tcea 2016 - internet radio

Internet Radio Paul Kamp

VP Business Development,Corporate Counsel

Thursday February 4, 2016

• We are going to walk through the history of broadcast technology.

• Then a bit about the future

• How Backbone Networks fits in

• What to do to prepare to be a broadcaster

Internet Radio

New Technology is Disruptive

1901 - First Transatlantic Signal

1920 First Commercial Broadcast by KDKA in Pittsburgh

1950s-1960s - FM Stereo Radio

1990’s - Satellite Radio

1990s - Internet Radio

Radio Broadcast and Listening Summary• AM Receivers, Terrestrial, Analog, Mono, limited

listener geography

• FM Receivers, Terrestrial, Analog, Stereo, limited listener geography

• Satellite Receivers, Terrestrial, Digital, Stereo, Limited number of stations

• Internet Receivers, Internet, Digital, Stereo, Higher Quality Sound, Infinite number of stations

Where is radio going?

How is different

ProgrammingRadio

Automation

PhysicalStudio

Stream Redistribution

Traditional Internet Radio Listeners

Phone Switch

ProgrammingRadio

Automation

Simplified set up reduces cost

Listeners

Your StationAnywhere

Phone Switch

Listening today - Internet connected devices

Typical Radio Studio Configuration

Jon Herrington from Steely Dan at Simmons College Radio

Typical Live Remote Configuration

StageMixer Internet

Lovewhip at JP Music Fest

Broadcast Tent at JP Music Fest

Worldwide Listenership

Over 8,500 listener sessions for the JP Music Fest

What about your station?

Start with the fundamentals

• What is the purpose of your station and its format?

• Here are a few:

• News, talk, sports formats

• Music formats, Country, Contemporary Hits, Adult Contemporary, Rock, Spanish and Latin, World Music, etc

• Religious programming formats

• Public, Government, Community radio formats

• College, student formats

Station Personnel

• A station has many different people that need to work together to deliver programming.

• General Manager

• Program Director

• News Director, Sports Director, Music Director

• Sales and Promotion

• Engineering

Developing a Schedule and Clock

Content Sources

Talk/News/Sports Public DomainMusic

To start we even provide some

To start we even provide some

• Music appears in your database “Invisible Transfer”

• Customized category in your automation

• Pirate! providing new tracks on a regular schedule

Coastal Carolina Radio broadcasting from the Quad

CMJ Event with Pirate! Promotion at Fontana’s

Whole Foods Eat n’ Greet at SXSW with Presskit.to

Berklee College of Music Party at SXSW

TALKERS Radio Row with IBS-SRN at the NH Primary

Mike Francesa at TALKERS New York 2013

Jeff Katz & Howie Carr on Boston Herald Radio

Major League Lacrosse Championship at Harvard Stadium

Questions? Answers?

Paul Kamppgk2@backbone.com

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