#shoutcast

[merindzousa]

Starting an Online Radio with Shoutcast/Icecast Hosting

Do you have a passion for music, a love of sharing, and a desire to connect with listeners worldwide? Then starting your own online radio station might be your perfect calling! With the right tools and guidance, you can create a platform to broadcast your voice, curate unique playlists, and build a vibrant community around your favourite sounds.

In this blog post, we'll explore the exciting world of starting an online radio with Shoutcast/Icecast hosting.

Step 1: Understanding Shoutcast/Icecast Hosting

Shoutcast and Icecast are popular for internet radio streaming, enabling broadcasts similar to traditional radio. There are hosting services that support these platforms, allowing your internet radio station to stream to a global audience reliably. These specialised services are tailored to meet the needs of internet radio broadcasters, ensuring high-quality streaming for listeners.

Step 2: Planning Your Radio Station

Before diving into the technical setup, plan your station. Decide on the genre of music or type of content you wish to broadcast. Also, consider the structure of your programming—will you have live shows, pre-recorded segments, or a mix of both?

Step 3: Choosing the best Hosting Plan

Select a hosting plan that aligns with the size of your audience and bandwidth needs. Look for options that accommodate various types of radio stations, ranging from smaller community stations to larger, established ones. Visit Ucartz.com and explore the variety of Shoutcast/Icecast hosting plans available. 

Step 4: Setting Up Your Broadcasting Software

After choosing your hosting plan, you'll need broadcasting software to manage and stream your audio content. Tools like SAM Broadcaster or Mixxx are popular choices for this purpose. These software applications can help you efficiently manage your playlists and broadcasts and connect to Shoutcast/Icecast servers for streaming.

Step 5: Designing Your Radio Station’s Website

For your radio station, a website is essential. It serves as the primary platform where listeners can learn about your station, check programming schedules, and stream your broadcasts live. Consider choosing a website hosting provider that offers integration with your radio hosting. This integration ensures a smooth and seamless experience for your listeners, both for browsing your site and enjoying your live audio content.

Step 6: Going Live and Promoting Your Station

With everything set up, it’s time to go live! Promote your station through social media, forums, and community groups. Engage with your audience and gather feedback to refine your station's content.

Conclusion:

Starting your online radio with Shoutcast/Icecast hosting can be a thrilling and rewarding experience. With Ucartz’s Shoutcast/Icecast hosting services, the technical side is taken care of, letting you focus on creating great content for your listeners.

Visit Ucartz.com today to embark on your journey to starting an online radio station!

[ucartz]

Ucartz Shoutcast/Icecast hosting makes it easy to stream audio to the world. With unlimited listeners and storage, you'll have all the resources you need to grow your audience. Plus, with 24/7 customer support and an easy-to-use control panel, you can easily manage your audio stream.

[mbishiri]

Radio Automation Software for Professionals and Amateurs

SAM Broadcaster provides you with everything you need to make your dreams of radio broadcasting a reality. Sporting advanced audio features, it includes a cross fader, gap killer, 5-band compressor, volume equalization, fade detection and a limiter.

[gcomstreaming]

SonicPanel es el panel de control de radio streaming más avanzado, permite transmitir tu señal con conexiones SHOUTcast SSL hasta 320 kbps, Protección DDos, AutoDj, Multi lenguaje.

[puppy-linux-official]

Did Winamp accidentally just provide proof that they were violating GPL for decades? Yes!

Have they potentially GPL poisoned their entire codebase as well as proprietary Dolby algorithms? Also yes!

Can you download this code today? You guessed it, yes!!!

Orphaned commits containing all of these issues after they tried to hide their crimes are waiting for you to download them!

[karnalesbian]

reddit delenda est

[foone]

I've been using internet streaming audio since, like, winamp invented shoutcast. I've used pandora, spotify, youtube music, itunes...

the only one I've ever seen that randomly stops playing while you have a good connection, and doesn't automatically restart when that happens is podbean.

that's 26 years of streaming audio and only ONE of them fails at their primary job of "playing audio off the internet"

[xomoosexo]

she looks so gorgeous on the official twitch rivals shoutcast stream

[bassymphonies]

You gotta admire Roier's dedication to shoutcast this entire fight, o7 to your voice Roier fly high

[razberrypuck]

"/spectator. just turn me into a code. I'll do it. just let me shoutcast" JSHFJWJDHJQHDHDDH

[ucartz]

Ucartz Shoutcast/Icecast reseller hosting is perfect for growing your hosting business. With unlimited listeners and storage, you can easily manage and sell hosting packages to your clients. Plus, with a powerful control panel and 24/7 customer support, you'll have everything you need to succeed.

[vintage-vermin]

working on a little side site where I talk about the shows I used to watch as a stream via Winamp shoutcast, Kazaa funsies, games I used to waste my youth on, old profile sites and chats I used and more!

[ikleyvey]

DJ Valtur, one of the strongest dudes in Twin Theorems!

He considers himself the voice of the people and he's always live at least one radio station in the city. He does live commentary on events that transpire, including combat so he'll be your personal shoutcaster if you end up in a brawl in TT! He's able to control his devices and work station using the Highway cables AND snap high voltage at enemies.

[blazehedgehog]

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Since Tumblr is moving away from custom themed pages it's easier to just have a pin.

Hi! My name is Ryan, but everybody on the internet calls me "Blaze", as in BlazeHedgehog. I've had that internet username since at least 1998 or even 1997, where I picked it for myself as a high school freshman in the computer science lab. I was trying to fit in with other Sonic fans, you see. I just never felt like changing it (and now it's sort of like "my brand.")

I'm the founder of SAGE (The Sonic Amateur Games Expo), though I haven't had an active role in the event in a good while now. I still occasionally dabble in making games, and depending on who you ask, one of those games changed the face of an entire community.

Since then, I've been growing a slightly popular Youtube channel, and I occasionally stream on Twitch. I've been doing both of those a long time -- my Youtube channel dates back to 2006, and I've been livestreaming games since before Twitch even existed (Who here remembers a service called "Mogulus"?) I even used to run multiple Shoutcast radio stations back in the day!

In terms of this blog, it is largely an ask blog. I try to make sure at least one post goes up every day. Most people ask me questions about Sonic games, but feel free to ask me just about anything as long as it's not rude or too personal. Just be aware it might take a week or two for the answer to get posted, depending on volume and interest.

I wrote a big long intro post for the now defunct Cohost. If you'd like to know even more about me, that follows under the "keep reading" tag:

I still care a lot about fangames, and people's right to make fangames. SAGE was founded on the ideal of normalizing the fangaming scene in the eyes of the mainstream. Back when I first started, fangames were often considered another form of piracy. I wanted them re-categorized to be in the same realm as fanart or fanfiction. Whether or not SAGE accomplished that is anyone's guess, but the world is a lot more accepting of fangames these days regardless. A lot of cool people have featured their games at SAGE over the years, including the developers of Sonic Mania, Spark the Electric Jester, and Freedom Planet. SAGE is genuinely one of the things I am most proud of starting in my life, even if I haven't had a managerial role in over ten years.

I have been interviewed about SAGE and how it relates to the fangaming community. Both times I've been interviewed, I was granted permission to post my (very, very wordy) interview in full, if you'd like to read them:

Cultured Vultures: The Weird and Wonderful History of Sonic Fangames

Le Monde: When There’s No Good Sonic Games, Fans Develop Their Own

I was known for a few fangames in my time. I have a Youtube playlist where I've commentated over some of those games.

I've tried to transition to making original games, the most recent one being OverBite in 2016. OverBite was a game I created for a game jam, with the intent on making it a bigger, more robust thing to sell later on down the line. The game jam version you can download today is a little basic and boring. It was created over the course of 33 days and I did nearly everything alone -- coding, art, level design, all of it. I custom-built the physics engine, I custom-built the AI, almost none of it was using prefabs or existing example code. The only outside help I received was music, which was provided by my old friend Malcolm Brown (who really needs a better online presence for links like this).

Circumstances got weird (it's a long story, and this post is long enough) but the short of it is OverBite is permanently on the backburner until further notice. I'd love to go back and flesh it out some day, and really make it something special (I have a giant design doc for it!), but I have to focus my attention elsewhere.

I registered a Youtube channel in 2006, back in the early days before they were owned by Google. Around 2009, I did my first formal video review, for Sonic Unleashed. I was inspired by the style of Gametrailers (now Easy Allies) at the time. From there, I started taking my channel a little more seriously, and recently I have had the impetus to take it very seriously.

I have been livestreaming since at least 2009, as well. For reference, that's before Twitch.tv existed, back when the site was called Justin.tv, and was pitched more as people livestreaming their bedrooms with a webcam (what is now called "Just Chatting" on Twitch). I jumped around between sites like Mogulus.com, Livestream.com, and uStream. In 2012, I teamed up with a friend, Imran Khan, to stream Sonic 06 for charity. The 18 hour marathon raised more than $1000 for relief after the Japanese tsunami disaster of the same year. When I stream nowadays, I do it on Twitch, here. Archives of past streams can be found here and here.

I used to be a paid, professional games media writer for the niche site tssznews.com, but that site imploded after I worked there for 12 years. It ran out of money, the head didn't want to run it anymore, and after an embarrassing social media gaffe, permanently closed its doors basically overnight without warning anyone else. While at TSSZ, I helped break a lot of their biggest stories. A slowly increasing amount of my TSSZ work has been archived at Last Minute Continue, and you can always use the Wayback Machine. I also have plans to archive my "professional" writing on my own site, bltn.net, eventually. Some day.

(Since writing this, I have also uploaded a large chunk of archived TSSZ articles to The Internet Archive.)

I'm also an artist, or I was. Most of my other creative outlets eventually took precedent, but I still try and retain some artistic skill. There's a very dusty DeviantArt profile out there, and an art tag on my tumblr blog you can check out. Carpal tunnel has made drawing a little frustrating these days, however.

Is that it? I guess that's it. There are even more links to things that aren't necessarily worth a paragraph on the Linktree, and not to hustle you after reading all of that, but boy it would be great if more people supported me on Patreon so I can use all this stuff to help pay my bills and get me to a more comfortable place in life. Twitch subs and Patreon donors get early access to my Discord and yadda yadda yadda...

Oh yeah, and I even turned on Youtube Memberships recently.

[riggro-digital]

How to Transform Your Retail Store with In-Store Radio and Launch Your Own Internet Radio Station

In-store radio is becoming a powerful tool for enhancing the retail experience. Unlike generic background music, in-store radio offers a curated blend of music, promotions, and branded messages that align with your store’s identity. It's a dynamic way to entertain and engage shoppers while reinforcing your brand and driving impulse purchases.

But how do you start an in-store radio station, or even launch your internet radio station?

What Is In-Store Radio? In-store radio creates a unique auditory environment tailored to your brand. You can customize playlists, promotions, and announcements to create a cohesive experience for shoppers. This content can influence customer behavior, extending the time they spend in your store and boosting sales. Unlike traditional radio, which casts a wide net, in-store radio targets customers in your store, offering direct communication in a controlled environment.

Benefits of In-Store Radio:

Increased Engagement: Tailored music and messaging enhance the shopping experience. Stronger Brand Identity: Reinforce your brand through curated audio content. Higher Sales: Time promotions and offers to coincide with customer activity. Customization: Adjust content for different seasons, promotions, or events. How to Start Your Own Internet Radio Station

Starting an internet radio station is a fantastic way to expand your brand beyond your store, broadcasting your unique audio content to a wider audience. Here's how to begin:

Define Your Niche and Audience Before starting, decide what your station will focus on. Will it be music-based, informational, or a mix? Identifying your target audience helps tailor content that keeps listeners engaged.

Obtain the Necessary Licenses Licensing is important if you plan to play copyrighted music. Platforms like SoundExchange help cover royalties, ensuring you can broadcast without legal issues.

Set Up Broadcasting Equipment You'll need basic equipment: a microphone, mixer, audio interface, and broadcasting software. There are free software options, like Riggro Digital and Mixxx, that are beginner-friendly.

Choose a Hosting Platform To stream your radio station online, you need a hosting platform like Shoutcast or Icecast. These services host your stream and allow listeners to tune in via the web or apps.

Promote Your Station Leverage social media, your website, and newsletters to attract listeners. Integration with your in-store radio allows you to expand reach, giving customers another way to engage with your brand beyond their visit.

In-store radio is a powerful way to enhance the customer experience in retail settings, driving brand engagement and boosting sales. By extending your reach with an internet radio station, you can create a broader impact, sharing your curated audio content with a wider audience. Whether you're adding a customized radio experience in-store or venturing into the world of online broadcasting, these audio solutions are effective tools for growing your brand. Read More

[retro-rat]

This is my ancestral home of webpages. I would frequent loose starter pages, fan sites and such before this, but even before 2001, we were in the HetNet chat and then they started to allow homepages. I started with crappy uploads of old pictures I drew, DBZ & Final Fantasy sprites and pictures of Kirby, Link and so on. A lot of it was drag and drop design and intuitive enough for a child to understand and use. Later I would end up on profile and blogging sites that allowed a fair bit of HTML foolery. But this, this was my home for a few years. I made a few little sites either dedicated to my pokemon team, my growing love of anime & links to shoutcast streams and music sites.