MUDGE’S Musings
Written recently and not so regarding Pandora.com, MUDGE’s radio of choice these days. And, I do mean choice, since anytime I’m sitting at my home PC, I’m choosing what to listen to, sans annoying commercials, jingles or DJs.
Here’s one of my favorite reads: John Dvorak, a pioneer in the business of all things personally computational, an amazingly well-informed person, and who (and I say this in the most complimentary way) makes the average curmudgeon such as yours truly seem like a cock-eyed optimist.
He’s got this to say about Pandora and its ilk:
The Future of Internet Radio
07.17.07
Will the success of Web radio spell the end of traditional broadcast radio?
Over the past month or so, there has been a heated battle between the music industry and Internet radio about rights and fees. Actually, over the past decade, there has been nothing but trouble surrounding Internet radio. I think it’s one of the reasons that podcasting emerged as an alternative to Internet radio. Look closely at podcasting, however; with the exception of the advanced auto-download via RSS aspect, it’s actually just more Internet radio.
[Per L-HC’s reformed process, please click the link below for the complete article — but then please come on back!]
The Future of Internet Radio – Columns by PC Magazine
Dvorak points out that Internet radio has manifest advantages over broadcast: reach, on demand, and best of all, low cost:
The death blow, though, always comes down to money. The expense of streaming over the Internet is a fraction of what transmitter-based broadcasting costs. There is no big antenna, no transmitters, no special studios. Nothing within reason can change this metric.
For these $500 ears (a sad story for another time), the sound of Pandora.com is nothing less than superb.
And, as I’ve said at the top: no jingles, no “SUNDAY! AY! ay!”, no 20-minute blocks of clatter and clutter, no drive-time shenanigans from weasels trying to be Howard Stern (sui generis, which Latin phrase in this context means, “top weasel”), just music (of the non-classical variety) that I like to listen to.
I love Pandora.com! Let’s hear it for internet radio!
It’s it for now. Thanks,
–MUDGE
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