We have also built up a very good web presence on search engines and we continue to grow through word of mouth and social networking. We are hooked up with many of the top artists and DJ’s for this genre. Pressure Radio specialises in Deep Soulful House Music we have many DJ from all round the world and a very dedicated listener base. You also need a good website and reliable host. The hard part is financing and establishing the station and brand name, finding a niche format that attracts listeners and keeping those listeners. If your thinking of starting an Internet radio station then the set-up is the simple part. You can of coarse use your own server but you have to really know what your doing have a solid server and connection etc. You can find these by searching the Internet and they normally charge monthly per listener quantity referred to as slots (number of concurrent listener) be warned there are many companies who maybe cheap but don’t always have the bandwidth, good backbone connection or 24 hour support. On Pressure Radio we have many DJ’s from all round the world all broadcasting LIVE from their own location and connecting to our central stream server and then our website has embedded media players and other links to listen with external media players such as Real Player Quick time & Windows media player, we are also listed on most major Internet radio systems such as iTunes. and connect and broadcast to the stream server. and connect and broadcast to the stream server.įor PC you can use software such as edcast to encode the audio to mp3 etc. Stream encoder softwareįor Mac you can use software such as Nicecast to encode the audio to mp3 etc. Alternative to the hardware set-up is DJ software such as Serato or Traktor these can be used with hardware using time coded vinyl or CD’s or a midi interface controller.
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