• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Radio's Fear of the future...Why the FCC needs and overhaul

You seem like a pretty knowledgeable guy, and I would be surprised if you didn't think CC would eventually see the threat to their core business and then take steps to get into that themselves.

Hell, even iHeart programs channels on SiriusXM these days.
 
xloungeradio said:
At the time, clear channel saw it the same exact way the viewed satellite radio.
Click to expand...

FYI At the time Clear Channel was an investor in XM. They became an investor in the 90s.

www.radioworld.com

Five Big Clear Channel Stations Heard on XM

Company updates its simulcasts on the satellite service
www.radioworld.com www.radioworld.com

They sold their stake in 2013:

radioinsight.com

Clear Channel Sells SiriusXM Stake; Stations To Leave Service

In its quarterly earnings release Clear Channel announced that it had sold its ownership stake in SiriusXM for $135.5 Million.
radioinsight.com radioinsight.com

Clear Channel purchased its stake in XM for $83.1 Million prior to its launch.
Click to expand...

Not bad for a company that you say fears the future.
 
TheBigA said:
FYI At the time Clear Channel was an investor in XM. They became an investor in the early 90s.

www.radioworld.com

Five Big Clear Channel Stations Heard on XM

Company updates its simulcasts on the satellite service
www.radioworld.com www.radioworld.com

They sold their stake in 2013:

radioinsight.com

Clear Channel Sells SiriusXM Stake; Stations To Leave Service

In its quarterly earnings release Clear Channel announced that it had sold its ownership stake in SiriusXM for $135.5 Million.
radioinsight.com radioinsight.com

Not bad for a company that you say fears the future.
Click to expand...
Yes I am aware they held stake in it, at the same time they said no one would tune in.

Once it reached a saturation point iheartradio had their own dedicated channels on satellite radio, before jumping into streaming.
 
xloungeradio said:
Yes I am aware they held stake in it, at the same time they said no one would tune in.

Once it reached a saturation point iheartradio had their own dedicated channels on satellite radio, before jumping into streaming.
Click to expand...

In 2001, when I first began listening to Internet radio, then-Clear Channel had several of its stations streaming through broadcast.com. That summer, those streams were stopped due to a requirement by ad agencies that advertisements using union voices not be streamed. Clear Channel began restreaming its stations that fall (in November if my memory is correct) with new ad insertion technology put into place so that the union-voiced commercials wouldn't play on the streams.

Clear Channel didn't, however, use broadcast.com for any of its streams again. It used a new platform that eventually became iheart.com. Again, going by memory, the first Clear Channel station to return to webcasting was Cleveland's WMJI-FM, and I listened to the stream for a bit after reading about it in Kurt Hanson's "Radio and Internet" newsletter.
 
ted chittenden said:
In 2001, when I first began listening to Internet radio, then-Clear Channel had several of its stations streaming through broadcast.com. That summer, those streams were stopped due to a requirement by ad agencies that advertisements using union voices not be streamed. Clear Channel began restreaming its stations that fall (in November if my memory is correct) with new ad insertion technology put into place so that the union-voiced commercials wouldn't play on the streams.

Clear Channel didn't, however, use broadcast.com for any of its streams again. It used a new platform that eventually became iheart.com. Again, going by memory, the first Clear Channel station to return to webcasting was Cleveland's WMJI-FM, and I listened to the stream for a bit after reading about it in Kurt Hanson's "Radio and Internet" newsletter.
Click to expand...

correct, the Version 1.0 of Iheartradio.com's streaming platform was based off shoutcast servers before they bought several smaller companies to become their own in house servers. i don't exactly remember the names, but some former employers went on to start what is now known as securenet systems/ cirrus streaming.
 
I just use Stereo Tool at home to listen to my Spotify collection. Stereo Tool - Thimeo
It would be cool if it was available on iOS and Android, but technically I guess you could set up a private audio stream and remote-control your Spotify computer when you're on the go and want to listen to the stream. :)

I bet the streaming executives wouldn't like Stereo Tool if they're planning on charging for multiband audio processing in the future on their streaming services.
 


Back
Top Bottom