Ch-Ch-Ch Changes

As you can see (assuming this is not your first visit) there have been some changes here.

One reason I haven't posted lately is I've been occupied redoing the look of this site. I think I've finally arrived at a layout that I like enough to live with for a while.

That means: More posts are a'coming. I'll be back to reviewing some of my favorite Internet radio streams.

There are scads of radio listings and station directories on the Web. In fact, I plan to add a link roll over on the side there with links to some of the more comprehensive ones.

Here at the Internet Radio Buzz, I am more interested in describing some of the noteworthy streams (both simulcasts of broadcast stations and Internet-only stations) that I come across. This necessarily will not be an attempt at comprehensiveness. My goal is to be much more interesting than that.

There are tens of thousands of radio stations on the Internet. You can find and listen to them on your computer, of course, but now you can also purchase standalone devices that play these streams like a "real" radio set -- all you need is a wireless signal. It is the advent of these devices that is helping drive the explosion in Internet radio popularity.

Speaking of listening to Internet radio, one of the additions I've made to this site is an embedded Shoutcast player. Now you don't have to leave the page to hear any of thousands of radio streams.

Check out the player on the right there (and maybe down a little bit). Its database does not have all the stations that I will be reviewing here, but its selection is still huge. For example, KMRC, the Louisiana swamp pop station that I previously reviewed, is not there. But if you type "swamp pop" in the player's search window, you will find some Internet-only stations that play this genre. If you like what I'm doing here, please

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Thanks,
Steve

60 Million People A Week Listen to Internet Radio

An outfit called Bridge Ratings is reporting the results of its study of "audio device consumption trends."

The study covers a lot of territory, but here are the main points of interest to those of us who follow Internet radio:

• "Streaming audio via the Internet has become a family past-time ..."
• "[T]here are two distinct users of Internet radio: those who spend most of their time listening to pure-play or Internet only radio stations and those who spend most of their time listening to simulcast streams of traditional AM/FM radio."
• " More than 60 million people each week listen to radio over the Internet."
• By 2015 "... the percentage listening to AM/FM simulcast streams will fall to 81% while those listening to Internet-only radio streams will increase to 72%."
• "The percentage of streaming listeners for AM/FM simulcasts and Internet-only will reach parity by the end of 2016 (77%)."

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There's also information on over-the-air broadcast listening trends, satellite radio, cell phone usage, MP3 players, and more. But who cares about those things? (Joking, OK?)

The Bridge Ratings report concludes:

"Ten years ago, this report would not have been needed. Today, with so many options facing consumers interested in audio entertainment, it is more clear from this study how traditional radio's time spent listening is being siphoned off.

"Time-spent-listening projections for the next two years will be published shortly. Which of these devices will see continued double-digit growth? Internet Streaming is anticipated to add another 11-12% more listening by 2013." (Emphasis added.)