Holiday Mode

Holiday mode lets you temporarily suspend all automatic recordings at your station. It’s useful during holiday periods, public holidays, or any time when your station isn’t broadcasting its regular content and you don’t want to generate empty episodes.

What Does Holiday Mode Do?

When holiday mode is active:

• No shows are recorded, regardless of their configured schedules
• No new episodes are generated
• Your station’s website shows “off-schedule” content (a title and image you can customize)
• Already recorded and published episodes remain available to listeners
• The RSS feed continues working with existing episodes

Only affects recordings

Holiday mode only stops automatic recordings. Your station’s website, previous episodes, RSS feed, and streaming (if configured) continue to work normally.

How to Enable Holiday Mode

From the admin panel, in your station’s settings, you’ll find the Holidays section with three fields:

Field	Description
Holiday mode	Enables or disables holidays immediately
Start date	Schedule when holidays will activate automatically
End date	Schedule when holidays will deactivate automatically

Immediate Activation

If you want to enable holiday mode right now:

1. Go to the admin panel
2. Open your station’s settings
3. Find the Holidays section
4. Check the Holiday mode checkbox
5. Save your changes

Recordings will stop immediately.

Scheduling Holidays

If you want to schedule holidays in advance (for example, Christmas or summer holidays):

1. Go to the admin panel
2. Open your station’s settings
3. Find the Holidays section
4. Set the start date (when you want holidays to activate)
5. Set the end date (when you want holidays to deactivate)
6. Save your changes

Schedule in Advance

Scheduling holidays with a start and end date is the most convenient approach. You won’t need to remember to enable or disable anything manually: EnaCast will do it automatically on the specified dates.

How to Disable Holiday Mode

To resume recordings, you have two options:

Automatic deactivation: if you set an end date, recordings will resume automatically when that date arrives. No action needed.

Manual deactivation: if you enabled holidays manually or want to end them before the scheduled date:

1. Go to the admin panel
2. Open your station’s settings
3. Find the Holidays section
4. Uncheck the Holiday mode checkbox
5. Save your changes

Recordings will resume automatically at the next scheduled airtime.

What Happens to Shows During Holidays?

Missed Episodes Are Not Recovered

Shows that should have been recorded during the holiday period are not recorded and are not queued. When holidays end, only shows that air from that point forward are recorded.

During holidays:

• Show schedules are not modified. They remain configured as they were
• Transcription and automatic trimming settings don’t change
• When holidays are deactivated, everything goes back to working exactly as before

”Off-Schedule” Content

While holiday mode is active, your station’s website can show special content instead of the current show. You can customize:

• Title: for example, “Station on holiday” or “We’ll be back in September”
• Description: an informational message for visitors
• Image: a representative image for the downtime period

These fields are configured in the off-schedule content section of your station settings, in the admin panel.

Note

If you don’t configure off-schedule content, the website will show a generic “Off schedule” message.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Holiday Mode Affect Streaming?

No. If your station has streaming configured, it continues to work regardless of holiday mode. Holiday mode only stops podcast recordings.

Can I Schedule Holiday Mode for Recurring Dates?

No. Holiday mode is configured with a specific start and end date. For recurring holidays (for example, every Christmas), you’ll need to set it up each year.

Can I Enable Holidays for Only Some Shows?

Holiday mode applies to your entire station. If you only want to stop recording a specific show, disable recording in that show’s settings instead of using holiday mode.

What Happens if I Enable Holidays While a Show Is Being Recorded?

The show currently being recorded will finish its recording normally. Holiday mode will take effect starting from the next scheduled recording.

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If you have questions, contact technical support at support@enacast.com