- HardRadio
HardRadio was the first .com Internet-only
radio station .cite web
title = Google Ranks HardRadio.com Number One Both in Heavy Metal Radio and Reviews
publisher = Business Wire
date = June 28, 2007
url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4545799-1.html
accessdate = 2008-02-06] It debuted onDecember 31 ,1995 with ahard rock andheavy metal format. At launch, the station exclusively usedXing Streamworks technology and later utilizedReal Audio , Microsoft Netshow (laterWindows Media ), and was the firstQuickTime streaming partner withApple Computer .Fact|date=February 2008HardRadio was the first internet-only radio station licensed by both
ASCAP and BMI, the first internet-only radio station with broadcast trade journal playlist reporting status, the first internet-only radio station serviced by the recording labels, the first internet-only radio station to feature world premieres of new artist releases, and the first internet-only radio station featured in theRadio & Records trade journal (April 1996).Fact|date=February 2008In
2007 ,Google Directory ranked HardRadio first in heavy metal radio and heavy metal reviews, and eleventh in overall music news and media content, ahead ofVirgin Music .cite web
title = Google Ranks HardRadio.com Number One Both in Heavy Metal Radio and Reviews
publisher = Business Wire
date = June 28, 2007
url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4545799-1.html
accessdate = 2008-02-06]References
External links
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4487814-1.html Billboard Radio Monitor: HardRadio Celebrates a Decade of Decadence]
* [http://old.macedition.com/feat/feat_20010713.php MacEdition 2001 HardRadio Interview]
* [http://media.www.georgestreetobserver.com/media/storage/paper908/news/2007/10/18/Indulge/Listening.Comes.With.Ease-3038282.shtml Listening Comes With Ease]
* [http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070202/ENTERTAIN/102020096 Taking the Tunes to the Internet]
* [http://www.angel.org/Book/chapter_1.pdf An Introduction to Internet Broadcasting Chapter 1]
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