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  1. 10 years of streaming at WXYC by MacJedi · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Streaming Audio 10 Years Old

    WXYC, the first radio station to stream over the internet, is offering a free CD for download to celebrate their own 10-years-of-streaming anniversary. (Be a good citizen and use the torrent.)

  2. The "true" streaming pioneers (circa 1994) by gashalot · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Streaming Audio 10 Years Old

    To be truthful, the first stream wasn't in 1996. It was way back in 1994, when WXYC started streaming using CuSeeMe. WREK (Georgia Tech's student radio) also started streaming with their own in-house software the same day WXYC went live, but it was not officially advertised until a later date.

    More information at: http://wxyc.org/about/first/ and http://www.wrek.org/wreknet-first.html.

  3. Thumbs down on radio above 92.5MHz by QuietRiot · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Sony takes on iPod Shuffle

    Stay below 92.5MHz on your FM dial and you're usually a lot better off.

    You'll often find NPR stations and college radio, often almost completely void of annoying DJs and commercial interruptions.

    In the triangle we've got:

    88.1 -- WKNC @ NC State Listen in high-quality .mp3 or .ogg (station formats and history) I have really grown to like "After Hours" between 20:00 and 23:00Eastern on weekdays. Saturday evening is pretty decent hip hop mix. You're in for a surprise if you try Friday evenings or Sunday mornings :) Some PSA's.

    88.9 -- WSHA @ Shaw University Listen in .wma or Real. Mostly Jazz. SUPPORT

    89.3 -- WXYC @ Duke Listen in .mp3, .ogg, or Real to one of the first radio station in the world to rebroadcast over the net. Eclectic and chill.

    89.7 -- TheClassicalStation, WCPE Listen in .mp3, .ogg, .wma, Quicktime, or Real. (please send them a few bucks if you stream their music!) All classical all the time. (Just disconnect if you're not listening!) SUPPORT

    91.5 -- WUNC in Chapel Hill Listen in .mp3, .wma, or Real (from iBiblio) to a well funded public radio station. You get Terry Gross, BBC and Day to Day. "Back Porch Music" on weekend evenings (great bluegrass). Program Schedule SUPPORT

    I know everybody doen't have such a wonderful selection at the bottom of the dial as the Triangle, but check it out locally - you may discover something... (tune manually rather than with "seek" or "scan" as these will often miss low powered - sometimes high quality - listening opportunities). If you don't have a FM tuner onboard your music player, you can either pipe in audio from a regular radio to your soundcard for automatic recordings and conversion to your favorite format or use the FM tuner that's built in to many TV capture cards and do the same.

    http://gary.burd.info/2003/07/time-shifting-fm-rad io.html
    http://osl.iu.edu/~tveldhui/radio/
    http://jaeger.blogmatrix.com/radio/
    http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/05/15 40231&tid=141&tid=185&tid=95&tid=4

  4. Thumbs down on radio above 92.5MHz by QuietRiot · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Sony takes on iPod Shuffle

    Stay below 92.5MHz on your FM dial and you're usually a lot better off.

    You'll often find NPR stations and college radio, often almost completely void of annoying DJs and commercial interruptions.

    In the triangle we've got:

    88.1 -- WKNC @ NC State Listen in high-quality .mp3 or .ogg (station formats and history) I have really grown to like "After Hours" between 20:00 and 23:00Eastern on weekdays. Saturday evening is pretty decent hip hop mix. You're in for a surprise if you try Friday evenings or Sunday mornings :) Some PSA's.

    88.9 -- WSHA @ Shaw University Listen in .wma or Real. Mostly Jazz. SUPPORT

    89.3 -- WXYC @ Duke Listen in .mp3, .ogg, or Real to one of the first radio station in the world to rebroadcast over the net. Eclectic and chill.

    89.7 -- TheClassicalStation, WCPE Listen in .mp3, .ogg, .wma, Quicktime, or Real. (please send them a few bucks if you stream their music!) All classical all the time. (Just disconnect if you're not listening!) SUPPORT

    91.5 -- WUNC in Chapel Hill Listen in .mp3, .wma, or Real (from iBiblio) to a well funded public radio station. You get Terry Gross, BBC and Day to Day. "Back Porch Music" on weekend evenings (great bluegrass). Program Schedule SUPPORT

    I know everybody doen't have such a wonderful selection at the bottom of the dial as the Triangle, but check it out locally - you may discover something... (tune manually rather than with "seek" or "scan" as these will often miss low powered - sometimes high quality - listening opportunities). If you don't have a FM tuner onboard your music player, you can either pipe in audio from a regular radio to your soundcard for automatic recordings and conversion to your favorite format or use the FM tuner that's built in to many TV capture cards and do the same.

    http://gary.burd.info/2003/07/time-shifting-fm-rad io.html
    http://osl.iu.edu/~tveldhui/radio/
    http://jaeger.blogmatrix.com/radio/
    http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/05/15 40231&tid=141&tid=185&tid=95&tid=4

  5. Re:OT, but you DID mention college radio by friendscallmelenny · · Score: 1 · on RadioShark for Windows and Mac OS X

    Not to pick a fight but Univ. of North Carolina's station WXYC kicks arse and was the first to broadcast on the net. More info at ibiblio

  6. Re:Yep by 3.2.3 · · Score: 1 · on Would a Boycott of the MPAA/RIAA Help Matters?

    um, most of those are faux indie labels distributed by the warner (riaa) owned ada

    wxdu and wxyc are already participating in an riaa boycott instigated by riaact

  7. Re-election by aufecht · · Score: 1 · on Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally

    I live in Chapel Hill, NC so we are all too aware of Helme's politics. After all, when questioned about a new state zoo, Helmes replied "We already have one, just put a fence around Chapel Hill." Yeah, we love Helmes here. My question is this. Is Senator Helmes running, able to run, for re-election again? I wonder if he is trying to paint a better public picture to us caged gorillas here in CH? What would the public zoo of Chapel Hill do if he were to have a significant influence over these issues such as webcasting royalties? I could never vote for him, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out. After all, Chapel Hill is home to WXYC, the first radio station to broadcast it's signal over the internet; I believe they used CuSeeMe (sp?). WXYC is an excellent open format station that has a lot of listeners not only in this area, but all over the world.

  8. wxyc by mindriot · · Score: 2 · on KPIG is Back - By Subscription Only

    WXYC Chapel Hill, the first radio station to broadcast on the Internet, is still online, though struggling. Their broadcasts are only RealPlayer, but they're free, and the quality of the G2 stream is adequate. WXYC is pretty much the most diverse and interesting Internet radio stream out there.

  9. wxyc by mindriot · · Score: 2 · on KPIG is Back - By Subscription Only

    WXYC Chapel Hill, the first radio station to broadcast on the Internet, is still online, though struggling. Their broadcasts are only RealPlayer, but they're free, and the quality of the G2 stream is adequate. WXYC is pretty much the most diverse and interesting Internet radio stream out there.

  10. other fun stuff at ibiblio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ibiblio Director Paul Jones Answers

    WXYC the first radio station in the world to continuously stream its signal on the net. Good music, too.

  11. long time stations to die by pjones · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Web Radio and the RIAA
    i can only begin to say what all the problems are with the CARP rulings, but one thing is for sure. the combination of complex record keeping, privacy invasive database building at SoundExchange, constrains on content and playlists, and costs will likely place WXYC the first station on the net, WCPE the only 7/24 non-commercial classical music station, and WXDU off the net.

    The process was completely undemocratic -- none of these stations was allowed to testify at CARP. WCPE was specifically excluded

    see also WXYC's save our streams page and Save Our Streams

  12. long time stations to die by pjones · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Web Radio and the RIAA
    i can only begin to say what all the problems are with the CARP rulings, but one thing is for sure. the combination of complex record keeping, privacy invasive database building at SoundExchange, constrains on content and playlists, and costs will likely place WXYC the first station on the net, WCPE the only 7/24 non-commercial classical music station, and WXDU off the net.

    The process was completely undemocratic -- none of these stations was allowed to testify at CARP. WCPE was specifically excluded

    see also WXYC's save our streams page and Save Our Streams

  13. back in the day and squeezing out the little guys by pjones · · Score: 1 · on Copyright Office Proposes Webcasting Regs

    When we started the first continous simulcast on the net back in 1994 with WXYC we immediately ran into lawyers saying that we couldn't do it and that even if we could we wouldn't be at it for long. Now 8 years later, we're still on the air and are simulcasting two other stations and soon to add two more. All are public radio, student radio or non-profit cooperatives.

    But the new rules would make it impossible for any of these stations to be on the net. WCPE is all classical and perhaps the only 24 hours non-commercial station in the world. The lose would be astounding. What are we left to hear? Tightly controlled formats with intrusive privacy invasive reporting.

    Send in your comments NOW! I am at the highest level of alert!