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[print version] Google rides the radio waves | CNET News.com

[print version] Google rides the radio waves | CNET News.com.

Google rides the radio waves

By Elinor Mills
http://news.com.com/Google rides the radio waves/2100-1024_3-6099025.html

Google enters the radio business - told you this was coming. Big change for Radio! Advertisers will command new metrics soon.

Current.org | NPR Blueprint for Growth, July 2006

Current.org | NPR Blueprint for Growth, July 2006.

"NPR launched the next phase of public radio’s New Realities process last week, releasing an ambitious plan to strengthen ties with listeners and foster better collaboration within the system.

In its 12-page Blueprint for Growth, released to general managers July 12, NPR said it will work with stations and other system partners to develop a “News Network of the Future,” a web-based music service and an infrastructure to support distribution of digital content. The network will also lead efforts to raise major gifts to support these ventures.

But the blueprint goes further by asking stakeholders in public radio to reconsider their relationships with their audiences and each other. Members of the public radio community must shift their focus from competing with each other to uniting against competition from other media, the blueprint says...."

Great stuff - finally, some real momentum at NPR. Watch my video on the "Future of Radio" here

Download their 'Blueprint for Growth' here

eMarketer.com - What Do Listeners Listen To When They Listen To Radio Online?

Link: eMarketer.com - What Do Listeners Listen To When They Listen To Radio Online?.

In another worrisome finding for local radio stations, the use of specialized Internet radio sites versus local stations was even more pronounced among listeners 12 to 24, and marginally higher for listeners 25 to 34.

"Broadcasters should be alarmed at the strong usage of non-terrestrial radio online options among persons under 35," said Harve Alan, hear 2.0 EVP. "This is both a threat and an opportunity for local radio, and now is the time to act.

indeed ;)

Music Download Service Unveiled for Digital Radio - New York Times

Link: Music Download Service Unveiled for Digital Radio - New York Times.

British consumers are set to be the first in the world able to buy songs instantly as they listen to them on digital radio, using a download service announced on Monday by UBC Media.

The London-based radio programming producer said it would begin testing the technology on Chrysalis Group's Heart station, with plans for a full roll-out by December.

Finally!

Hear 2.0: Radio's biggest challenge: The Internet

Link: Hear 2.0: Radio's biggest challenge: The Internet.

Good feature!

Radio 2.0 creates social network / MERCORA www.itnews.com.au

Link: Radio 2.0 creates social network - Internet - www.itnews.com.au.

I don't know about this being "The Future of Radio" but I do like Mercora very much.  Hopefully they will have an Apple  version soon.

Public Broadcasting 2.0: Through the looking glass to Public Broadcasting 2.0

Link: Current.org | Public Broadcasting 2.0.

Published in Current, Feb. 21, 2006
Commentary by Dennis L. Haarsager

"Some of us have been on a strange journey of late, not unlike Alice’s trip through the looking glass. We’ve reached a place where almost everything I’ve learned in 36 years as a broadcaster is a reliable guide — if we then do the opposite. Curiously, once we made our way to the unfamiliar side of the mirror, we discovered many others had stepped through before us... They were people we once took for granted — listeners and viewers who increasingly found programming elsewhere, which they could use whenever they wanted. They and others were leaving Public Broadcasting 1.0 for this new realm, taking control of their media usage and sometimes media creation as well....."

A VC: Pandora vs. Last.fm

Link: A VC: Pandora vs. Last.fm.

Interesting debate. I must admit that I listen to Pandora a LOT because its so easy.

Great piece on Podcasting And The Future Of Traditional Radio (Robin Good)

Robin Good has some very good points here. These 2 points appear crucial to me (quote:)

Radio key traditional strength when compared to new media alternatives available today is its ability to be truly "live". No recording, no streaming, no delay. Instant real-time broadcasting that can take place from nearly any place or location to report, chronicle or create "live" news and events. Here is the still much untapped potential of radio. Street reporting. Reality radio.

The media of the future is all about the user participating into the show and becoming the producer, host and DJ herself. Providing tools and programming space for users to create, edit and compile their own audio-based programming is a vital new strategy that reflects the revolution taking place in other media.

Keep it coming Robin!

More ammo for the 'Music Like Water' plot, here, too.

RoundUp: The Future of Radio

good reading here

Nokia Visual Radio

good definition at Wikipedia.  Imho, this is a huge step for radio, but it will take time... a lot of time, and who will do what - will Nokia be managing content, and will the radio guys do the marketing...?  More info at   

Nokia Visual Radio

good post by Rags Gupta
refering to a news.com feature. Key quote: "Here's an industry that's really old and becoming threatened by new technologies," said Vikki Pachera, vice president of strategic alliances and business development for HP. "We're able to help them create a relationship with customers they've never had before, and a revenue stream they've never had before."

Good feature on Online Radio

here. "Internet broadcasting has grown in popularity to the point where it's become a significant alternative to traditional radio, and an appealing venue for major advertisers. Thousands of people share the affliction, thanks to Internet technology that lets anybody with a little money set up an online "radio station." Now tell me --- where's the money??? I have some answers on that... stay tuned

The new "Hearts of Space" Radio

is here. The music programming is superb, and so is the sound quality. "Slow music for fast times"
  "FOR OVER 20 YEARS  we've collected quiet, space-creating ambient sounds from around the world for our nationally syndicated Hearts of Space radio show. Like the famous "slow food" movement, we celebrate the values of calm, concentration and quality.  we bring the timeless world of contemplative and ambient music direct to you..."    Check it out. More details on HOS is here

MotorFM - Radio CAN be different

Tim Renner serves up a new kind of radio at MotorFM in Berlin. The CONCEPT is very promising imho. Check out this story in NewsweeK: Radio's Rebels. Fav Quote:  "Radio only has a chance when it can still surprise people and when it can find a way to finance itself by being a retailer," says co-founder Tim Renner, former president of Universal Music."   Helloooooo ClearChannel... whatcha got?