Salem Stations To StreamTheWorld?

[DToTheJ]

The fact that Salem's nearly 100 stations is teaming up with Triton Digital means they're likely bailing Liquid Compass in favor of Triton's StreamTheWorld:
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2491704&spid=24698

 

[DToTheJ]

Never mind... looks like they're actually joining the dozen other broadcasters on iHeartRadio:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...tions-Radio-Stations-Join-iHeartRadio-Digital

This gives iHeart roughly 1,000 stations now, yes?

 

[Groove1670]

The final battle may shape up like this.

Most Large groups: Iheart.

Everyone else: Tunein.

Finis ;D

 

[DToTheJ]

And CBS' stations will remain on the island that is Radio.com. :

 

[wdb2003]

Actually the radio.com app works better than iheart. Sure it has less stations on the app but its fast.

 

[DJKraze]

Wait, I thought Salem was secretly part of Clear Channel and basically followed along the same strategies as clear channel but at a delay? Oh, SECRET, right, my bad.

 

[xmusicmatt]

Never mind... looks like they're actually joining the dozen other broadcasters on iHeartRadio:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...tions-Radio-Stations-Join-iHeartRadio-Digital

This gives iHeart roughly 1,000 stations now, yes?

Yes which is the reason for the flip to "streamtheworld" .. Clear Channel's iHeart Platform only supports Akamai or StreamTheWorld on the 'backend' so stations who wish to be included in the directory must use one of those providers for their streaming host/bandwidth.

 

[DToTheJ]

That explains it, thanks, Matt... I suppose if Hall Communications wants to take its two dozen stations to iHeart, they're ready since they use STW. Currently, Hall pushes apps for each individual station via AirKast.