Internet Radio is Becoming More Relevant

A study by Media Consulting Firm L.E.K. advises advertisers to consider Internet radio as part of its new media strategy. The study, which interviewed 2,000 US households, found that “Among active radio listeners, 32% use Internet radio services on a weekly basis, logging an average of 5.8 hrs per week per user.” That is 49.7…

RadioTime and the First Free In-Car Web Radio

Earlier this month, RadioTime, a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, announced that the Mini cars by BMW will have an integrated RadioTime web service (via MINI Connected) that will allow drivers to tune to Internet radio via the car’s dashboard and steering wheel controls. BMW will be the first car…

Radio ‘Greener’ in 2010 Thanks to Radio WorkFlow

Many radio organizations are committed to increasing productivity and doing away with the painful paper system has been a part of radio organizations for decades. Radio WorkFlow’s software links your sales, creative, traffic and production departments with a paperless software system designed exclusively for the radio industry. It even gives radio stations the ability to…

Premier Radio App for iPhone by Spark Radio

Spark Radio recently launched the only premier radio app for iPhone to feature graphics and social media tools while listening to music. This new iPhone app allows listeners to enjoy more than 10,000 terrestrial and internet-only radio stations worldwide. Spark Radio projects that by April 2010 there will be more than 30,000 stations streaming. Listeners…

There are presently 69 million people listening to streaming radio in an average month. The following charts break down the listener by delivery method, format, location, and growth projections. One can easily see the tremendous growth in online listening reflected in every available metric. Sources - Arbitron, Edison Media, Bridge Ratings

Another Reason to be Streaming Online: Squeezebox

Let’s look at some quick facts from Arbitron: The weekly online radio audience has again exploded in the last year, to about 42 million Americans aged 12+. One in five Americans aged 25- to 54-years-old listen to online radio on a weekly basis—an all-time high. Since the growth of internet radio is huge, taking the…

SHOUTcast: You Don’t Have to Lose Your Following

SHOUTcast is a very popular AOL-owned listening portal that has been around for over 12 years. It is free for anyone to publish to, and this week it is ranked 4,895 on Alexa.com, with over 6,000 sites linking in. There are many Internet broadcasters that have built up a following in SHOUTcast and do not…

A neat, new tool for local station searching, Belkin’s TuneCast is a small iPhone interface that can: Quickly find the best FM station with the help of your iPhone GPS system and location-based user feedback. ClearScan LIVE iPhone App conveniently recommends the best FM frequencies based on your GPS coordinates. Control your FM transmission easily…

Last week The New York Times posted an interesting news article, “Internet Radio Stations Are the New Wave,” about how internet radio stations are becoming more and more popular among listeners. “Unlike standard broadcast radio, Internet radio stations can be heard virtually anywhere (copyright restrictions aside), as long as you have a device that can…

Yearly Archives: 2010