Online radio is a digital audio service transmitted via the Internet.
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18 Facts About Online radio
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Internet Online radio is generally used to communicate and easily spread messages through the form of talk.
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Internet Online radio involves streaming media, presenting listeners with a continuous stream of audio that typically cannot be paused or replayed, much like traditional broadcast media; in this respect, it is distinct from on-demand file serving.
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Internet Online radio is distinct from podcasting, which involves downloading rather than streaming.
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Internet Online radio services offer news, sports, talk, and various genres of music—every format that is available on traditional broadcast Online radio stations.
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Internet Online radio is suited to listeners with special interests, allowing users to pick from a multitude of different stations and genres less commonly represented on traditional Online radio.
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Internet Online radio is typically listened to on a standard home PC or similar device, through an embedded player program located on the respective station's website or on a smartphone app.
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In 1993, Malamud launched "Internet Talk Radio", which was the "first computer-Online radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert".
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In March 1994, an unofficial automated rebroadcast of Irish Online radio news was setup as the RTE To Everywhere Project, allowing Irish people across the world daily access to Online radio news from home until it was rendered obsolete in 1998.
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WXYC used an FM Online radio connected to a system at SunSite, later known as Ibiblio, running Cornell's CU-SeeMe software.
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Internet Online radio provided new opportunities to mix music with advocacy messages.
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Internet Online radio attracted significant media and investor attention in the late 1990s.
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Online radio was losing money at the time and indicated in a prospectus filed with the Securities Exchange Commission that they expected the losses to continue indefinitely.
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From 2000 onwards, most Internet Online radio stations increased their stream quality as bandwidth became more economical.
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In contrast, traditional Online radio broadcasters pay only publishing royalties and no performance royalties.
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Satellite Online radio pays a fee but at a less onerous rate, at least by some measures.
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