IMO, radio was ruined when it went to an all-whatever format. Music, news, sports. It becomes repetitive and boring, and doesn't take advantage of r...

Here's one way to do what you want: How to Do It.

One of the problems with an oldies station in general is playing songs that are now 'out of favour' so to speak with the current culture. Baby It's ...

I don't know what I was thinking - Edcast was still sending out an mp3 stream, so the issue with missing metadata was not on the Icecast directory end...

Here're some things I play around Christmas. I have a folder that contains non-traditional and novelty Christmas songs, mostly from the 1950s & ...

Having a website is a good thing, regardless of whether you stream or not. It can identify your station as legal and unlicensed, in the event that th...

I should also mention that jazz re-recordings are exempt from my comments. Jazz is based on improvisation, and quite often you end up with what could...

As Mark states, I've been burned a few times with remakes, even though the recordings were purported to be the originals. But sometimes, it's not so...

It's true that the Whistler is mostly crime oriented, but there are often supernatural or horror elements mixed in as well. My favorite comedy show ...

Two shows similar to the ones you're playing are Escape & The Whistler. Both have large numbers of shows available, are in the public domain, and...

I have to say that I'm at peace with my decision to eliminate news on Artisan Radio. We'll be replacing it with 5 minutes of poetry/short story readi...

Not to get too far off topic, but Industry Canada does recognize FCC tests. You still have to go through the application process, but I don't believe...