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Start A Station Together, Anyone?

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Captainfirst

I'm looking to really kick things into overdrive by starting a new station that:

A- Is truly oldies based with the only post 1970 records being ones that fit the format. Most or all tracks would be mono mixes, of which there are more available than is commonly perceived. Ever hear the mono mix of "Mercy Mercy Me"?

B- Is staffed 24/7 or as close as possible with at least 6-8 of us, so if any one person has something come up someone else can fill in.

C- Is operated for everyone's benefit and enjoyment.

D- Has everyone using the same audio processing. The basic version of Breakaway is $29.99 so I think everyone could afford that.
We'd agree on all using the same settings as well.

Beyond those basics, here are some more details I can think of. We could share an account on Live365 or try the new broadcasting feature
on Grooveshark that just went live last week. That service allows anyone who is broadcasting to hand it off to anyone who is listening. One person or more than one could have access to the account as need be. Of course, any station I'm affiliated with must have on-air people keep things clean and family friendly in terms of language. I do have a ton of jingles and production music already, but we could all use what we have as long as it's all 60s/70s based and fits the sound we want to create.

Is anyone interested? If so, drop me a PM here and we'll go from there. I will be retooling my existing Live365 station over the next few days to serve as a testing ground for what I want to do.
 
that's a tall order there, Capt. Good luck in your venture. Let me tell you about my own foray down that very same path.

More than a decade ago I ran a very successful deep-oldies webstream. Built professional studios with pro broadcast equipment, more than 13,000 tracks from 1955 - 1990 (with most all being the correct single or promo mixes), got great talent to voice track, custom jingles from the best in the biz, a decent (sadly not rock solid) broadcast automation system but had great audio processing that gave both the flavor of the old style audio processing without the listener fatigue that's normally associated with it. Between things such as unreliable hosting solutions, dramatic increases in royalties and hit and miss availability of good talent I ended up pulling the plug about eight years later.

The business model is tricky if you want to make money, let alone break even. I was lucky I never totally lost my shirt but when the fun was gone that's when I pulled the plug. I find terrestrial radio more stable, fun and much less stressful.
 
The breakaway audio processor program for 29 dollars is it a dsp that will work with SAM broadcaster cuz i have an album rock station id use it on.

If ypu are like me and have a fixed income Radioloyalty is a good stream host.
 
Bill DeFelice said:
that's a tall order there, Capt. Good luck in your venture. Let me tell you about my own foray down that very same path.

More than a decade ago I ran a very successful deep-oldies webstream. Built professional studios with pro broadcast equipment, more than 13,000 tracks from 1955 - 1990 (with most all being the correct single or promo mixes), got great talent to voice track, custom jingles from the best in the biz, a decent (sadly not rock solid) broadcast automation system but had great audio processing that gave both the flavor of the old style audio processing without the listener fatigue that's normally associated with it. Between things such as unreliable hosting solutions, dramatic increases in royalties and hit and miss availability of good talent I ended up pulling the plug about eight years later.

The business model is tricky if you want to make money, let alone break even. I was lucky I never totally lost my shirt but when the fun was gone that's when I pulled the plug. I find terrestrial radio more stable, fun and much less stressful.
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Very interesting to hear your story. I may simply have to go it alone, it seems.
 
I had forgotten to ad, the last 18 months things had become stable as I switched from the old Barcus Digital Jukebox to StationPlaylist Pro. With the other factors being hit and miss I hung on for another 18 months before I decided it wasn't going where I wanted it to and pulled the plug.

If you're doing it as a hobby and have month to burn, that's one thing. If you plan on doing it as a business and have the resources to keep your stream operating legally then go for it. It was fun untl it became a chore, worrying about data lines collapsing, the old DOS-based automation hitting a snag, refreshing jingles, liners, sweepers, etc., to keep things from getting stale. When it becomes a chore there's no fun left.
 
I'm using the FREE version of Stereo Tool right now with SAM works good, but if I want to get rid of that message every 12 hours I'll have to shell out $100 for it.

Yes being an Oldies station, Top 40 station may require lots of jingles, but Progressive Rock, Progressive Country may not always. I have a Rock solid angry sounding Album Rockish ID that works well for me by using a voice changer and sound effects. But if you want your station to sound like a Clear Channel station you have a lot of work to do.
 
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