Best spiritual resource on the net


soul-journey.com keyword stats



Most current MSN search phrases:

find internet jazz radio stations  

The Age Of Internet Radio

The word 'radio', in older times, meant somewomen's issues, sports updates and
traditional or terrestrial station whosecommentary, political issues and almost
transmission was carried via large towers oneverything under the sun. A complete
AM and FM bands. It was a small box run onentertainment package as they have become,
electricity or battery and was often thoughtall that is required to listen to these
of as a primary source of entertainment andchannels is a computer with a fast Internet
information. However, times have changed andaccess. Most of these web-casting systems
so has the radio. Human beings have movedenable  anybody  to  host  a  channel.
ahead and technology has advanced in leaps
and bounds since then. These factors haveAnother very important aspect of the Internet
almost made the concept of orthodox radio anradio is its effective advertising system.
outdated.The advertisings are just like the ones used
for them of the previous generation, but
However, it would be wrong to say that theydefinitely more powerful. The ads have more
have become obsolete. In fact, with theprecise targeting opportunities and the
advancement of technology, the "old" radiosadvertisers can know the exact number of
have taken a new avatar - a new mediumimpressions delivered. These ads often
through which it can be transmitted to largercombine audio ads with synchronized banners
masses at once - a medium, which is probablyand buttons to maximize visibility and retain
more popular than any other. This new breedattention.
of broadcasting system, known as Internet
radio,  has  emerged.Thus we can see that the new Internet radio
not only allows the same entertainment
During the mid-nineties, Real-Networks cameprovided by its predecessors, but also offers
up with an online streaming system calleda lot more services quite easily. These have
RealAudio. This was probably one of theprobably resulted in the growth of the
earliest versions of streaming audio sources.Internet radio within quite a short time
However, plenty of portals soon followed itsspan. According to some statistics, Over 50%
trails. Technology evolved, newer ideas wereof Internet users make use of streaming media
put in and the new concept was launched.and the proportion of Americans who have
These portals allowed hundreds of web-casterslistened to stations online has nearly
to host their new virtual "radio stations".quadrupled in three years. Moreover, since
Now these stations started getting variousAmericans are observed to be spending less
names such as net and web-radio, web-castingtime with TV and print and more time on the
etc.Internet, the Internet radio is fast becoming
a highly compelling advertising target. These
Presently there are thousands of Internetfacts clearly suggest that a new age in
stations to choose from. These stations offerbroadcasting and transmission, i.e. the age
a wide variety of broadcasting. They includeof the Internet radio, has arrived!
channels for talk shows, streaming music,



1 A B C D 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108