WBMX Mix 98-5 is the only CBS station that's not streaming. How come? I have emailed them months and months ago asking about it and they told me it would be coming soon. I read an article about CBS and AOL Radio streaming and wonder if this includes WBMX. What is going on? I've been wanting to listen to this station for over a decade now. It's very odd the other stations in the Boston CBS market are streaming but not this one. Tweaking the url it would stream at only brings up WMBX X102.3. Mix 98-5 GET STREAMING!!!!
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Is WBMX Mix 98-5 ever going to stream?
- Thread starter icycool7227
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the streaming royalties and restrictions on how many times you can play a song, or an artist might have something to do with it, plus the restrictions on announcing the songs ahead of time.
MassMusicMan
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sfradio said:
What makes you think this would happen for any reason? They make money. What hole would they fill? Short of an urban format (or better yet, a Brazilian station...face it, they run the Commonwealth), there's absolutely no reason for Mix to flip.
aerie said:
It was on last time I checked them yesterday.
Something could be intermittent...
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wavelength9
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Short of an urban format (or better yet, a Brazilian station...face it, they run the Commonwealth), there's absolutely no reason for Mix to flip.
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What would lead you to make such a ridiculious statement like that. How are Brazillians running the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Are they doing this from all the political offices they hold, or all the banking or major corporations they run?
Aside from operating some really nice restaurants and being hard working people, I don't know of any large business sector or major institution that are controlled by Brazillians in this state.
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What would lead you to make such a ridiculious statement like that. How are Brazillians running the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Are they doing this from all the political offices they hold, or all the banking or major corporations they run?
Aside from operating some really nice restaurants and being hard working people, I don't know of any large business sector or major institution that are controlled by Brazillians in this state.
They are finally streaming
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/WBMXFMDIALUP.pls
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/WBMXFMDIALUP.pls
MassMusicMan
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wavelength9 said:
It was a figure of speech, two-post.
We talk radio here. In radio, what matters is how much the people patronize the clients. So what if the Brazilians aren't in office or own the companies? They still spend plenty of money like the rest of us. Get the money-wiring places and the thrift stores to advertise.
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wavelength9
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I have no idea what you mean when you say a baseless statement like Braizillians run the Commonwealth, is a "figure of speech" and thanks for letting me know that "we talk radio here" I didn't realize that until I read your post.
Why is it such a big deal that Mix stream on the web?
I mean, not to diss them too hard, but I cannot believe there isn't another station already on the web that more-or-less provides the same musical offerings. If you're already on a computer, then you don't need Mix to provide local weather, news or traffic...so the localism factor is reduced solely to the personalities of the DJ's themselves. Admittedly, I haven't listened to Mix in a few years, but I don't remember Mix's DJ's being quite THAT iconic. I mean, they're perfectly good DJ's, but they're not household names. Is that not the case anymore?
Personally I've often wondered if the ROI is really there for most Class B and bigger commercial radio stations' web streams. It costs a LOT of money to do, and it's a giant pain in the ass to track all your reporting information. All that for something that reaches far fewer people than your FM signal does. Now for smaller Class A's, and most college radio outlets, streaming makes a lot more sense as your signal might not penetrate office buildings or dorms...stuff like that.
And I can't speak for the Commonwealth, but there sure are a helluva lot of noisy Brazilian soccer fans in Brighton. Jeez, when they won the World Cup a few years back, it was pandemonium at 5am everywhere.
I mean, not to diss them too hard, but I cannot believe there isn't another station already on the web that more-or-less provides the same musical offerings. If you're already on a computer, then you don't need Mix to provide local weather, news or traffic...so the localism factor is reduced solely to the personalities of the DJ's themselves. Admittedly, I haven't listened to Mix in a few years, but I don't remember Mix's DJ's being quite THAT iconic. I mean, they're perfectly good DJ's, but they're not household names. Is that not the case anymore?
Personally I've often wondered if the ROI is really there for most Class B and bigger commercial radio stations' web streams. It costs a LOT of money to do, and it's a giant pain in the ass to track all your reporting information. All that for something that reaches far fewer people than your FM signal does. Now for smaller Class A's, and most college radio outlets, streaming makes a lot more sense as your signal might not penetrate office buildings or dorms...stuff like that.
And I can't speak for the Commonwealth, but there sure are a helluva lot of noisy Brazilian soccer fans in Brighton. Jeez, when they won the World Cup a few years back, it was pandemonium at 5am everywhere.
aaronread said:
Well, in actuality, it could reach many more people than their FM signal. Anyone in the world with the proper computer, software and connection can tune in to the stream.
However, in current reality, there are probably far fewer people actually listening to most major-market commercial stations online than are listening to their on-air signals, especially within their target demo area, and it really doesn't matter to most sponsors if people are listening online out of market.
I guess they want to get the local office workers who aren't allowed to have a radio at their desk, but can listen online with computer headphones (until their bosses find out and firewall their office network).
They do need to stream Mix 98.5. I noticed they didn't stream this station when I saw this topic. I thought CBS Radio streamed all their stations already. And no Mix 98.5 does not need to flip if anyone it should be 93.7 that should go a Hot Hits format.
streaming, in general
The impetus for any station to stream is to gain an audience, outside of their
local broadcast area. If it is a station largely supported by local advertisers,
there is very little incentive to stream. The audience that they would gain in
faraway places will never patronize their local advertisers. Add to that the greatly
increased costs paid for royalties and copywrighted material -- it is not cost effective
for many stations to stream...
The impetus for any station to stream is to gain an audience, outside of their
local broadcast area. If it is a station largely supported by local advertisers,
there is very little incentive to stream. The audience that they would gain in
faraway places will never patronize their local advertisers. Add to that the greatly
increased costs paid for royalties and copywrighted material -- it is not cost effective
for many stations to stream...
aaronread said:Why is it such a big deal that Mix stream on the web?
I mean, not to diss them too hard, but I cannot believe there isn't another station already on the web that more-or-less provides the same musical offerings. If you're already on a computer, then you don't need Mix to provide local weather, news or traffic...so the localism factor is reduced solely to the personalities of the DJ's themselves. Admittedly, I haven't listened to Mix in a few years, but I don't remember Mix's DJ's being quite THAT iconic. I mean, they're perfectly good DJ's, but they're not household names. Is that not the case anymore?
Personally I've often wondered if the ROI is really there for most Class B and bigger commercial radio stations' web streams. It costs a LOT of money to do, and it's a giant pain in the ass to track all your reporting information. All that for something that reaches far fewer people than your FM signal does. Now for smaller Class A's, and most college radio outlets, streaming makes a lot more sense as your signal might not penetrate office buildings or dorms...stuff like that.
And I can't speak for the Commonwealth, but there sure are a helluva lot of noisy Brazilian soccer fans in Brighton. Jeez, when they won the World Cup a few years back, it was pandemonium at 5am everywhere.
It's a big deal to me because I've been wanting to hear this station for over a decade now. It's a good sounding hot AC as well. They are streaming here:
http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/?CALLSIGN=WBMXFM
I wish KRXY 94.5 out of Olympia, WA was back streaming - that was one of the best hot ACs I've ever heard. So is KRGY Star 97.3 - Aurora, NE. Little stations that don't really get talked about but have heard them before and they are very superb sounding indeed.
Re: streaming, in general
I am assuming that is why KBMB 103.5 The Bomb out of Sacramento doesn't stream.
WLYNgm said:
I am assuming that is why KBMB 103.5 The Bomb out of Sacramento doesn't stream.
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