internet radio hosting

The Latest Trend in the Music Industry:  Internet Radio Hosting

Internet radio hosting, is hosting via web radio, streaming radio or simply internet radio, which is an audio service transmitted via the Internet.  Since this is a trend nowadays, internet radio hosting poses a challenge to everyone interested in involving in it.  Anybody who loves music and is connected to the music industry like DJs would be challenged with this technology.

Internet radio services, which are accessible worldwide, offer news, sports, talk, and various genres of music or every format that is available on traditional radio stations.

How does Internet Radio Hosting Work?

You can quite easily broadcast live audio on the internet and it can consist of recorded items (E.g. Your MP3/CD collection) plus live content (E.g. Your voice via a microphone).

Here are three basic steps of internet broadcasting:

I.                    The Source

Your computer blendes together the audio sources coming from your soundcard (which can be Mp3′s being played, live voice or other inputs from CD players, etc). It then makes them into a ‘stream’ of data in the Internet.

II.                 The Server

Your Server will receive the audio stream coming from your PC and then redistribute it to the web.

III.              The Listeners

Just anybody with an internet connection can then connect to your server and be able to hear everything you output to the stream server.

After you finally create your online radio station, you can now start to stream your music or audio and do the hosting yourself.  Remember that you want all of the files or music to be of excellent quality for the listeners to hear the “right mix.”

So good luck in starting your own internet radio hosting career!