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I've only played with it for an afternoon, but this is a killer service. It offers streaming of local radio stations, complete with title, artwork and lyrics f

I've only played with it for an afternoon, but this is a killer service. It offers streaming of local radio stations, complete with title, artwork and lyrics for what is playing if available. Then if offers Pandora-like artist based radio stations. I see no reason to only use one of these services, but this is def a viable alternative to Pandora. Is this a sign of the music industry starting to get a clue?

wickedchicken 15y ago
"It offers streaming of local radio stations" As someone who has worked in college radio I find this statement strange -- ClearChannel defined itself by simulcasting automated radio shows across the country. Their near-monopoly of commercial spectrum in the 90s rendered 'local radio stations' nonexistent, and NPR took care of most of the non-profit (under 92Mhz) spectrum as well.
- nzoschke 15y ago
  It only offers ClearChannel radio stations -- so no indie or non-profit. But "98.1 KISS FM, SF Bay's Old School" is a local radio station, no?
  - wickedchicken 15y ago
    The combination of ClearChannel's homogenization and the internet in general means people have largely forgotten the actual cool part of local radio. It doesn't mean that a particular transmitter is located in the Bay Area or that your daytime commute comedy show hails from the Bay Area either -- talk to someone who grew up listening to radio in the 70s. They will tell you who their late-night DJ was and what records they introduced to the area. This person was as important as the music itself -- much like Arrington breaking a story was as important as the story itself (for better or worse). The rise of music blogs is the closest modern analog -- instead of centering around a geographic area, people center around a 'scene.' One can also get the same experience listening to amateur radio shows occasionally hosted on, for example, http://di.fm http://di.fm.
smackfu 15y ago
The streaming of local radio stations in this app has been around for 6 months or so. Just the Pandora part is new.

wickedchicken 15y ago

"It offers streaming of local radio stations" As someone who has worked in college radio I find this statement strange -- ClearChannel defined itself by simulcasting automated radio shows across the country. Their near-monopoly of commercial spectrum in the 90s rendered 'local radio stations' nonexistent, and NPR took care of most of the non-profit (under 92Mhz) spectrum as well.

nzoschke 15y ago
It only offers ClearChannel radio stations -- so no indie or non-profit. But "98.1 KISS FM, SF Bay's Old School" is a local radio station, no?
- wickedchicken 15y ago
  The combination of ClearChannel's homogenization and the internet in general means people have largely forgotten the actual cool part of local radio. It doesn't mean that a particular transmitter is located in the Bay Area or that your daytime commute comedy show hails from the Bay Area either -- talk to someone who grew up listening to radio in the 70s. They will tell you who their late-night DJ was and what records they introduced to the area. This person was as important as the music itself -- much like Arrington breaking a story was as important as the story itself (for better or worse). The rise of music blogs is the closest modern analog -- instead of centering around a geographic area, people center around a 'scene.' One can also get the same experience listening to amateur radio shows occasionally hosted on, for example, http://di.fm http://di.fm.

smackfu 15y ago

The streaming of local radio stations in this app has been around for 6 months or so. Just the Pandora part is new.