About Station Settings

Stations are loaded into the AmperWave Streaming system for you by AmperWave Streaming Support. The field descriptions are listed below.

Basic Info

Field

Description

Station Description

The description of the station, such as classical rock or country.

Station URL

The main URL for the station.

Format

The subject matter of the station, like sports or 80s rock.

Time Zone

The time zone the station is in.

Language

The language the station's programming is in.

DMA Market

The market the station is in.

Max Ad Injection Time

The length of time the system will stay in ad mode before automatically returning to content.

Simulcast

Field

Description

Simulcast Enabled

Enables or disables Simulcast Mode, which will serve the stream unaltered (no ad insertion) to users within the station DMA and perform ad insertion for users outside of the station DMA or country. If this option is enabled additional DMAs can be added that will receive the simulcasted station.

Simulcast Addl Targeting

The options are None, DMA, or Country.

Simulcast Addl Countrie(s)

Select the countries you want to simulcast.

Ad Network Settings

Field

Definition

TargetSpot Code

The TargetSpot code if you have one.

A2X ID

The A2X ID if you have one.

WOPD Placement ID

WO Programmatic Digital ID if you are integrated with WOPD.

Custom DAAST Ad Category Overrides

Select ad types to block ads of that type from being delivered to this station via ad networks.

Always Selected DAAST Ad Category Overrides

These ad types are always blocked from being delivered to this station via ad networks.

Notifications

Field

Description

Silence Alert

When enabled, the system sends this alert when silence is detected for 60 seconds.

Once enabled, add each address to which you want the system to send the alert message.

Not Requesting Ads Alert

Not Requesting Ads Threshold

When enabled, the system sends this alert when the station has not not requested ads from AmperWave Streaming for longer than the threshold time set below.

Once enabled, add each address to which you want the system to send the alert message.

Set the threshold at which you want the system to trigger the alert.

Stream Down Alert

When enabled, the system sends this alert when a stream is down.

Once enabled, add each address to which you want the system to send the alert message.

Not Receiving Metadata Alert

Not Receiving Metadata Threshold

When enabled, the system sends this alert when your encoder has not sent meta-data for longer than the threshold time set below.

Once enabled, add each address to which you want the system to send the alert message.

Set the threshold at which you want the system to trigger the alert.