History
In 1993, Carl Malamud Internet Talk Radio is launching a radio talk show about the first computer each week interviewing a computer expert. So far the internet radio is still a concept discussed.Until late 1993, Internet Talk Radio is not available via multicast streaming (information delivery technology to the goals that have been determined simultaneously using the most efficient strategy to deliver a message addressed to the link with a single post), but distributed as voice data and computer users to take one by one the data. However, because Malmaud is a major supporter of the multicasting technology in late 1994, the Internet Multicasting Service is appointed to start RTFM, a multicast internet radio news station. In January 1995, the program expanded to include RTFM news broadcast sound directly in the hearing or meeting of the Senate and Parliament.On 7 November 1994, WXYC (89.3 FM Chapel Hill, NC USA) became the first traditional radio station to announce broadcasting on the Internet. WXYC used an FM radio connected to the system in sunsite, later known as Ibiblio, running Cornell's software CU-SeeMe. WXYC began broadcasting bandwidth and run tests in early August, 1994. WREK (91.1 FM, Atlanta, GA, USA) and NM3151 started broadcasting on the same day using their own software called CyberRadio1. However, unlike WXYC, WREK channels are not advertised so that community responses are not high.
In March 1996, Virgin Radio in London, became the first European to broadcast radio programs on the traditional full-on internet radio. It uses an FM broadcast signal and the same is done directly on the internet 24 hours a day.Internet Radio attract significant media attention and investors in the late 1990s. However, in 1998, initial public stock offering for Broadcast.com down so as to achieve a record with the biggest leap in the share price offer in the United States. Initial offering price is U.S. $ 18 and the company's stock opened at U.S. $ 68 on the first day of trading. The company is directly incur losses on the spot and indicated the prospects made by the Securities Exchange Commission, they will incur losses for a period that can not be ascertained. Therefore, Yahoo! Then buy Broadcast.com on July 20, 1999 amounted to U.S. $ 5.7 billion.
Development
In 2003, revenues from Internet music radio is U.S. $ 49 million. In 2006, that figure rose to U.S. $ 500 million. Twenty-one in February 2007 based on 3000 survey of Americans released by Bridge Ratings & research found that 19% of U.S. consumers aged 12 years or older to listen to web-based radio stations in other words, there are approximately 57 million listeners weekly radio program internet.
This shows that today more people are listening to Internet radio than satellite radio, podcasts, or cell-phone-based radio combined. Some popular sites that have a list of streaming radio stations is Yahoo Radio, AOL Radio, Shoutcast, and Live 365.April 2008 A survey shows that, in the United States, three of the seven people aged 25-54 years listening to Internet radio every week. This shows that in 2008, thirteen percent of the American population listening to radio online, more than in the year 2007, which is eleven percent.
Understanding Internet Radio
Internet radio is also known as web radio, net radio, streaming radio, or e-radio is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting is done via the Internet referred to as webcasting because it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. Internet Radio has a streaming media channel that can provide continuous audio and no operational control of broadcasting as a traditional broadcast media in general. Many Internet radio stations associated with a traditional radio station (not internet radio station), but for internet radio network using the Internet and not only associated with traditional radio, the radio stations are independent and not affiliated in any broadcasting company.
Internet radio service can be accessed from anywhere in the world, for example, people can listen to Australian radio station from Europe or America. However, there are also several networks like Clear Channel in the U.S. and Chrysalis in the UK that restrict broadcasting in their own country due to licensing issues certain types of music and advertising. Internet radio is quite popular among expatriates and listeners for another because of the many interests and needs that are often not good enough provided by local radio stations (such as alternative music, entertainment and info-info that can not be accessed on local radio). As to the radio, Internet radio also retains the services included in the program of traditional radio.
Some advantages of internet radio are:
1. Internet radio broadcast searching and selecting based on characteristics of the country, the language used, types of radios, and so quickly and as expected.
2. Can save it in your bookmarks or your shortlist, and clicking to play it live. Computers help manage bookmarks and shortlist.
3. Geographical limitations of conventional radio. Broadcast which was presented only be enjoyed in small areas, both district and district / municipality. This differs from Internet radio that so dibroadcast, the whole world will listen to the radio broadcast.
4. Investments are relatively cheap, a good initial investment, operation and maintenace.
5. The sound quality is not inferior to the sound quality on conventional radio.
6. Setting the hardware / software tools as well as easier and simpler.
7. Does not require special permission to make
Stream
The way that used to broadcast internet radio is via streaming technology, ie technology that can receive and send information from one party to another party to use tool that can receive streaming media stream also. This streaming technology using a lossy audio codec, which is a computer program that serves to compress audio and video based on data that is formatted via streaming internet radio voice. Streaming audio formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media Audio, RealAudio and HE-AAC (sometimes called aacPlus).
How to use
There are more than 3000 internet radio stations available, but the number of internet radio stations Indonesia is only about 70 pieces. Internet radio usage is actually quite easy but there are some stations that require users to install RealPlayer on their computers. Internet radio can be heard through via webcast, winamp, i-tunes or media player win. To which can be played in winamp can just click the URL or copy the url and add the url in the playlist.
Some of the URLs associated with Internet Radio.
• SHOUTcast
• Radio Locator
• MTV Radio
• Live 365
• Yahoo! Music
• AOL Radio Network
• MSN Radio
• WindowsMedia.Com
• Radio Tarbiyah
• Indonesian Radio Web
• IndoRadio.Net
(From various sources)
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