Internet Talk Radio
Encyclopedia
Internet talk radio is an audio broadcasting
service transmitted via the Internet
. Broadcasting radio shows on the internet is usually preferred to webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It mainly works by Internet radio transmissions. (Internet radio services are usually accessible from anywhere in the world—for example, one could listen to an Australian station from Europe or America. Some major networks like Clear Channel in the US and Chrysalis in the UK restrict listening to in country because of music licensing and advertising concerns.)
launched Internet talk radio which was the "first computer-radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert." This was Internet radio only insofar as it was conceptually a radio show on the Internet. As late as 1995, Internet talk radio was not available via multicast streaming; it was distributed "as audio files that computer users fetch one by one." However Malamud was among the foremost proponents of multicasting technology. In late 1994, his Internet Multicasting Service was set to launch RTFM, a multicast Internet radio news station. In January 1995, RTFM's news programming was expanded to include "live audio feeds from the House and Senate floors."
A 1995 UK experiment in Internet talk radio was set up by the Open University
's Knowledge Media Institute in collaboration with the BBC
's Open University Production Unit. Called "KMi Maven Of The Month" (maven = expert or connoisseur), the events featured interviews with experts in Human Computer Interaction, New Media and Artificial Intelligence, and deployed a combination of streaming audio, web-chat, phone-ins and live video. The first event, an interview with Henry Lieberman of the MIT Media Lab
, took place on 18th October 1995. That event used a mixture of least-common-denominator technology available at that time: 14.4Kbps dialup modems, Netscape
, RealAudio
, CU-SeeMe
, email, web forms and chat windows for questioners, and landline telephony to 'pull in' questioners after they had provided their phone numbers.
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
service transmitted via the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. Broadcasting radio shows on the internet is usually preferred to webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It mainly works by Internet radio transmissions. (Internet radio services are usually accessible from anywhere in the world—for example, one could listen to an Australian station from Europe or America. Some major networks like Clear Channel in the US and Chrysalis in the UK restrict listening to in country because of music licensing and advertising concerns.)
History
In 1993, Carl MalamudCarl Malamud
Carl Malamud is a technologist, author, and public domain advocate, currently known for his foundation public.resource.org. He was the founder of the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for creating the first Internet radio station, for putting the...
launched Internet talk radio which was the "first computer-radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert." This was Internet radio only insofar as it was conceptually a radio show on the Internet. As late as 1995, Internet talk radio was not available via multicast streaming; it was distributed "as audio files that computer users fetch one by one." However Malamud was among the foremost proponents of multicasting technology. In late 1994, his Internet Multicasting Service was set to launch RTFM, a multicast Internet radio news station. In January 1995, RTFM's news programming was expanded to include "live audio feeds from the House and Senate floors."
A 1995 UK experiment in Internet talk radio was set up by the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
's Knowledge Media Institute in collaboration with the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Open University Production Unit. Called "KMi Maven Of The Month" (maven = expert or connoisseur), the events featured interviews with experts in Human Computer Interaction, New Media and Artificial Intelligence, and deployed a combination of streaming audio, web-chat, phone-ins and live video. The first event, an interview with Henry Lieberman of the MIT Media Lab
MIT Media Lab
The MIT Media Lab is a laboratory of MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Devoted to research projects at the convergence of design, multimedia and technology, the Media Lab has been widely popularized since the 1990s by business and technology publications such as Wired and Red Herring for a...
, took place on 18th October 1995. That event used a mixture of least-common-denominator technology available at that time: 14.4Kbps dialup modems, Netscape
Netscape
Netscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California...
, RealAudio
RealAudio
RealAudio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks and first released in April 1995. It uses a variety of audio codecs, ranging from low-bitrate formats that can be used over dialup modems, to high-fidelity formats for music. It can also be used as a streaming audio format, that is...
, CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe is an Internet videoconferencing client. CU-SeeMe can make point to point video calls without a server or make multi-point calls through server software first called a "reflector" and later called a "conference server" or Multipoint Control Unit...
, email, web forms and chat windows for questioners, and landline telephony to 'pull in' questioners after they had provided their phone numbers.
Notable sites
*Contact Talk Radio http://www.contacttalkradio.com- KMi Maven Of The Month 1995-6 (historical link via Internet Archive) http://web.archive.org/web/19980116112101/http://kmi.open.ac.uk/stadium/welcome.html#replays
Notable shows
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(a subsidiarySubsidiaryA subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of Clear Channel CommunicationsClear Channel CommunicationsClear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
). - Talk of the NationTalk of the NationTalk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....
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, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues. - Free Speech Radio NewsFree Speech Radio NewsFree Speech Radio News is an independently produced half hour daily national and international radio news program focusing on peace and social justice issues in the US and around the world. FSRN is collectively run by its workers and reporters...
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news program focusing on peace and social justice issues in the US and around the world. FSRN is collectively run by its workers and reporters. - Tech Talk RadioTech Talk RadioTech Talk Radio is a two-hour technology talk show produced in Melbourne, Australia. It is hosted by Andrew McColm, with regular appearances by panelists "Dr Ron", Graeme Callaghan, Justin Dunlop and Leena Van Deventer....
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program, produced weekly in Melbourne, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is streamed live as it goes to air via a Windows streaming server and Shoutcast server, and is rebroadcast by internet stations including Stop and Go Radio http://www.stopandgoradio.com/ in Chicago, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - DEBI DALY SHOWInternational caller based talk radio program.Tune in to hear her dazzle her listeners with honest advice about personal relationships, current events, politics, religion using her unique style of comedic love and her contaigous laugh. She cries,She laughs, She's real, and you never have to wonder what she's thinking. Bringing to the airwaves her flair for dealing with people while always sensitive to her callers.
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