Apple iTunes Gets the Beatles - Why Internet Radio Had Them All Along

Posted By James on Nov 17 2010 12:51 AM

The big news in the music world this week is that Apple finally is able to sell digital downloads of the Beatles catalog in its iTunes music store. For years, the copyright holders who control the Beatles master recordings have withheld permission to use feature the Beatles recordings on iTunes...

Live365 Launches Net Radio Site Targeted At Women

Posted By James on Nov 17 2010 12:46 AM

Live365, a pioneer in Internet radio, has just unveiled the Beta site for its new Internet Radio Network dedicated to women at http://www.athena365.com. Athena365 is a new 24/7 streaming radio service and features a wide variety of female-friendly music and talk stations. Featured stations incl...

Toyota Joins Other Major Car Brands In Bringing Net Radio To Car Dashboards

Posted By James on Nov 17 2010 12:45 AM

Toyota has announced it will bring Clear Channel’s mobile Net radio app iHeartRadio into select models next year. This is Toyota’s first foray into in-car Internet radio and the first in-car partnership involving Clear Channel.The companies were light on details, saying they’ll announce more a...

Caster Club Clear To Re-Launch

Posted By James on Nov 17 2010 12:41 AM

Caster Club owner, Dave St. John has only just stuck up exciting news that it is re-launching soon. "We are working hard to get our stream hosting services in order, and will be launching within a couple weeks. You can expect the best pricing in the industry, starting at $0.0075 per kbps. We have al...

So many listening options for Halloween fans, its scary!

Posted By James on Oct 29 2010 12:00 AM

Internet radio enthusiasts have no shortage of listening treats for the Halloween weekend. While most multi-channel operators have put together (or pulled out of storage) a stream or two for the holiday, there are several Internet radio sources dedicated to Halloween that’ll likely see some big tr...

Evolution Of Car Radio, Where Are We Now?

Posted By James on Oct 28 2010 05:45 PM

Internet radio tuning software provider RadioTime is behind this graphic (here — but Digital Media News pointed it out today and has an easier-to-read full-sized image here) showing the “Evolution of the Car Radio,” culminating, naturally, in dashboard access to the world of Internet radio. Ei...

4 in 10 US Adults Have Visited A Radio Website In The Past Month

Posted By James on Oct 28 2010 05:42 PM

The number of American adults who’ve visited a radio station website in the past month has grown 38% since 2006, The Media Audit says. According to its National Radio Format Report, 17.7% of U.S. adults have done so (less than 13% did so in 2006). Not surprisingly, website visitors are likely to b...

Digital & Mobile Radio Listening Up In UK

Posted By James on Oct 28 2010 05:40 PM

More folks in the UK are listening to online radio compared to last year, according to new data from RAJAR. Internet radio reached about 8.5% of the UK population per week in September, compared to 6.5% in September 2009. Additionally, 12.8% of all adults now say they have listened to radio via a mo...

Streaming of a White Christmas

Posted By James on Oct 28 2010 12:00 AM

One of the easiest ways for stations to expand their programming to please their audience is with Christmas music. Tis almost the season, listeners will be looking for their favorite versions of White Christmas and Jingle Bell Rock before you know it.   AccuHolidays, the holiday music version o...

Something about imaging

Posted By on Oct 12 2010 12:00 AM

...that makes me want to keep producing it!A thought occurred to me the other day whilst editing some imaging and creating some montages; for something that takes time, and repetitive listening to make sure everything sounds great, I really enjoy what I do, and every time I produce anything, from th...


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