Python 3.5.2 & json on win 10

[PickyBiker]

I have uninstalled python on my win 10 system and re-installed python 3.5.2.  The following tiny bit of code causes a series of error messages

import json

with open('schedule.json') as data_file:    
    data = json.load(data_file)

print(data)
close("schedule.json")

here is the error message:

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "read_json.py", line 4, in <module>
    data = json.load(data_file)
  File "C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\json\__init__.py", line 268, in load
    parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook, **kw)
  File "C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\json\__init__.py", line 319, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\json\decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\json\decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)


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(program exited with code: 1)

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And finally, here is the schedule.json file:

{"zones": [[1, 3], [3, 5], [5, 89]], "weekdays": [1, 2], "ontime": [5, 1]}