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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Internet Radio Transmitted to Your PhoneFor years I've considered Internet radio to be streaming audio, and before podcasting came along I never would have considered downloaded audio to fit into the Internet radio umbrella. (I would have simply considered it downloaded audio.) But now, with services like Mobilcast being introduced, I personally believe it's safe to say that podcasts should be included within the Internet radio category. The term Internet radio is itself misleading; audio that is transferred from one point to another without involving radio waves cannot accurately be described as radio of any form. Yet the term is used because it conjures up the images required to help audiences understand the media: Like radio, Internet radio is received and listened to (though not by the same method). Podcasts are also received and listened to, and with services like Mobilcast they are also being transmitted via radio frequencies. So podcasts are, quite literally, radio. In fact, it can be argued that podcasting is more like radio than streaming audio, but since the gaps between podcasting and streaming are becoming blurred, it seems pointless to engage in any such argument. Mobilcast is a service you will be hearing more about, as it's enabling podcasters to transmit their podcasts wirelessly to mobile phones. Eric Rice, a prolific podcaster and audioblogger (and founder of the audioblog and podcast service Audioblog.com), is now podcasting his show via Mobilcast, as is Cush and Slashdot Review. Once I figure out what I need to do, VoyagerRadio will be transmitting via Mobilcast, too. In the meantime, head over to the Mobilcast Network and download Mobilcast so you can "tune in" to Internet radio using your mobile phone today!
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Getting VoyagerRadio into Mobilcast is easy. Just submit the feed via www.mobilcastnetwork.com and we'll do the rest. At the same time you can sign up to be a Mobilcast Affiliate, which means you help distribute the client and we give you some additional visibility on the web site and the catalog. Why do this? Because the more phones we're installed on the more listeners have access to VoyagerRadio.
If you need any help or have any other questions get ahold of me directly.
Thanks for the information, Stan - I'll look into the Mobilcast Affiliate program. May as well, since I've already been spreading the word about Mobilcast the past couple of weeks...
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