Radio/TV Schedule

The Radio/TV Schedule module in CMS 4media allows Publishers to create a radio or television program schedule and add it on their website as a new kind of subpage.

The Radio/TV Schedule module in CMS 4media enables the creation of an individual hourly schedule for each day of the week, from Monday to Sunday. The schedule is accessible on the website through a URL path like /schedule (see https://demo.4media.com/schedule - available Monday schedule only). This makes it easy for you to share your radio or television program on social media, messengers, or email. When a user clicks on the schedule link, they will immediately see the program for the current day of the week (so if a user clicks on Tuesday, they will see the schedule for Tuesday).

 

Radio/TV Schedule - view of the subpage accessible to users.
Radio/TV Schedule - view of the subpage accessible to users.

 

Additionally, on the program schedule subpage, the currently ongoing broadcast will be highlighted with an informational banner, as shown in the screenshot below:

 

Program Schedule - Now Playing. Information about the ongoing broadcast.
Program Schedule - Now Playing. Information about the ongoing broadcast.

 

Current broadcasts (NOW PLAYING) can be embedded, for example, on the main page on your local TV/radio website and displayed through a dedicated "Now Playing" widget.

Each weekday can contain any number of entries - specific programs that are being aired on the radio or television. The list of programs for a given day is sorted by the start time of the programs, from earliest to latest. Each entry can contain additional information.

An entry in the program schedule (position in the schedule) consists of the following elements:

  • Title
  • Subtitle
  • Description
  • Main photo
  • Day of the week
  • Start time
  • End time

 

 

Components of an entry comprising the program description in the Schedule module of CMS 4media.
Components of an entry comprising the program description in the Schedule module of CMS 4media.

 

Attention! The program description is displayed as an expandable section upon clicking "More".

 

Expandable program description.
Expandable description after clicking the "More" button.

 

How to add a new entry to the schedule?

Log in to the administrator account in CMS 4media and in the menu on the left-hand side, select the Radio/TV Schedule module

Click on the plus icon in a circle at the top - "Add a new entry". The new entry creation wizard for the schedule will appear.

 

Entry Wizard - Adding a program to the schedule.
New entry wizard - adding a program to the schedule.

 

Fill in all the fields, preferably. The more information you provide, the more engaging the program description you will create, making it easier to entice listeners to tune in to the radio or television.

Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page to publish the entry to the schedule. It will be visible for the chosen day of the week in the list of entries in the Radio/TV Schedule module.

 

List of entries (programs) visible in the Schedule module in CMS 4media.
List of entries (programs) visible in the Radio/TV Schedule module in CMS 4media.

 

You can edit, delete, or change the status to inactive for each added entry. Remember that only active entries will be able to display in the "Now Playing" widget.

 

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