Content Add-In for Media Service

A computing device implementing a media delivery platform, the computing device comprising:

• a network interface configured to couple the computing device to a media automation system and a plurality of user devices via a communications network;
• a processor coupled to the network interface;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• a program of instructions to be stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions comprising:
• at least one instruction configured to receive, from the media automation system, a plurality of perishable content items associated with a plurality of different locales;
• at least one instruction to receive a location source preference from a first device of the plurality of user devices;
• at least one instruction to insert an add-in block into a media-station stream to be delivered to a second device of the plurality of user devices, wherein the add-in block includes perishable content items selected based on the location source preference received from the first device.

A method comprising:

• presenting a user with an option to receive local news, weather, and traffic items in customized media stations received from a media delivery provider, by executing an instruction in the computer;
• receiving a user selection indicating a content preference and a location source preference associated with the local news, weather, and traffic items, by executing an instruction in the computer;
• receiving local news, weather, and traffic items associated with particular locales, by executing an instruction in the computer;
• determining a source location in accordance with the location source preference, by executing an instruction in the computer;
• and
• inserting, into a custom media station, an add-in block comprising local news, weather, and traffic items matching the content preference, and associated with a locale that matches the source location, by executing an instruction in the computer.