A stations format is the type of music it plays. Its format is awarded by Ofcom. Fro example heart fm is a hot adult contemporary playing popular chart music.

An A B C playlists is where singers go to make money and get their music to the top. For example Lady gaga and Katy Perry go straight into the A playlist. Group C on the other hand is where singers have to make their way  to group A. The A playlists songs get played 3-4 times a day. The B playlists songs get played 2 times a day and the C playlist songs get played once a day.

Music scheduling is where music is compiled onto a playlists by a scheduler which is then played by a radio.

The techniques a music scheduler uses are: plays upbeat music after news, plays most popular music during drive time because that is when most people listen to radio, uses hammocking this is where you put a not so popular music in between 2 popular songs.