diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
index f2fb9ff70..36b6bbe66 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
@@ -245,19 +245,14 @@ class ScheduleController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
     public function clearShowAction()
     {
-        $showInstanceId = $this->_getParam('id');
-        $userInfo = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getStorage()->read();
-        $user = new Application_Model_User($userInfo->id);
-        try {
-            $show = new Application_Model_ShowInstance($showInstanceId);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            $this->view->show_error = true;
+        $instanceId = $this->_getParam('id');
 
+        $service_scheduler = new Application_Service_SchedulerService();
+
+        if (!$service_scheduler->emptyShowContent($instanceId)) {
+            $this->view->show_error = true;
             return false;
         }
-
-        if($user->isUserType(array(UTYPE_ADMIN, UTYPE_PROGRAM_MANAGER)) || $user->isHostOfShow($show->getShowId()))
-            $show->clearShow();
     }
 
     public function getCurrentPlaylistAction()
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
index 3778cf007..17888fe46 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Scheduler.php
@@ -602,6 +602,12 @@ class Application_Model_Scheduler
                         $nextStartDT = $endTimeDT;
                         $pos++;
 
+                        /* If we are adjusting start and end times for items
+                         * after the insert location, we need to exclude the
+                         * schedule item we just inserted because it has correct
+                         * start and end times*/
+                        $excludeIds[] = $sched->getDbId();
+
                     }//all files have been inserted/moved
 
                     // update is_scheduled flag for each cc_file
@@ -617,12 +623,6 @@ class Application_Model_Scheduler
                         $filesToInsert = null;
                     }
 
-                    /* If we are adjusting start and end times for items
-                     * after the insert location, we need to exclude the
-                     * schedule item we just inserted because it has correct
-                     * start and end times*/
-                    $excludeIds[] = $sched->getDbId();
-
                     if ($adjustSched === true) {
                         $followingSchedItems = CcScheduleQuery::create()
                             ->filterByDBStarts($initalStartDT->format("Y-m-d H:i:s.u"), Criteria::GREATER_EQUAL)
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/services/SchedulerService.php b/airtime_mvc/application/services/SchedulerService.php
index b8086e4a2..6f1dcb920 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/services/SchedulerService.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/services/SchedulerService.php
@@ -204,4 +204,40 @@ class Application_Service_SchedulerService
             } //if at least one linked instance has content
         }
     }
+
+    public function emptyShowContent($instanceId)
+    {
+        try {
+            $ccShowInstance = CcShowInstancesQuery::create()->findPk($instanceId);
+
+            $instances = array();
+
+            if ($ccShowInstance->getCcShow()->isLinked()) {
+                $instanceIds = array();
+                foreach ($ccShowInstance->getCcShow()->getCcShowInstancess() as $instance) {
+                    $instanceIds[] = $instance->getDbId();
+                    $instances[] = $instance;
+                }
+                CcScheduleQuery::create()
+                    ->filterByDbInstanceId($instanceIds, Criteria::IN)
+                    ->delete();
+            } else {
+                $instances[] = $ccShowInstance;
+                CcScheduleQuery::create()
+                    ->filterByDbInstanceId($ccShowInstance->getDbId())
+                    ->delete();
+            }
+
+            Application_Model_RabbitMq::PushSchedule();
+            $con = Propel::getConnection(CcShowInstancesPeer::DATABASE_NAME);
+            foreach ($instances as $instance) {
+                $instance->updateDbTimeFilled($con);
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            Logging::info($e->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }
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