Patent ID: 7412203

Claim:
A method for operating a radio station, comprising: periodically receiving generic content files via a satellite downlink or an internet connection; periodically creating locally generated content files; storing all of the received generic and locally generated content files; using an electronic schedule having at least one or more indicators when certain of the generic content files are to be played and one or more indicators when there is supposed to be a break; preselecting which, if any, of the locally generated content files will be played during a given break without regard for the length or amount of the locally generated content files; retrieving, playing and broadcasting at least some of the stored generic content files in accordance with the electronic schedule until a break indicator appears at which time the preselected locally generated content files, if any, for that break are retrieved, played and broadcast until completed; seamlessly resuming retrieving, playing and broadcasting at least some of the stored generic content files without the need for resynchronization with the electronic schedule or dynamically resizing the content files; and repeating the process.