian Music Week – Toronto, ON
• April 14-19: NAB Show – Las Vegas, NV
• April 27-28: World Radio Summit – Los Angeles, CA
• July 17-20: The Conclave Learning Conference –  Minneapolis, MN

MusicMaster Pro-Team: Mark Patric

Mark Patric is the APD and MD of 93.7 JRfm in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with his 16 years of major market broadcast experience he has also worked as a music scheduling consultant and music research adviser for Albright and O’Malley Consulting for the past 10 years.

Contact Mark Patric at 604-575-1226 or magmedia@telus.net.

The MusicMaster Pro-Team is comprised of experienced broadcast consultants and programmers who are available to assist MusicMaster clients with programming advice. Their services are available under this cost effective program with no long term commitment required, and can be added to your existing software support plan. Information on each MusicMaster Pro-Team member is available below. If you would like to retain the services of one of the MusicMaster Pro-Team members or have questions about the specifics of the program contact Mark Bolke Vice President/COO at (651) 405-9119 or Mark@MusicMaster.com.

See the complete MusicMaster Pro-Team Roster.

Quick Tip: New InfoBar Options

With 5.0, you can now display more information on your categories.  Go to Tools, Options, Library Editor Options and configure the Infobar Options to show song count, slot count or the average runtime of the category.  Once enabled, you’ll see this information after the name of your category.  The example here shows the number of songs in each category.

Recent Feature Articles From the MusicMaster Blog

Random Clock Elements
by Paul Ziino

MusicMaster can randomly choose from a list of categories in a clock position when a Random element is set up. (Read more.)

Customizing MusicMaster
by Marianne Burkett

When you start using MusicMaster after having worked with other scheduling software, you may or may not be aware of all the choices you have about colors, layout, font sizes and embedding your logo into the software.  Yes, all things are possible and it’s very fun to play at setting it up. (Read more.)

Music Master of the Month

George Bougioukhliampos
Presentation Scheduler
MTV Greece

As a presentation scheduler I found MusicMaster to be an amazing tool in my hands. I used to work with another software before, and the truth is that this one is better by all comparisons!

We’re talking about a very smart software that with the proper preparation can run on autopilot, and that is very important for any presentation scheduler because it gives them more time to imagine the flow and be more creative.

One more thing I truly like about MusicMaster is the ability to create your own layout depending on your needs and what’s convenient for you.

I hope to have the opportunity in the future to meet a lot of people who work with MusicMaster who can improve our ideas and offer tips on how to make my use of the software more perfect!