June 11, 2005

Informit.com has published an article explaining how you too can become an Internet radio broadcaster using the free Winamp software and the free SHOUTcast service. With this combination, you can easily broadcast a mixture of live audio and MP3 playlists to listeners all over the world.

May 25, 2005

ABC News and NBC News have have announced that they plan to offer on-demand audio podcasts of their news programs. ABC is offering Good Morning America and Nightline podcasts, and plans to offer others soon. NBC is planning to podcast hourly news updates starting in June, along with segments from programs like Today and the NBC Nightly News. Clearly, the television networks are trying to recycle their news content for a mobile audience to derive additional advertising revenue. In the future, they may have podcast-only content as well.

April 28, 2005

Infinity Broadcasting, a division of Viacom, has announced that they are launching their first all-podcast radio station on May 16th. The station, KYCY (1550 AM) in San Francisco, will be nicknamed KYOURadio and will play only listener-submitted content. Listeners will be able to upload their digital audio content to the KYOURadio.com website for screening and playback consideration. The radio station will also be available via a streaming audio feed from KYOURadio.com.

April 11, 2005

AOL and XM Satellite Radio are creating a free Internet radio service, which is designed to replace other Internet radio services currently offered by both companies. The free service will combine 130 radio stations on the AOL network with 20 stations from the XM network. An enhanced version with 70 XM stations will cost around $5 per month for users on the Internet, while AOL members will have access to it free of charge. The service is expected to go online this summer.

April 5, 2005

WindowsDevCenter has published an article showing how you can create podcasts using your Windows PC. See what hardware and software are required, as well as the series of steps that need to be performed in creating your first podcast. Almost all of the tools needed, like the Audacity sound editing software and the Lame MP3 encoder, are free.

April 4, 2005

A new report from the Pew/Internet Project takes a look at the growth of podcasting. According to the report, 29% of U.S. adults who own an MP3 player say they have downloaded and listened to podcasts. This translates to roughly 6 million people. Almost half of MP3 player owners younger than 29 years old have tried podcasts, while only 20% of older MP3 player owners have done so. The free report contains dozens of fascinating statistics about podcast producers and their listeners.

March 27, 2005

Clear Channel, the radio broadcasting giant, is making move into podcasting. It will initially offer ad-supported segments from some of its popular morning radio shows, but plans to eventually publish much of its popular content using podcasting as the delivery platform.

March 15, 2005

An article from WindowsDevCenter.com shows you how to receive podcasts on your PC using the free Doppler application and Windows Media Player. You can then easily synchronize these podcasts with any portable MP3 player.

March 5, 2005

An article in BusinessWeek says that satellite radio, internet radio, and podcasting are threatening to bring the traditional radio empires to their knees.

January 21, 2005

Slate has the details on aacPlus, an audio codec that is being adopted by many Internet radio stations. This is the same codec used by XM satellite radio.