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May 4, 2005
"Podcasting" Experiment
Posted by Alan Wexelblat
WIRED's Xeni Jardin reports that Infinity Broadcasting will soon launch the first "all-podcast radio station." What this seems to mean is that the newly renamed KYOURadio will accept and rebroadcast streams of listener-submitted content. Of course content will be "screened" to see that it "meets FCC guidelines" - whatever the heck that means.
I'm not sure I would call this "podcasting" since it will include only broadcast and streaming - no downloading. However, it does have some interesting features, not least of which is Infinity's announced intention to use its deep pockets (it is a subsidiary of Viacom) to cover major-label music-licensing fees. This definitely falls into the "could be really good or could really suck a lot" category.
(Speaking of "suck" could someone please convince these guys that black-text-on-a-mostly-black-and-gray-background is not cool? It's stupid and unreadable.)
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1. Scote on May 4, 2005 5:01 PM writes...
If there is no downloading then this isn't "Podcasting" in any way shape or form. Podcasting, as much as a new term can be said to be defined, refers to the distribution method where users can subscribe and have shows automatically downloaded for later listening on their portable music player/computer.
Permalink to Comment2. Dr. wex on May 4, 2005 5:21 PM writes...
I tend to agree, which is why I put the word in quotes. The site refers to itself as "open source radio" which also sounds over-pretentious and probably not really accurate.
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