RadioDJ: Add Music to More Categories-Cool Hack!

Oh, the plans for my online radio station were grand! I wanted to add a bunch o’ fun features and use jingles to trigger specific songs based on 3-4 parameters. However, off the shelf, RadioDJ doesn’t offer much flexibility with adding music to multiple categories or subcategories. You’re stuck with a subcategory and genre. For many, that’s enough. BUT, to really flex your creative broadcast muscles, you need more options!
Let’s say, you want your rotation to pick a song from: Music | Sub-Cat: 80s | Genre: Top 40 | Mood: High | Year: 1988 | Intro Time: :06+ | Specialty Category: One Hit Wonder. Good frickin’ luck! Until now…
Today is Liberation Day for your music library! I’ll show you a cool hack to use existing RadioDJ features in ways they weren’t intended for. Feeling like a Radio Rebel? Good! Let’s dive in and unlock more flexibility and customization for your radio station.
⏰ CHAPTERS ⏰
00:00 Exciting Intro!
00:43 RadioDJ's Limitations to Creating Custom Sound
01:24 Use 'Languages' to Expand Subcategories
02:47 Use 'Start & End Time' to Assign Other Categories
03:02 How I Use 'End Time' for One Hit Wonders
04:32 Programming Rotations With These Settings
05:46 Use 'Start Time" for Songs with Specific Intro Times
07:44 Big Finish!
Part of the “How-To” requires some database coding. Panic not, you totally got this. I’m a coding bonehead and even I made it work. This is a query to assign songs with intro times greater than :05 to the Start category of “Hard”. You can choose other parameters from the Other tab in the Music Import section to assign this to.
SQL Query:
UPDATE `songs` SET `start_type`=2 WHERE `song_type`=0 AND `enabled`=1 AND `id_genre`=143 AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=5.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=4.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=3.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=2.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=1.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=0.%' AND `cue_times` Not LIKE '%int=-%'
**You need to change id_genre to match yours
For XXXtreme 80s FUN…and to hear my rotations and imaging elements…check out my 80s online station: www.XXX80s.com
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[@studiogoudvanoud2113]

Hi RadioDJ Dude, I love your videos and i learn a lot. We have a oldies station and we playing 60s, 70s, 80 and 90's music. How would you categorize the categories? I would like to hear it to do even better than i have now. Thank you in advance.

[@RadioDJDude]

Thanks! I really appreciate your eyeballs. :) First, I'd create categories for each decade (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s). Then, create subcats based on the type of song (Top 40, Love Song, Rock, Mid-Tempo, New Wave, Disco, Yacht Rock, Dance, etc). In your rotations, you can select tracks to fit just what you're looking for. Music > 80s > New Wave. Boom! Duran Duran is on!

[@studiogoudvanoud2113]

That's what I had in mind too. Now that you have confirmed this, we will do that. Thank you for your answer and I hope there will be many more tuturiols to come. Thanks...👍🏻

[@theel.us-americasrockstati8864]

Great segment! It provides so much more functionality & options. Rock On Brother!

[@RadioDJDude]

Totally! RadioDJ is the best app that money CAN'T buy! :)

[@theel.us-americasrockstati8864]

Yes, FREE is good. Any chance you could do a video on creating Teasers ( In, Out, Transitions). I know RDJ has a plugin for it with a couple of samples but nothing on the setup or creation of, when to use them or some ideas for creating your own. Thank you Brother, Rock On! @@RadioDJDude