February 22nd, 2008
Watching radio? KCRW tops the list
I just spent a brisk 24 hours in Winnipeg, Manitoba, speaking to a small group of CBC's (Canada's national public broadcaster) radio folk about radio stations kicking butt and setting trends in the web space. While researching radio on the Internet (outside the world of podcasting) I stumbled upon some great examples of innovation in the radio world. Probably my fave find is KCRW, love their new media player.
*Create your own channel
*Embed content on blogs, websites
*Watch in-studio performances (select shows only)
*Direct links to buy content from authors or artists
The player is still in Beta (like all web apps), but it has a lot of promise.
Let me know if where you're listening (or watching) radio online (if so, post some links). Have a great weekend ;-). -A
March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7)
Posted by: Philip Roy | around 6 months ago
Nice interface. Their "Listen in iTunes" link interested me...it downloads a .pls file which iTunes can use for streaming. I had a lot of NZ Mac users wanting to listen live to radio (I don't...too busy listening to podcasts) so I created a streaming radio widget for the Mac...even got emails from Kiwi's in Canada using it :-) It's Creative Commons...you're welcome to grab it from www.nzmac.com (bottom right of main page) and create your own. If anyone improves it (I'm no coder, just a hacker) please let me know.
Posted by: buzz bishop | around 6 months ago
Hey Amber It's basic stuff, but important that we're doing at 95Crave here in Vancouver. Front and center on our home page is a blog contributed by all the jocks on air. I use it for show notes, links to fashion, celeb or local stories I may mention on show. Others use it to tell stories, it basically becomes a homepage for the content of the radio station. I'm also using uStream to have live chat with listeners and broadcast form the control room. Basic stuff for mainstream radio, but basic steps in the right direction.
Posted by: Kevin Wegner | around 6 months ago
http://www.thebearrocks.com/player/player
Posted by: tom | around 6 months ago
CBC+NPR Podcasts FTW! Seriously, I love the Vinyl Cafe with Stuart MacLean, but I'm always missing it when it's on the radio. Due to rights issues, not all the music or content is always on the podcast, but the Dave and Morley stories always are, and they're a great way to keep me company on my long walk to the subway station. I think what radio really gets that music and movie and television leaders don't necessarily get is that you have to cede some control over your media if you want it to pick up with the current crowd. Sure, making stuff available as podcasts means there's some potential for 'piracy' but it also means that I can give a copy to a friend who might become a fan. And with embeddd ads in the podcasts, everyone wins!
Posted by: Matt Y | around 6 months ago
This isn't a station, it's more of a broadcast radio locater with links to individual station's feeds. I've been using it for years. http://www.radio-locator.com/
Posted by: doubleagame | around 5 months ago
Whoa, that is a pretty progressive radio site. Good call and thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: SteveintheUK | around 6 months ago
The BBC Radio site, allows you to watch some of the shows presenters live via webcam http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/ It has blog type pages for each show/host including photos from that show, which also allows you to re listen to the last show broadcasted. www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/edithbowman/ plus, links to the hosts other online sites, a message broad But as your a fan of BBC you may already know this, if you can access the site from outside the UK?