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Podcasting Marches On

It seems that mainstream radio is starting to feel the heat. Wired magazine reports that several mainstream US radio stations have now switched their playlists to an 'iPod Style' format where a listener can now hear 1000's of differents songs during a 1 week period rather than the normal 25. Interesting concept but why not put some effort into making your play lists interesting rather than just randomising 1000 tracks of shit?

And in another development, Garageband.com announced a new online service which will allow users to mix their own podcasts using the vast amount of free music available from unsigned artists on it's network. NYUB.net is an official Garageband.com radio partner.

And finally, Steve Jobs announced that iTunes 4.9 will offer native RSS capabilities. This will mean that millions of iTunes users will now be able to subscribe to the podcast of their choice at the click of a button. This will be the tipping point. Oh yes.

Posted on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 07:35PM by Registered CommenterMK in | Comments4 Comments | References1 Reference

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We have an "iPod style" station here, actually two: a mainstream version, "Jack", and a county version, "Hank". I've listened to Jack a couple times when I've, well, left my iPod at home, and while there is a novelty factor in not knowing what's going to come up next, there is a pretty significant shit factor too. I swear, I've heard damn near every Phil Collins-era Genesis hit, which alone shows you the problems with the format. There needs to be a Delete button where listeners can eject shitty tracks.
June 8, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterD. Derek
Exactly, that's the problem isn't it? You can expand the selection to 1000 extra tracks but part of the finesse of DJ'ing is sequencing it and serving it in a palatable format. How are these stations doing in the ratings? I assume they were tanking hence switched to this new format? Or are they completely new?
June 8, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterMK
The podcatching feature in the new iTunes will be nice. While I really like Lemon, it seems to have a few bugs that are quite annoying.
June 9, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterJes
What's all this podcast stuff?
June 13, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterCamryn

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