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We've done something like this with StationPlaylist ( http://www.stationplaylist.com ) using inaudible tones. You can schedule a 1 or 2 second file containing a pure tone of around 35 hertz and schedule this just before the news break. You can purchase a tone detector for StationPlaylist Studio ...

Yeah, I tried SAM and a few others, but I also tried StationPlaylist and once I got to grip with it, it's much better than any others I tried including SAM.

It comes wih a 5 band compressor/limiter for processing the sound, which sounds perfect, with several presets available. Automatic advanced ...

Yeah, it's ok, but it's not that powerful in the sceduling department. You get what you pay for. You really need a separate scheduler to the automation system. One that provides voice tracking for example.

I can use StationPlaylist to record DJ announcements in between songs that will play later in ...

I've got the same problem. Just upgraded to the MAX 3.0 software and I want to use a fixed PS, and RT for the song title, but this is not possible.

The Automatic PS & RT Update needs to be set to "Turn Off" otherwise the PS tab gets overwritten with the song title. But when it's set to Turn Off ...

Nah, StationPlaylist is the best
http://www.stationplaylist.com