[cma-l] Radio Scrappage Amnesty? A better idea....

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Surely, Steve, you mean 'the interests of internet stations'? 

Nice radio Caroline style story there. Personally I consider every station to be an internet station, as they all have web presence and Listen Live facilities streaming online.

To reply to your query - there would be a lot of interest I imagine just as there are a lot of stations. First you'd have to define what the interests of internet stations are that are distinct from other forms of broadcast, and perhaps look for funding/support while whipping up some interest. Surely CMA cover internet radio too in their service? 

Try writing directly to a few stations, not just in the UK, to find out how they survive and what tips you can all exchange. I did some work in Columbia for example and found the internet presence to be very much alive. You might also quote Suntalk in your discussions as they are pushing live interaction on internet radio stations and are probably the most successful at that, though not the first.

Good point about car stereos, already phones with internet connections are being plugged into car stereos, which almost all come with MP3/ Aux In capacity, or Bluetooth audio capacity where the phone streams the audio wireless via the Blootooth audio standard. We use an mp3 player with a built in FM transmitter and a tiny plug-in aerial and, so we listen to mp3s on the bottom end of the FM spectrum in the car! Also, all the cabs in Tunisia we noticed had tiny stop-watch size mp3 players plugged neatly into their cigratte lighters, transmitting their music of choice to the radio without cables. 

Fari sound





--- On Wed, 6/2/10, Steve Rowney <supergoldstafford at live.co.uk> wrote:

From: Steve Rowney <supergoldstafford at live.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [cma-l] Radio Scrappage Amnesty? A better idea....
To: dontzzzthroughit at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 4:31 PM




I absolutely agree with you. At Supergold Radio we've been broadcasting (webcasting?) on the internet since 2007. We became so frustrated with trying to get a legal FM license and being rebuffed that we ran a tiny 100 miliwatt FM rig from just before Christmas '09 until March this year. Unfortunately we were busted, but at least we made the point that Stafford could sustain a local radio station.

 

I think, however, that those of us who take internet radio seriously as a place to provide a real radio service (with live presenters, news, etc), as opposed to those who are just using it to play their MP3 collection, should get together to promote internet radio.

 

A group to represent the internets of internet radio broadcasters and to promote the sale of WI-FI radio in much the same way that Digital Radio UK promotes DAB. 

 

We at Supergold would be interested in joining - the question is, who'd join us? Can you think of anyone who'd be interested?

 

Steve Rowney

Station Manager

Supergold Radio, Stafford.
 


Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:05:51 -0700
From: dontzzzthroughit at yahoo.com
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [cma-l] Radio Scrappage Amnesty? A better idea....





Following on from our discussions on the future of FM radio and how it will impact community stations when the government sell of the airwaves to businesses - all of their work is reliant on the success of digital radio sales, is it not, hence the misleadingly titled "amnesty" launched by the BBC?  

Increasingly I am seeing people turn to internet radio in the home. I feel we should respond (which it is perfectly within our right to do) by actively promoting the sales of internet radio receivers instead. With USB players and radio recorders, that allow you take your favourite radio shows on the road to listen to, at around £8 surely the future is in the diversity and the personalisation of internet radio? 

Look at this wireless or cable internet radio receiver. For £61.99 you can listen to thousands of stations from all over the world without turning on your PC, tune it like a traditional radio, record your favourite shows onto the USB, use remote control, and play any audio files of your own. 

Faced with the choice between this and the price of a digital radio, which by comparison offers limited choice, I'm sure the internet could take over digital radio altogether.

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