# Dead air before a show starts

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/dead-air-before-a-show-starts/1931>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [August 8, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/dead-air-before-a-show-starts/1931 "2025-08-08T22:15:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wraziel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@wraziel](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/wraziel)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/dead-air-before-a-show-starts/1931/1 "2025-08-08T22:15:04Z")

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How do you can avoid dead air before a show starts? When Libretime is off air I’m gettin 30 sec of silence.

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**Author:** ![Klaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/klaus/32/156_2.png) [@Klaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/Klaus)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/dead-air-before-a-show-starts/1931/2 "2025-08-14T09:01:39Z")

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use playlist for every show and add small intelligent bloc with instrumental music inside to fill up time of last show, before new show is starting.