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Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

Coming soon - based on the reported SF Music Summit comments of Pandora Chief Technology Officer Tom Conrad. A bunch of Pandora Internet radio fans already take their service into the car with them, using their cell phones. Turns out Pandora is having conversations with a number of automakers about having it built in, and Ford's probably in the lead on that. As OrbitCast says, one of Pandora founder Tim Westergren's major targets is Sirius XM. It's ironic - when Mel Karmazin was running Infinity and then CBS Radio, he said no matter what else happened in the workplace or at home, that radio still had a monopoly in the car. Then he joined Sirius and touted the virtues of having 100+ channels available via a special satellite radio. But now - he's facing some earnest competition from an even newer technology. Of course it's not just Pandora. The installation of subscription wireless broadband means the entire Internet is available.

Rognog · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

I've been listening to Pandora since 2006 and it is incredible! I'm glad it will be able to touch the masses even more...
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Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

I received that article from a program director friend of mine. He and others in terrestrial radio see internet radio as the - possible - final nail in the coffin. When a person can dial in their favorite Norwegian polka station while driving through Paducah, Kentucky...how does one compete with that?

I never thought of hooking up my smartphone to my stereo. Gonna have to try that. Wink

anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

Thx, Dan!
What a great idea... and welcome competition.

Is Sirius still in the red?

-Anthony

Bill Campbell · DC Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 621

I've been listening to internet music/radio for years.
But....
GREAT radio is not just a source for music.
I actually like LOCAL traffic reports, news, concert info, entertainment, companionship, and yes, even some commercials.

But, sadly, there's just not much great radio anymore.
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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

Radio has become like mall shopping: Go anywhere in the country and everything is exactly the same. Yes, there is smidge of local content that changes (usually just the names of the clubs or the car dealers) but beyond that? Complete homogeneous formats and delivery, excepting a few odd public stations scattered about.

As for internet radio, this past summer we drove 10 hours from St. Louis to a beach house in Michigan and listened to internet radio pretty much the whole way via my iPhone. I think the future is now.

todd ellis · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:42 am Post subject:

oddly enough, my favorite norwegian polka station is IN paducah, kentucky.
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

I've been listening to Pandora in the car on my iPhone for quite awhile as well...and strangely enough...the only way I can listen to the station that I work for is by streaming Flycast on my iphone.....I'm out of range of the Boston station (WAAF) when I'm home in Connecticut.

While the music-only services like Pandora have a place, they're not particularly well or thoughtfully programmed. There still is some good radio out there...mostly in major markets where there's still alittle bit of budget left.
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Bruce · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

A few years back this Arizona boy was the imaging voice for a Hawaiian music Internet station based in England. The station's long gone, but I think I still have a few cans of Spam left from my last retainer payment.

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Jodi Krangle · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject:

I listened to Pandora for a little while ... until they stopped allowing people to listen to it outside of the States due to licensing issues. I really wish they'd get that figured out. Kinda frustrating (to say the least).
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Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

Bump because of new information -

The BMW Mini is about to debut the Mini Connected feature for iPhone and other smartphones. Basically, connect your iPhone and you have access to any radio station on the internets.

Hart · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: