Welcome to 'Transmitting to Earth'. I'm Charssun and I'll be your host. This blog and podcast is a byproduct of VoyagerRadio.com and is intended to provide the most timely information about this Internet radio station. It is also intended to be a fun and accessible electronic journal with commentary focusing on Internet radio, podcasting and webcasting issues and technologies, music, and some of my other interests. I also offer personal perspective about being an Internet radio broadcaster (and podcaster).
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I hope you're all enjoying the new sound of Voyager Radio. There is alot of new music and some upgrades have been made to the sound--plus there is a new way to listen--so please review the most recent posts below. I've also recently updated the Help page so you may wish to review it as well. Well, we're in business. (Not the making-the-money type of business, mind you.) The webcast has been up and running at 32k for the past week and I hope you all are enjoying the new higher quality sound of Voyager Radio. Check it out at VoyagerRadio.com (unless, of course, you just arrived here from there).
You may have noticed some changes if you had not previously registered with Live365 to listen. Live365, our streaming/bandwidth provider, has instituted a new policy which requires listeners to log in before listening, a simple process which requires registration and is free. I hope this new policy does not deter you from listening to my webcast. By registering you will be able to take advantage of Live365's fun features, like being able to save your favorite Live365 Stations in a list of Presets. That'll make it easier than ever to listen to your favorite Internet radio broadcasts! Hopefully, Voyager will be at the top of that list. Another great feature is being able to participate in Live365's Community Forums, a place I hang out in quite a bit. Once you've registered and logged in to Live365 to listen to Voyager (which is done simply by visiting www.VoyagerRadio.com and clicking the Launch link, which will bring up the Player Window, where you will log in), you should be able to bookmark my webcast in your MP3 player so that it'll be easier to listen to Voyager the next time. Also make sure to click the "Remember Me" checkbox so that your login/password info. will be stored in Live365's database so you won't have to login everytime you listen to Voyager. Fine tuning the webcast. Please see the last few messages (below) for more information. Okay, I've finally completed most of the process of upgrading the webcast. The audio problems should be gone, but if anyone is experiencing problems listening to the webcast, please contact me.
Next week Live365, the service which assists me in delivering this Internet radio broadcast to you, will be making a change to their service. Everyone listening to Internet radio broadcasts streamed through Live365 will have to login in order to listen. This will require a free registration with Live365. (Live365 Preferred Members won't have to login). If you have done so yet, please register with Live365. I assure you it is safe to do so; I've been using Live365 for years and they've been very responsible with my personal information. Here are some other options for listening to Live365 webcasts, including Voyager (from the Live365 "Listening to Live365" page):
For example, I use Winamp when I'm listening to Voyager with a PC and iTunes when I'm listening with a Mac. Since this both of these are 3rd party players, I would follow the second set of instructions listed above (under "Direct Stream Access") for listening to a Live365 webcast. Happy listening, and again, please contact me if you have any questions, problems with listening to or comments about Voyager Internet Radio. I know this is alot to take in at once so I'd be happy to help you. Once you get going, though, it'll be a piece of cake listening to your favorite Internet radio station! I am in the process of upgrading the webcast to a 32k bitrate, so if you've been experiencing problems listening with the past 24 hours or so, that was probably the reason. By later this afternoon, everything should be copacetic again.
Formerly the webcast was 24k. The sound quality will improve with this upgrade, and more folks who visit Live365 may choose to listen to Voyager because it will now be displayed as a webcast for 56k dialup modem users. Previously it was displayed as a webcast for 33k modem users. Why do I think more people will listen? Most folks prefer to listen at the highest possible quality available. So if you have a 56k (dialup) internet connection, chances are you're going to try listening to the webcasts designed for 56k connections first before trying the 33k ones. The drawback: folks with 33k modems or poorer internet connections won't be able to listen anymore. I don't know if I have any listeners using less than a 56k modem, but if you are, I'd love to hear from you. Besides this blog, a narrative blog called something that happened, and various other projects, I also moderate a discussion forum: Please consider subscribing to engage in a dialogue about all things having to do with Internet radio! |
Send Us Your Music
Artists! Want to be heard on this station? Email your MP3 audio, one file at a time, to our Program Director or mail your CD promo(s) to the following address:
Harold J. JohnsonVoyagerRadio
547 Gayley Avenue #1
Los Angeles, CA 90024 Make certain to let use know whether we may use the audio in our podcast, too!
Download the Podcast
We are officially podcasters now that we have revitalized and reintroduced our downtempo show Tempo of the Down, this time around as a podcast. Now showcasing independent downtempo we've been granted permission to offer for download, Tempo of the Down is our entry into the future of Internet radio.
Head over to our new Podcast area to download the latest session!
