Internet Radio

[topsound]

For your consideration:

I created a Live365 channel a few months ago. It's accessible here: COOL 101 - Free Internet Radio - Live365, and via the Live365 mobile/smart TV apps and Alexa. If you get a chance to listen, would love to hear your thoughts!

 

[HitThePost]

For your consideration:

I created a Live365 channel a few months ago. It's accessible here: COOL 101 - Free Internet Radio - Live365, and via the Live365 mobile/smart TV apps and Alexa. If you get a chance to listen, would love to hear your thoughts!

Cooool mix! Being a radio geek I loved the imaging in between songs as well.

 

[topsound]

Cooool mix! Being a radio geek I loved the imaging in between songs as well.

Thanks! - if we start getting a response I'll be adding more production and doing some live shifts as well.

 

[Roch989]

How do you choose the music? Will you have advertisers or is it just for fun? Also, do you have to pay music rights fees?

 

[davideduardo]

How do you choose the music? Will you have advertisers or is it just for fun? Also, do you have to pay music rights fees?

Anyone /everyone who streams has to pay rights.

 

[TheBigA]

Anyone /everyone who streams has to pay rights.

Live365 handles the royalties somehow. Not sure how. Here's what they say:

Live365 covers webcast transmissions on Live365 in the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The USA is covered via ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange, Canada is covered via SOCAN and Re:Sound, and the UK is covered via PPL and PRS for Music. Our coverage is provided through finalized agreements, interim agreements, and consent decrees with respective collection societies.

I suspect the station operator has to do the paperwork, listing all songs played and requisite metadata.

 

[davideduardo]

Live365 handles the royalties somehow. Not sure how. Here's what they say:

So, you still pay rights but through and intermediary.

I suspect the station operator has to do the paperwork, listing all songs played and requisite metadata.

Unless they have an automated system that creates the report based on identification of the songs just like MediaBase does.

 

[Saladressing]

An interesting, intelligent Adult Rock mix, OP...thanks for sharing your station!

 

[topsound]

One monthly fee to Live365 covers the licensing. Surprisingly affordable, but limits the # of monthly streams. If you get more listeners you pay more. That'd be a nice problem to have. I use RadioDJ (great free software) that generates the reporting automatically. It also takes care of posting title/artist and album covers to the stream.

 

[topsound]

They also have a (small) revenue share that can underwrite some of the costs.

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

One monthly fee to Live365 covers the licensing. Surprisingly affordable, but limits the # of monthly streams. If you get more listeners you pay more. That'd be a nice problem to have. I use RadioDJ (great free software) that generates the reporting automatically. It also takes care of posting title/artist and album covers to the stream.

Can RadioDJ handle either block programming or voicetracking (in studio or remotely)?

 

[topsound]

Can RadioDJ handle either block programming or voicetracking (in studio or remotely)?

They have a live relay option, and block scheduling available. I haven't looked into it but I think it's usable. They don't appear to do voicetracking directly but there is third-party software that does. I work around that issue within RadioDJ.

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

They have a live relay option, and block scheduling available. I haven't looked into it but I think it's usable. They don't appear to do voicetracking directly but there is third-party software that does. I work around that issue within RadioDJ.

Thank you, Topsound!

 

[Radio-Bored-Op]

Love it !!!!!
☆☆☆☆☆ 5 stars.

Listening at work, it sounds great

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

I agree with Radio-Board-enjoying your music mix

 

[topsound]

Thanks for the nice comments. Looking to tweak it based on feedback, so be specific if you can!

 

[HitThePost]

Thanks for the nice comments. Looking to tweak it based on feedback, so be specific if you can!

Live jocks!

 

[JohnW]

I stream you in my car all the time and enjoy everything you play. However, I have to ask this question: Occasionally, when I connect, this message appears - "Sorry, streaming is not available in your country". When this happens, I just back up and connect again, and everything is fine. I'm in Rochester, and I know that you Buffalo guys consider us foreign, but we really are in the USA. What's up?

 

[topsound]

I stream you in my car all the time and enjoy everything you play. However, I have to ask this question: Occasionally, when I connect, this message appears - "Sorry, streaming is not available in your country". When this happens, I just back up and connect again, and everything is fine. I'm in Rochester, and I know that you Buffalo guys consider us foreign, but we really are in the USA. What's up?

Not sure. They may have some servers out of the country. Their support is pretty good. If it happens again do a screen cap and I'll send it to them..

 

[Rusty Bridges]

Very listenable. Eclectic hits. If this was on an FM, say WBUF, it would generate some serious TSL.