I just installed iTunes because I need it to download podcasts from a source that only uses iTunes, and I found a huge radio listing that must be thousands of streaming radio stations are receivable in iTunes. But I didn’t see any of our Part15 stations…. although I only looked in the talk section and there are many different categories. Is anyone hear streaming in iTunes radio?
I’ll try to figure out how to get listed there.
There are so many entertainment sources both online and off that part 15 radio stations have no chance at all of having any listeners. And you’ve got to count cell phone calls and dinners and shopping and everything else that takes people’s time. No one has time left over to listen to part 15 radio.
WHOA!!
First, your well run Pt. 15 station can sound just as good, and just as strong as a full power station, WITHIN YOUR STRONG SIGNAL AREA. Granted, that’s not much of an area, but within it, you can be king! But, any station has to work at it. Talk up your station to the neighbors. Pass out flyers and door hangers. If you’re legal, you have nothing to hide, and nothing to fear.
Second, Over-the-air radio will always have one big advantage. SIMPLICITY! Just turn it on and it’s there. With most on-line listening, there are quite a few steps to go through before you can listen to anything. And Then, many folks can’t listen if they leave their computer.
Until streaming gizmos totally outnumber radios, AND they’re all as easy to work as a radio, all on-air radio stations can be competitive within their strong signal areas. (Including Pt. 15 stations — altho their area is much, much smaller than the big boys’.) Just my oppinion, of course, but I don’t think we’re all dead yet. I know I’m not!
What a perfect
What a perfect response.
Yeah, What he said!
iTunes Listing
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your Message Has Been Received
Thank you for contacting iTunes Radio, we have received your message and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please read the guidelines below if you have questions regarding our policies and station submissions.
In order to better serve our radio partners, we are implementing a new system. As you can imagine, our radio partners are important to us but a small part of what iTunes does overall, so our resources are very limited to deal with the hundreds of emails we receive each day. In order to better serve you, ALL requests must be resubmitted
and follow these guidelines. ANY EMAILS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS WILL BE DELETED:
1) ALL emails must have one of these three subject lines as follows:
Station Submission: (station name) (ex: Station Submission: Cameo’s Favorite Tunes.com)
Station Update: (station name exactly as it appears in iTunes)
Other Inquiry: state issue here
2) Each station update or submission must be sent in a separate email (multiple updates to one station or multiple bitrates for one station can be in the same email)
3) We will only accept emails from the contact person that we have on file for the station or a station owner. Listeners, friends, station personnel not listed with us
cannot make requests on behalf of a station.
4) Station Submission requests must contain all of the following information:
Station name (this MUST be the name as it is used in positioning on the station, we will not accept numbers or punctuation as part of a station’s name unless that is a
legitimate part of the station marketing, and yes we do check)
City/State/Country of Origin
Language of broadcast
Station Type (internet-only, terrestrial simulcast)
Is station commercial-free?
station genre(s) for tuner (PLEASE take a minute to look at existing iTunes genres), no more than 2 genres per station
website for station if there is one
Station description (to be shown in tuner, please keep short) contact person name, email and phone number bitrate(s) IP/URL to point to (multiples with different bitrates are acceptable) (please note we only support MP3 streams at this time)
If you are a Live365 station, you must make your request through iTunes at Live365 ([email protected])
5) Station Update requests must contain the following information:
Station name (this MUST be the name as it exists in iTunes)
contact person name, email and phone number and of course the specific update you’d like made
6) Timelines:
we aim to address all station update requests within 10 business days, most within 5
we aim to address all station submissions within 90 days, most within 30
7) General information/guidelines/requirements:
-Station requests are handled on a first-come, first-served basis
-There is no guarantee of being added to iTunes.
-If we do add your station, we will leave it up a minimum of 90 days unless there is an issue.
-Your station can be de-listed at any time, without notice and may or may not be reinstated depending on this issues surrounding the takedown. We will try to contact you when we remove a station, but it is your responsibility to make sure your contact information is current with us.
-Having your listeners spam us with email is not helpful nor appreciated as it fills up the queue…please don’t do it.
-We randomly check stations, if we find that a station is 1) abusing the system by using a name that is not part of the on-air marketing of the station or 2) is consistently full and inaccessible, we will remove the station without warning and you will not be able to get your station re-submitted until the issue is rectified
-There is no magic number of slots that must be available for a station to be considered but we do tend to send a lot of traffic to our radio partners. If we find that the station cannot meet the demand we will de-list it. A general rule of thumb is a minimum of 300 slots to begin with.
-If we see that certain genres are getting overly full we may de-list stations to keep the content fresh for our customers. you may re-submit stations 30 days after being de-listed.
-Most important, iTunes does not guarantee specific times of updates, station addition or station maintenance. If you choose to upgrade to heavy-duty server power or better equipment, that is completely your decision and not something we will consider when periodically cleaning up or de-listing stations. We cannot be made responsible for your livelihood.
Thank you for following these guidelines. We will NOT return phone calls, so please do not call or email incessantly to follow-up on a request. We will send you an
acknowlegedment when we receive your email and when you can expect actions from us.
Ryan
iTunes Radio
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Hope that helps.
RFB
The Crime of Hiding
Thank you RFB for posting that book-length iTunes Rules and Conditions.
As for the earlier comment that “If you are legal you have nothing to hide,” I found out something about “hiding.”
There is no law against hiding. We have the right to hide anything we want and it is not illegal.
Hidden Loopholes
“There is no law against hiding. We have the right to hide anything we want and it is not illegal.”
No wonder they get away with it! (fill in blank for ‘they’)
RFB
Resigning in Anger
Thursday night the 15th I heard the Mishke Show on AM 830 from Minneapolis, and it was a very funny show because so many things went wrong that the host was throwing items at the wall and daring the station to fire him. I loved it and was really looking forward to the podcast.
Getting the podcast was a giant ordeal, and I only got it because of help from smart helpers. But I have been cheated.
The podcast is missing 40-minutes of time, all during the chaos and confusion, and only a very slick trouble free version is posted. I don’t want to hear shows that are perfect and well done, I want total break downs and failures!
I am angry with Mishke, WCCO 830 AM Radio, iTunes, Zone Alarm, the Municipal Leaf Vacuum Truck, the County Real Estate Tax, the Holiday Season, NOAA Weather Radio, and I am thinking about some way of complaining about you but the trouble with that is that you (smart helpers) gave me exactly the help I asked for and it worked without a flaw, so it won’t be easy. Bruce Dog Studio 2 and ABMedia1 might be somehow involved.
Whether you have good taste or bad taste, and I have both, it doesn’t matter. Life is a screw job and screwing is only good if you’re a light bulb.
I am resigning effective 12 Noon today, which I’ve already missed, so I’ll have to resign tomorrow.
say again
you said i might be involved is it in a good way or in a bad way?
Dewberry Jam 1610
Dewberry Jam DJCR 1610 has a listing in iTunes.
Not Easy to Blame
Dear ABMedia1:
It is very difficult to complain about someone who had nothing to do with it, so you are free to go.
I just lashed out and blamed everybody I could think of because the mp3 file I got from iTunes WCCO was incomplete.
WCCO is owned by CBS. Need I say more?
its okay
its okay carl i too can get short-fused, drop a bomb and blame everybody in less than a millisecond. so its okay i understand, i just didn’t know (i have problems like that) so i have to ask (just a part of my autism) so beat yourself up about it.
You better be glad
Besides Carl, You better be glad i asked you nicely, when the first time you said that i was like UH EXCUSE ME!! You better not be blamin’ me for that old man! ha-ha lol… its okay Carl don’t worry about it im just giving you a hard time! that’s all
We’re Good
ABMedia1 I like the way you come forward and check things out. That is a good communication skill, and that way you are absolutely sure.
I am always available to try to answer questions so that there is no doubt.
I have calmed down now, but I will be disappointed about that mp3 file as long as I live.
If there is truly a Christmas they will post the whole mp3 file at WCCO and then and only then can I have peace during my final years.
Maybe I’ll e-mail them and say, “I am NOT listening and it’s all your fault there at WCCO!”
Ya. That’s what I’ll do.