- AccuRadio
AccuRadio is the world's leading independent, multichannel
Internet radio property [ [http://www.nab.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=2007_NAB_Radio_Show_Press_Releases&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=10526 National Association of Broadcasters | NAB Radio Show to Feature Legal Discussion on Performance Tax, Other Radio Issues ] ] . AccuRadio reaches nearly a million listeners per month with over 300 channels of rock, pop,jazz , classical,oldies , country, urban, latin,vocals and world.These category denominations are the main headings on the AccuRadio website, and most of these are the head of a submenu listing several links to subordinate webpages. Most of these webpages contain a list of selectable radio channels.
The AccuRadio transmissions are noteworthy for including an unusually precise transmission of
metadata : (The song) Title, Artist, Album, Composer, Label and Year are routinely transmitted. This means these channels are well suited for automatedradio music ripping , a process resulting in a list ofMP3 files well suited for explorative browsing of music.AccuRadio doesn't regard this as a threat against conventional music
CD sales, which they participate in by linking toAmazon.com : "We stream at only 32 kbps, which makes for a good-sounding Internet radio station but is not a quality level that most consumers feel is a substitute for CD ownership."AccuRadio is based in
Chicago , and the founder/CEOKurt Hanson is the publisher of . [ [http://www.kurthanson.com/ RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter ] ]References
* [http://accuradio.com Accuradio website]
* [http://music.aol.com/radioguide/bb Free Internet Radio Station Directory]
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