Listener controlled indie radio
p2pnet.net news:- GCap Media’s XFM may well become Britain’s first truly P2P indie rock network.
DJs Marsha and Graeme Smith “will disappear between 10am and 4pm each weekday,” says the Times Online. Listeners will instead, “choose the music through text message and votes on the XFM website,” says the story. “Messages left by listeners will punctuate the stream of music.”
It’ll all start happening this month in the networks London, Scotland and Manchester stations.
“Now the bits in between the records in Xfm are going to be jingles, adverts, and the occasional news bulletin,” says Guardian Unlimited, adding, “Oh, and audio inserts recorded and sent in by the likes of ‘Paul from Wimbledon’.”
Also See:
Times Online – Indie radio station network hangs the DJ, May 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited – Xfm axes daytime DJs, May 17, 2007
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