From Scheduler on to Manual mode

I want to know if you can automate a news segment every hour BUT have the rest of the hour in manual mode for the live announcer?

I want it this way to allow news on time but the announcer runs ad breaks manually each hour.

You can use the scheduler to run news on time: http://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/scheduling_playback.htm

If you want to switch between manual and automatic mode, you can use the set scheduler command:

set break on - turn on manual mode: it will not play the next track automatically
set break off - turn on automatic mode

You can use those commands in the event that starts news using the multiple actions feature:
set break off
news playlist
set break on

This will turn on automatic mode, play news, then turn on manual mode.