> It's not on their site but going to
> mms://68.142.79.3/bdcast_infinity_kmps-fm brings up their
> station online.
>
> Check it out.
>
> Also you can just replace the calls and band in that URL to
> look for other stations under CBS/Infinity.
>
> Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
>
> -Timmy
I believe wireless broadband internet or some component of it will eventually become the replacement for broadcast radio 20-50 years from now and the more stations online, the merrier.
I think Infinity didn't want to immediatally disclose the web addresses of their music stations publicly because of any fracas with ASCAP/BMI and the RIAA. They still may be negotiating with them and upgrading their servers to meet the anticipated online stampede.
In fact, many stations that have no visible web feed secretly have back door feeds for the corporate bosses and others, GMs, PDs, etc. I know this because people in the biz always email me secret audio feeds of one station or another (including some stations that have streaming studio webcams-often with very interesting off-air audio dialogue NOBODY outside these stations is supposed to know about.) They use them as both monitoring and as a way for others to study others in the chain and what makes them successful. Unfortunately, the addresses and/or passcodes of these feeds (ESPECIALLY the webcams) are still top secret and I promised my sources I would not disclose them publicly or privately. But the fact they exist at many stations is pretty much a given inside the biz.
They've been doing that for years-even during the RIAA/Webcasting debacle of 2000 that nearly wiped out most US internet radio. Most stations kept their feeds, just changed the addresses and went underground until the smoke was clear. Some are still there, usually smaller commercial stations that can't afford huge public webcasting fees.
In fact, the online feeds of the Vancouver JACK station caught many American programmers ears and helped bring the format to US radio. There was an instant, ready-made example of it to hear. When the Vancouver JACK's first ratings came out, then the ball of JACK really started to roll in the US.
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