Internet Talk Radio (Or frequently called Internet Radio Show.) An audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting radio shows on the internet is usually preferred to webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It mainly works by Internet radio transmissions. (Internet radio services are usually accessible from anywhere in the world—for example, one could listen to an Australian station from Europe or America. Some major networks like Clear Channel in the US and Chrysalis in the UK restrict listening to in country because of music licensing and advertising concerns.)
History
In 1993, Carl Malamud launched Internet Talk Radio which was the “first computer-radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert.” This was Internet radio only insofar as it was conceptually a radio show on the Internet. As late as 1995, Internet Talk Radio was not available via multicast streaming; it was distributed “as audio files that computer users fetch one by one.” However Malamud was among the foremost proponents of multicasting technology. In late 1994, his Internet Multicasting Service was set to launch RTFM, a multicast Internet radio news station. In January 1995, RTFM’s news programming was expanded to include “live audio feeds from the House and Senate floors.”
Notable Internet talk radio sites
- Big Media USA website Alexa Internet rank 13,946,229 as of 27 Oct 2010
- Voice America website rank 79,520
Notable Internet talk radio shows
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- The Self Improvement Show is an example of a show used, in conjunction with a blog, to help, to feature experts in a specific field, in this case in the field of self improvement. It is an independent Internet Talk Radio Show utilizing VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_talk_radio