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Archive for July 2008

Spread The Word, Ya Heard?

Posted by: cyberbuzzmedia on: July 30, 2008

I’ve gotten involved in a discussion over at Hear 2.0 this morning in regards to whether or not radio station content being shared on P2P sites is a good indicator of what your audience thinks of you.
Mark makes this point:
What most folks in radio don’t know is that nearly half of all web traffic happens [...]

Could the iPhone be Radio’s Saviour?

Posted by: cyberbuzzmedia on: July 17, 2008

There are no radio tuners built in to the iPod. If you want to listen to the radio with your iPod, you have to buy bulky adapter that will let you crank out the hits from your local flame throwing CHR.
Many other mobile media devices, like those from Creative, do have built in tuners, [...]

Podcasting: TiVo for Radio

Posted by: cyberbuzzmedia on: July 11, 2008

Time shifting.  It’s one of the big buzz phrases for how we’re consuming media.
Ever since the dawn of the VCR we’ve been doing it.  Recording something from live tv, to watch at our own convenience.  The TiVo is the killer app for recording television programs.  It remembers your favourites, lets you pause live tv, and [...]

Tweet Tweet Twitter Twitter

Posted by: cyberbuzzmedia on: July 10, 2008

How can your radio station use Twitter?  Well, first you have understand what it is.  Here’s what wikipedia says:
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as tweets) which are text-based posts, ranging up to 140 characters long.
Updates are displayed on the user’s profile page and [...]

How to Beat Ryan Seacrest

Posted by: cyberbuzzmedia on: July 1, 2008

Ryan Seacrest took his Los Angeles morning show nation wide today, but it’s not a syndicated morning show – it’s just a show. Seacrest does AM in the West, making it midday in the east, so the show is edited and repackaged for late middays or pm drive across the country. It’s brilliant, [...]