Maths Art or Magic?

<p>After 40 years at RCS Robin Prior explores the philosophy of music scheduling magic</p><p><strong>By Nick Langan ⋅</strong></p><p><strong>Published: May 29 2025</strong></p><p>There are many ingredients that go into a truly successful radio station - personalities imaging community presence and crisp audio quality - just to name a few.</p><p>But a program director knows a deftly positioned song that fades into another - or a gold cut you haven't heard in years scheduled right at 4:45 p.m. on a Friday - keeps listeners coming back.</p><p>Some might call it magic.</p><p>Or maybe not says Robin Prior. He spent 40 years at RCS Sound Software providing training and support for the Selector and GSelector music scheduling software including across Africa.</p><p></p><p>His book outlines core philosophies he shared while training programmers to use Selector GSelector and their underlying databases.</p><p>Maths Art or Magic?</p><p>Prior's experience includes teaching the RCS suite to Africa's state broadcasters like the South African Broadcasting Corporation and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. That drove his motivation to share his knowledge.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>