
This is interesting. Steve has decided he can be a radio station. And why not. The licensing issues for the music on the web are still being worked out between SOCAN representing the artists and the Copyright Board. I don't know where Steve will go with this but his cost for a license to broadcast on the web may be comparable to the "Recorded Music in Adult Entertainment Clubs" category in which case he would pay 4.2¢ per day in operation as an adult entertainment club multiplied by capacity. Or maybe he'll be more like the "Marching Bands & Parades" category $8.40 each band (minimum fee of $31.13 per day) [Note: For concerts in public parks, streets or squares, Tariff No.4 shall apply. Steve is a little too indoorsy for Tarrif 4.]
If they make it a reasonable price, I would see that this sort fo commentary being quite easy and interesting to produce. For a half-hour six song set, commentary would be only a few minutes a week. A personal radio content management wizard would be a nice tool to have the gods make for us.

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Arthur - November 29, 2003 10:00 pm
A personal radio content management wizard would be a nice tool to have the gods make for us.
Was that a call for developers?
Alan - November 29, 2003 10:56 pm
Yes. The call for developers ususally sounds more like this: <i>ha-ooooo-OOOOOOOO-GA-na-na-na-na-na-VOOOOOOOOT!!!</i> But in this instance I thought a more prosaic rendering would suffice.
Arthur - November 30, 2003 1:14 am
A personal radio content management wizard would be a nice tool
So what does this kind of management wizard look like? I can imagine (without going to Steve's site) that he does something with WinAMP or even one of the streaming server software (ShoutCast?). Most of them tools have those features ready-to-go :-).
Alan - November 30, 2003 8:48 am
That's what it appears like, Arthur. Steve set out what he did in a very clear reply. I'll have to have a look a this further.
Alan - December 7, 2003 7:55 pm
He's done it again - the difficult second broadcast.