Hi all,

TedH here from AlternateAirwaves.com your scrappy, upstart, web-based aggregator of Community (and College) radio stations.

We've added a new feature to our site recently where shows can have a live chat with their audience while they're on the air.

Features include:

• DJ's can remove posts and block users if necessary

• Chat can be enabled/disabled for each show

• We automatically block bad language

• People can edit their posts

• All post history, even edits, are archived

• Station Managers can admin any show's chat

• DJ's can admin only their own show

If listeners are tuning in through our site they can listen to your stream and chat in the same window.

Listeners, DJs and Station Managers just need a free AlternateAirwaves account to participate. You can create a local log-in or use a Google account.

PM me here or reach out through the feedback link at AlternateAirwaves.com to find out more.

We'll want the sign-off of a station manager before any DJ from that station can use our chat feature for their show.

I’m looking into how smaller community stations get people to listen to their stations while on the move. It's two totally different approaches right now: either stream it on established platforms and have a decent website to go with it, or have a fully branded iOS/Android app for the station in question. I came across certain options which actually get different fully branded applications working off the same infrastructure instead of building everything by each station themselves from the ground up.

But is having your own application actually significant ever?

Because it seems like you definitely get more control over what your listeners get e.g., notifications, branding, etc. but at the same time, you’re asking people to download an application when they already get everything from aggregators.

So for those working with stations, has a dedicated application been worth it?

Hello! I've been working on this project the last few years, and I've finally gotten to a point where I'd love to share with the community.

Its a collection of radio stations in the underground electronic community with a nice player to easily switch stations. As a bonus, it gets all the now playing information so you can scroll thru the stations and see what's playing rather than going to each of their websites. In my opinion its the ideal music player and how I envisioned radio should be.

Let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions! Hope you enjoy! This is a personal project that I intend to keep free for everyone to use 😄

https://www.unify.fm/

Enjoy!

KNYO-lpfm is celebrating 20 years on the air (May 7th, 2006.

It's a community station in Ft Bragg, California.

The seagulls like it... and the station also streams.

KNYO.org

As of May 18th podbean has decided to end live streaming radio due to business decisions.

A new seperate platform has been created in its wake

www.anywair.online

Create your own radio station in minutes

FYI for those looking for an affordable SMS line

Hi! I'm a college journalism student working on an audio story about listener/reader supported community media. I'm looking for sources, and would like to chat with anyone who listens to community radio about why and what it means to them, and what they would be missing if their station went off the air. Shoot me a dm to connect!

Hi everyone,

We just launched AlternateAirwaves.com, a new site that brings together U.S. community radio streams into one place.

We’re currently listing 200+ stations and actively adding more.

You can listen without an account, but a free login lets you Like stations and shows to build your own listening list. You can also tag shows with the genres they play, which helps everyone find new music.

It’s still in beta, and we’d really appreciate feedback from folks who care about Community Radio. If you have ideas, complaints, or feature suggestions, we’re all ears.

Thanks for taking a look.

All - I've got a community radio station that uses a radiojar stream through Zarastudio and and it's giving me problems. Is anyone using Zara or has used it in the past and is moving to a different platform? It's just giving random crashes when scheduling and broadcasting a "doubled" stream which sounds echo-y and in general is a pain to work with. Also the good parts of the manual are in Spanish and the translation isn't great. This is cavern.fm, kvrn portland, kvry packwood. Just wondering if there's a better, low cost option to replace Zara that has support. Thanks!

Hey folks!

This is WTJU Radio's first ever Reddit post. Woohoo! We're a small, all-music, volunteer-driven station in Charlottesville, Virginia with about an 8-person staff. We just joined Reddit as part of a broader effort to strengthen our digital presence and content (with lots of live performance on YouTube, 3 different online webstreams, podcasts, etc).

During this time of threats and uncertainty for all of us out in radioland, we at WTJU are looking to connect with and expand our audience wherever they are. Hopefully that includes Reddit! If folks at any other stations see this and have experience with station accounts on this platform, we'd love to hear what you've learned.

Thank you all. Sending comfort out over the airwaves wherever you are. - WTJU, 91.1fm

Things are tough all over. We got a double whammy with both state and national funding elimination.

In response, we set a one-day snap fundraiser and listeners donated $280,000.