Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Freeze-Frame Radio -> Freeze-Frame Radio Lounge -> Cool change to Now Playing page!
Post Info TOPIC: Cool change to Now Playing page!
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Cool change to Now Playing page!
Permalink  

I've wanted to do this for YEARS but couldn't figure out the code, I finally did!

The Top 40 has been replaced with a QUICK PICK requests list.  It's 20 randomly selected songs from our entire playlist.

This should really help shake up the sound of the station a bit!

Eventually I hope to have a TOP 20 REQUEST list on top of the 20 RANDOM SONG list, but I haven't figured out how to stack em' in the code yet.

Until I do, if you prefer the old format you can still access it here...

http://www.disc-connection.com/samPHPweb/xplaying.php

Just bookmark the page and go there instead of going through our regular link.

__________________
Lady Strange


80's Rock Chick

Status: Offline
Posts: 8789
Date:
Permalink  

Cool! I really like this! It is so good for 3 reasons:
1. It will remind people of a song they haven't heard in a long time
2. It will alert people to a song they might not have known was even part of your list in the first place
3. I won't have to look at "I Can't Fight This Feeling" every single day. (Now if only I could not have to hear it every single day... Sigh...)

__________________
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll?
When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before"
-"Been There Before" by Hanson
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

I think that's another reason all together LS.

A song like "Can't Fight This Feeling" might not get played as often if it's not listed on the now playing page like that.

Although I would like to re-add a Top 20 at some point, I would probably put it BENEATH the random 20, and I've learned how to strip the counts off of the listing, so there should be less jockeying for chart placement.  I really think people see a favorite song of theirs is let's say, 3 requests short of jumping over the song in front of it and they get hell-bent on getting it over the hump.

__________________
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

Oh!  One other cool point.

The list is loaded differently for EVERY person, so if 20 of us have the now playing page open, we're all seeing 20 different choices!

Plus, if you're one of those folks who just leaves the Now Playing page open while you listen & work, it auto-refreshes every 90 seconds with a new 20 songs.

__________________
Lady Strange


80's Rock Chick

Status: Offline
Posts: 8789
Date:
Permalink  

You think people actually "jockey" for placement? (Honestly, I forget about that list & almost never look at it...)

Every 90 seconds?! That's a lot. Is that an automatic setting?

__________________
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll?
When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before"
-"Been There Before" by Hanson
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

LS,

I don't think MOST people jockey for placement, but I have no doubt we had one or two people doing it awhile ago.  They seemed hell bent on getting their song up the list.

You can only play a song once every eight hours, and the same person would request it almost exactly eight hours apart.

This also becomes an issue with independent artists, who have rabid fans that will try to artificially inflate the artists standing.

We had that happen with LEO, a girl from another country requested it over and over and never tuned in once.

The setting is automatically set at 90 seconds because the page needs to update to show the latest NOW PLAYING song. 

__________________
Lady Strange


80's Rock Chick

Status: Offline
Posts: 8789
Date:
Permalink  

Ah, Leo. I remember those. Dedicated by someone different each time, when it was obviously the same person. I liked those songs. (Reminds me - I should request myself some Leo tomorrow.)

Oh, thanks for the explanation. I like this idea already.

__________________
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll?
When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before"
-"Been There Before" by Hanson
allycat


Cat Scratch Diva

    



Status: Offline
Posts: 10068
Date:
Permalink  

I love it!

__________________
1150915680215674az.gif
sgmorrell


Low in Fiber High in M-SG

Status: Offline
Posts: 5952
Date:
Permalink  

That's a

I think the sound of the station should be even better now!  I also like that a new song (or hit song) is automatically added every now and then!

__________________
Ultimo


King of the Ring

Status: Offline
Posts: 4941
Date:
Permalink  

I love it, I am always gonna use this to pick my songs now, it should stop me picking the same things again and again.



__________________

Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

I've really enjoyed the change too!

I have my now playing page open all the time and everytime I look I see another song that makes me think "Ooh, I haven't hear that one in a while, I like that one!"

__________________
MzHartz


Permanent Vacation



Status: Offline
Posts: 23086
Date:
Permalink  

What an awesome idea!

__________________

tumblr_maefr2j2Bt1rrd8d6o1_500.gif

 
sgmorrell


Low in Fiber High in M-SG

Status: Offline
Posts: 5952
Date:
Permalink  

The station sounds great with the changes!!!


__________________
sgmorrell


Low in Fiber High in M-SG

Status: Offline
Posts: 5952
Date:
Permalink  

J -

Just had a Christmas song pop up in my Quick Picks list...is there a way to exclude them???  

__________________
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

Been workin' on that for a bit SG.

Hope to have it fixed this week.

__________________
Cheeselvr


Better Than Cheddar

Status: Offline
Posts: 1480
Date:
Permalink  

I like it.
I love it.
I want some more of it.

__________________
Woo Hoo


The Chosen Woo

Status: Offline
Posts: 21048
Date:
Permalink  

bumping

i guess I didn't pick up on the actual requesting part. I just thought it was to give a brief glimpse at what was available to request.



__________________
"Am I speaking in a language you're not getting here?"
Jeremy Riggs


2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Status: Offline
Posts: 29950
Date:
Permalink  

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

You guys never listen to me no.gif

If I ever have an emergency I better not tell you guys first hmm.gif

__________________
Lady Strange


80's Rock Chick

Status: Offline
Posts: 8789
Date:
Permalink  

Woo Hoo wrote:

bumping

i guess I didn't pick up on the actual requesting part. I just thought it was to give a brief glimpse at what was available to request.





laughing.gif

no.gif


__________________
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll?
When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before"
-"Been There Before" by Hanson
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Freeze-Frame Radio -> Freeze-Frame Radio Lounge -> Cool change to Now Playing page!
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard