With Christmas behind us, it’s time to move on to the New Year Celebrations! It’s another great opportunity for you to share the festivities with your listeners. Whether you’re planning a live broadcast, or are just preparing the perfect party playlist, we’re here to make sure you get off to the right start!
Schedule a countdown with the Radio Manager
First things first, you’ll need to record your countdown, you can use a software such as Audacity to do so. Then, upload your countdown to the Radio Manager. To make sure your countdown plays on time, we suggest you set it as a break.
You can add a break by clicking on the orange button in the top right hand corner of the page. In order for your breaks to be broadcast exactly on the hour, you’ll need to set your break to the highest priority (10) and specify that the break can interrupt music in order to play on time.
You can then select your countdown in the Content tab.
If you schedule your break on the same day, don't forget to regenerate your day via the Daily Generation tab so that all of your changes are taken into account.
New Years also means new resolutions! Why not get your listeners to leave you an audio shout out to let you know what their new years resolutions are. You can even turn it into a small contest and give a prize to the best resolution!
New Year Playlist
What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with some top tracks! Don’t worry, we know you’re all fans of the classics too so we’ve made a separate list with some tunes to get your listeners in the mood to celebrate!
Some of our top hits from 2019
Dance Monkey – Tones and I
Circles – Post Malone
Don’t start now – Dua Lipa
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X
Someone you loved – Lewis Capaldi
Senorita – Shawn Mendes ft Camila Cabello
Mother’s daughter – Miley Cyrus
Watermelon sugar – Harry Styles
Tracks to get the celebrations going
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Fight for your right – Beastie Boys
One more time – Daft Punk
Get down on it – Kool & The Gang
We are Family – Sister Sledge
Play that funky music – Wild Cherry
Tik Tok – Ke$ha
The whole RadioKing team wishes you a very happy new year! ?