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Radio
and Internet Newsletter is
a daily compilation of news (plus essays, commentary, and resources)
designed to help you better understand the Internet and its
potential impact on radio -- both the dangers it presents
and the opportunities it offers. We hope you find it
valuable. |
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From Radio & Records: "Users logged in to channels
streamed over the Internet by ABC Radio Networks for 816,000 hours
in October, according to the first InfoStream ratings report. With
440,000 hours, Magnitude Network was a distant second among the
four servers surveyed by Arbitron. Of the 240 channels streamed
by these two servers – plus BroadcastAmerica.com and LaMusica --
Magnitude’s KFAN-FM/Johnson City, TX had the largest cume,
at 83,900 users..." Click here
for R&R's story (subscription required).
 Arbitron's
analysis of the report: "This first InfoStream Report,
although just a sampling of the huge online Webcast listening market,
clearly indicates that small market broadcast stations are getting
a big boost in audience thanks to streaming their programming on
the Internet," said Joan FitzGerald, director of marketing, Arbitron
Internet Information Services. "The leading Internet radio station
in our first report isn't even in an Arbitron rated metro, yet its
Webcast on Magnitude Networks posted a cumulative audience that
exceeds that of many stations in top-rated metropolitan areas."
Click here
for the full Arbitron press release.
 KFAN:
"The Place Where The Music Matters." From the station's splashscreen:
"First they said it couldn't be done, but we showed
them nothing could stop the music. Now they want to copy us, but
no one can duplicate that rebel sound. Kick back & prepare to journey
to a whole other state of mind. Travel through cyberspace to the
lush, rolling hills of Planet Texas where the sweet sounds of Texas
Rebel Radio sing out. Prepare to listen to the best Texas music
on the Internet! (Some say the best music period)... but...BEWARE!!
One visit to the place where the music matters can be addictive.
If you catch the fever the only cure is to keep THE FAN BLOWING."
Click logo to visit the website of the station with the #1 cume
in the InfoStream report.
| Like
many other stations, KFAN's website has a menu option
labeled "Playlist." But when you select that option,
you get a screen that says, "Playlist?....We Don't Have
One!!!! - We Broke all the rules when we created Texas Rebel
Radio so you aren't limited to a weekly playlist....instead
our jocks can choose from over 14,000 cuts..." |
| Worried
that your site's content isn't updated frequently enough? As
of 8AM this morning, two weeks after Thanksgiving, the KFAN
website still had a Java scroll on its home page saying "Happy
Halloween! Check out all the spooky things going on this weekend!" |
From All Access: " American Online has appointed Chris
Douridas to the newly created position of VP/Music Programming for
AOL's Spinner, Winamp, and Shoutcast brands. Douridas will draw
on his experience as music director and host of "Morning Becomes
Eclectic" for KCRW/Santa Monica..."
 More
details in All Access here
(registration requried).
 From
Radio & Records Online: "Entercom invests in teen site:
The broadcaster joins other companies such as Time Warner and America
Online in investing in Bolt.com, which says it wants to promote
itself on radio, cable and other media..."
Click here for R&R
Online (subscription required).
 From
the eRadio website: "BroadcastAMERICA.com, a leading online
entertainment network, announced at the Jupiter Entertainment Forum
in Beverly Hills today that it has signed an exclusive, four-year
partnership agreement with United Stations Radio Networks, Inc.,
founded by Chairman Dick Clark and President and CEO Nick Verbitsky.
Under the deal, BroadcastAMERICA.com will stream more than 30 of
the network’s nationally distributed radio programs..."
Click here
to read the full story. (Note: BroadcastAMERICA.com is the new corporate
name for BroadcastMusic.com.)
From All Access: "Matt Farber has been named President
and CEO of Tonos.com, the online start-up founded last month and
headed by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, and Kenneth "Babyface"
Edmonds." To read more of All Access's "Net News"
(registration required), click here.
 What
is Tonos.com? According to the home page of its website: "Tonos
is the only network that allows you to interact directly with chart-topping,
Grammy® winning talent. Here's an amazing chance to audition for
the most successful producers in the music industry -- collaborate
with top talent, record a demo and take a shot at a major record
deal. But Tonos is much more than a contest. Tonos.com offers you
a backstage pass to every corner of the music business..."
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visit the site.
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