So you want to build your own online internet radio station. With new technology available and fast internet services such as cable and DSL, it's super easy to get broadcasting in no time. They have many services that are automated music mixing systems with 24 hour online support. In the late 90s and early 2000s, to create an online radio you had to connect to a shoutcast server from your computer and have a connect from your computer to the server on all the time. Now you can upload your music and set everything up to be automated.
There are numerous services out there to get your internet radio station going almost instantly. Wavestreaming.com and livewebdj.com are 2 services that provide a totally 100% automated broadcasting system that you can use for your music mixing and broadcasting. It has features such as cross fade songs and setup commercials and jingles in between your music. Plus the best part about these services is the drag and drop music feature. All your music is setup with playlists in real time.
Shoutcast is a service that broadcasts the music you are playing virtually. You setup your mixing software and then connect to the shoutcast server for 24 hour operation. The best part of the automated dj systems online are being able to connect instantly from your computer so you can broadcast live then go back to automation. There are several other options in the broadcasting server area. You can use Icecast, shoutcast or blogtalkradio. Each service broadcasts a little different. If you're looking for just a general internet radio station setup to broadcast to normal everyday listeners, Shoutcast is probably for you.
Some great programs to do live broadcasts are Sam Broadcaster, Virtual DJ, Radio Boss, and any DJ program offering streaming broadcasts. All you do is find the shoutcast server of your choice and plug in the details of that into your software on the computer and click broadcast. I of course can go into better detail on how to set these details up as well.
Here are some tips to get your radio station noticed. The best and most popular internet radio stations are niche stations. They play music customized to a certain crowd. Stations with current top 40 music are very popular, adult contemporary, rock channels, techno channels and 90s, 2000s music are all popular stations on the shoutcast network. You can even go on Shoutcast.com and look at what stations have the most listeners. Don't expect to make money at first operating an internet radio station. This takes time and you must put ads on your website in order to generate any kind of revenue. I suggest google adsense which will be pay per click for your web viewers and create a llittle bit of money along the way.
Happy internet streaming and I will add more about it in future posts.
- Billman
Internet Radio Florida
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