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Podcast 255 - Carl Malamud

Podcast #255 – ‘Geek of the Week’ and the Beginning of Internet Radio

Carl Malamud is credited with having one of the very first streaming internet talk radio shows, “Geek of the Week,” beginning in 1993. And because it was available for download, too, it’s considered a proto-podcast. Carl joins us this week to dig into this early history of internet radio, recounting how his efforts quickly snowballed […]

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Podcast 243 - Live on XRAY

Podcast #243 – A Radio Survivor First

A common theme on Radio Survivor is that claims of being first should be viewed skeptically. From purported first college radio station to first internet simulcast, we’ve learned that there’s always another challenger to the prize. This time around, however, we can say this is definitively the first ever episode of Radio Survivor broadcast, and […]

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Online Panel on the History of Internet Radio Is Part of the World Audio Day Virtual Conference on April 21

This Tuesday, April 21, at 12 PM EDT I’ll be participating in an online panel on the “History of Internet Radio,” as part of the first World Audio Day virtual conference. I’m really excited to be in the company of excellent co-panelists: Dom Robinson is UK-based writer and technologist who has written about the 25th […]

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Podcast 228 - College Radio Biggest Decade

Podcast #228 – College Radio’s Biggest Decade

Last week we declared that the 2010s were a banner decade for community radio. As Jennifer notes, though college radio had a tough start to the last decade, with the loss of prominent stations like KUSF, KTRU and WRVU, the service seriously bounced back, aided by factors like the low-power FM boom, internet radio, HD […]

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Near Death of Indie Internet Radio

The Near-Death of Independent Internet Radio Is One of the Most Important Radio Trends of the Decade

Internet radio experienced a sea change in the middle of the last decade that washed away many independent broadcasters, and changed the atmosphere for others. While the medium continues to sail on, it is also more fractured – and more diverse – than ten years ago. That’s why this evolution is one of the decade’s […]

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The Demise of Radionomy Marks the End of Free Streaming for Internet Radio Broadcasters

After the demise of the first incarnation of Live365 in 2016, European streaming platform Radionomy remained the last platform to offer free streaming to internet radio stations. However, the writing was already on the wall earlier this year when Radionomy left the U.S. market. Though not confirmed, one might conjecture this was a result of […]

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