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Promotions Items are A Good Idea For Internet Radio

If you've just started an internet radio station, you're probably so busy getting your station on the air, that promotional items are the least of your worries! After your station is up and running and you're starting to see that listeners are tuning in, you should consider promoting your station. There are a few good ways to do this. You could run facebook and social media ads. The more you pay the more readers your ads reach. You could print some flyers, send them out or po

Bruce Stringsteen Teams up With Barrack Obama to Launch New Podcast Series

Source: RTT MUSIC NEWS Photo by Rob DeMartin Spotify has launched an eight-episode podcast series featuring former president Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen. The wide-ranging "deep and revealing" conversation between the two longtime friends is titled "Renegades: Born in the USA." It is the second podcast to launch through Spotify's partnership with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground. "Over the course of the season, President Obama and Springsteen will explor

Don't Let Cable Failure Be "Game Over" for Internet Broadcasters

Yesterday was an extremely frustrating day for me. At about 11:36am, our cable went down. The TV and internet was out. Edgewater Gold Radio's live broadcast went off the air, well not exactly. At the moment that our live broadcast was cut off, our backup broadcast from the cloud kicked in and kept the station on the air until the cable was restored at 10:10pm Our cable was down about 11 hours. This is was a record breaker for me. We have never lost cable for that long especia

Man Arrested in connection with Nicki Minaj's Fathers Death.

SOURCE: RTT MUSIC NEWS A 70-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run that killed rapper Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, who was 64. The suspect, Charles Polevich, faces charges of fleeing the scene of an incident and tampering with physical evidence. "He was absolutely aware of what happened," said Nassau County Police Detective, Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick. "He got out of the car and he looked at the deceased, got into his car, and made the consc

Todd Rundgren Doesn't Care About Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination

SOURCE: RTT MUSIC NEWS For the third consecutive time, Todd Rundgren is on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees list, but the veteran rocker says, "It's no secret that I don't care about it." Speaking to Billboard during a break from rehearsals for his "Clearly Human Virtual Tour" in Chicago, Rundgren said, "It doesn't matter how many times they nominate me. It's not gonna make me care." "True halls of fame are for retirees and dead people, because your legacy has been

A Very Cool App For Internet Radio

Edgewater Gold Radio can be heard on many apps such as Tunein, itunes, Nobex, Live 365, Apple Music, myradiotuner and many many more. One app that has been getting a lot of buzz lately is Radio Garden and yes Edgewater Gold Radio could be heard on that as well. Radio Garden is an app where you could listen to all stations including internet stations around the world. The app displays a globe with thousands of dots representing the stations around the globe. All you need to do

Bruce Arrested

Source: RTT News Bruce Springsteen was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in New Jersey in November. Springsteen was arrested at New Jersey's Gateway National Recreation Area on November 14 on charges including driving while intoxicated (DWI), reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area. According to New Jersey's Asbury Park Press, Springsteen's blood alcohol content was just .02, a quarter of the state's legal limit of .08, when he was arres

Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala Postponed

Source: RTT MUSIC NEWS The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced that their 51st Annual Induction & Awards Gala has been rescheduled to June 16, 2022. The gala, which will be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York, was previously postponed from June 11, 2020 to June 10, 2021 Announcing the delay, SHOF President & CEO Linda Moran said, "As the health and safety of our inductees, honorees, guests, and crew has to be our main concern during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,

A System Backup is Necessary

When running an internet station you must realize that there will be times that you must turn off the main computer airing your content. This is necessary for windows updates and various other reasons. Once monthly, Windows schedules updates and we never like them but we must do them. I received an update notice this morning so being that it was early, I decided to not schedule the update but run it immediately. I have several backups. Two computers containing the automation

Don McClean Bringing Back American Pie, Well Sort of

Source RTT MUSIC NEWS Don McLean has joined forces with country vocal group Home Free to release a brand-new a capella version of the classic "American Pie." The newly recorded rendition marks the first and only re-recording of the song since its release in 1971, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. "Home Free are part of a new interest in a cappella singing," McLean shared. "They have found their audience, and it was fun singing with these guys because they real

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