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Non-Profit Community Internet Radio Station?

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Q: Do you run a community radio station online without making money from it? Are you a not for profit or community lead Internet radio station? Community / not for profit radio stations: are a type of station which does not have any adverts are funded by investors are run by volunteers are influenced, owned by and operated in the community they serve We believe that radio software shouldn't have to cost you hundreds of $$$ We can't stress highly enough just how great at radio automation RadioDJ Free radio automation software is. Radio DJ truly outperforms paid for radio automation software solutions, try it now to find out for yourself how reliable it is! Reasons to Use RadioDJ: Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it Great Music library support add as many categories & subcategories you require RadioDJ

Can I Transmit Live From Outside Using RadioDJ?

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This is a question that gets asked quite often on the RadioDJ forums. Q: Can you transmit a show from a remote location. A: Quite easily with the right tools. Its possible to broadcast from an outside location (OB: Outside Broadcast) using a Laptop RadioDJ and a standalone encoder Its really not that much different to broadcasting from a studio/bedroom and thanks to leaps and bounds in technology it should be perfectly simple to get your live outside broadcast on air. You stream audio as usual to your server using a 4G connection or Wi-Fi at your location Thats If the Wi-Fi signal supports streaming Otherwise you will need access to an Ethernet port. Take your time and work to minimise gremlins in the system before going ahead with the Outside Broadcast It will pay dividends with the quality of your broadcast. If you're still nervous about the outside broadcast not working take a few deep breaths... I'm sure it will all work out in the end. P.S:

Spotify Killed The Radio Star?

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This past few years has seen a rise in the big music streaming services such as Deezer, Amazon Music & Spotify etc. There's to much competition from services like Spotify Pandora and Deezer and they are slowly killing Internet radio. One station owner had this to say: Over the last 3 years my listeners have dropped off to almost nothing I have promoted my station lots on social media. Internetradio gets beaten on all fronts, if isn't the rise of the streaming services, it's the royalties pricing pushing stations offline. There's just been a rise in the amount of royalties paid by Internet radio stations and it has forced lots of stations to go off air. The licencing agencies want to drive broadcasters out of the market by demanding more for Royalties. Internet radio station owners keep getting screwed over time and again when it comes to royalty payment agencies It emerged a few years back that a provider called Loudcity hadn't been paying the ri