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The Radio Chart

The most-played tracks on FM radio stations, and how to schedule them on air

What is "The Radio Chart" for?

This page displays the real-time ranking of the most-played tracks on the FM radio stations monitored by the platform (FM Airplay module). It is updated every night and is the same for all stations: nothing in it is specific to your radio. You can see what FM stations are actually playing, track by track, station by station, and you can turn this ranking into an animated countdown broadcast on your own station.

Do not confuse: "The Radio Chart" is the FM airplay ranking, external to your station. The "Weekly Top 10", in the same menu, is the ranking built from your listeners' votes in your player, and it generates a complete show. The two pages look similar, but they measure different things. See the "Weekly Top 10" guide.

Where to find it?

In the "Tools" > "The Radio Chart" menu, at /dashboard/top-radio. The page is visible to accounts that have access to "My Music" or "Playlists". Viewing the page does not consume any credits.

Choosing the scope and view

The "Scope" panel offers three levels, from broad to precise:

  • "All stations" — the chart across all stations combined;
  • a station type (music format: plays from all stations of that format are added together; hover over the button to see which stations are included);
  • a specific station.

Three groups of buttons then control the view:

  • the time window: "Last 7 days" or "Last 30 days";
  • the sort order: "Total plays" (all plays added together) or "Value" — the average number of plays per station, with a 50% bonus for each additional station: a track present on several stations gains value without overshadowing a track played very frequently on just one;
  • the length: "Top 10", "Top 20", or "Top 50".
Example

Radio Soleil, a regional pop station, wants to know what the major stations in its format are playing before refreshing its rotation.

Scope: the "Pop" format→ "Last 30 days"→ Sort by "Value"→ "Top 20"

Why: with "Total plays", a single highly repetitive station can push a track to the top. With "Value", a track played moderately by five stations ranks higher: it is a better indicator of what is genuinely shared across a format.

Reading the chart

Each row shows the rank (the first is labelled "No. 1"), the cover art, the track title and artist, followed by badges:

  • the trend: "new entry", "rising", "falling";
  • "n stations" when the track is broadcast by several stations;
  • "in catalogue" or "not in catalogue": indicates whether the track exists in your music library. Only a track in the catalogue can be broadcast on your station; its cover art then becomes a "Play this track" button;
  • the genre, when known.

On the right, the main figure depends on the sort order: the number of plays (and the average per station), or the value with the detail "n plays · avg. x/station". A proportional bar makes comparison easier.

Track detail

Click a row to open its detail view: "Who is playing it, and how many times" over the selected time window, station by station, with each station's music format and a bar per station. This is the third and most precise level of analysis.

"Schedule this chart on air"

The button at the top right opens the "Schedule 'The Chart'" modal. It creates an appointment, not a rotation: a countdown is finite and ordered (from last place to No. 1, once, at a set time), which a looping playlist that picks tracks at random cannot deliver.

The chart airs at the scheduled time, once only: the AI presenter opens, announces each position with its play count, then closes. The sequence is regenerated every night based on the current chart: you never need to revisit it.

  • "Number of tracks": "Top 5", "Top 10", or "Top 12".
  • "Broadcast time".
  • "Chart presenter": the same settings as on your creation pages — voice, intonation, background music and level.
  • "Days" of the week to broadcast.

The modal prepares the sequence ("Preparing the sequence…") then summarises: "n tracks in the countdown, announced one by one by the chosen voice — i.e. n elements in the appointment". Tracks from the chart that are absent from your catalogue are flagged ("n chart track(s) are not in the catalogue: they will be skipped"). Click "Create appointment": it is saved as active, and the page confirms "Appointment created. Find it under Schedule > Appointments".

Good to know: The scope, time window and sort order selected at the time of creation are the ones the appointment will follow every night. A track "not in catalogue" is never broadcast: the larger your library, the more complete the countdown.
Example

Studio Nova wants a "Radio Top 10" every Friday at 6 p.m.

Scope "All stations", 7 days→ "Schedule this chart on air"→ "Top 10", 18:00, Friday→ "Create appointment"

Why: once created, the appointment regenerates itself every night with the week's chart: the presenter announces up-to-date figures without anyone having to reopen the page.

Credits

Viewing the chart and creating the appointment are free. The presenter\'s announcements are not pre-recorded files: they are segments generated a few minutes before air time, like those of the AI Presenter, so that the chart cited is always the current one. They therefore follow the same rule: AI credits are charged when the voice is produced (1 credit ≈ 3 seconds), broadcasting is free, and if no credits are available the segment is not broadcast.