What are your thoughts on a user-driven, officially unofficial radio station for Lemmy? - Lemmy.World
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For the past few weeks I’ve been working on creating my own public radio station (it’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid). Well now it’s up and running but I don’t know what to do with it. So I thought I’d see what Lemmy thinks about the concept, before I go all in and start investing in licensing fees, better servers, and more listener capacity. If you’re interested, we’ll need curators to add songs to the rotation when no DJ is on air. It’s simple and straightforward. Just click “Suggest” on the top right of the website and enter the Artist + Song Title on the form. We will also need DJs and presenters to volunteer any freetime you’re willing to give up and help make this happen. Click “Join” to get started. All styles and genres are welcome. Hop on the airwaves anytime you want. Take requests, or don’t. Mix and scratch, or just play one tune after another. Host a talk show/podcast if it suits you. Up to you. You can either use your own DJ/broadcasting software, otherwise there is a Web DJ interface for those with no software/experience. ___ https://radiolemmy.com [https://radiolemmy.com] | Temporary URL if the first one isn’t working [https://psythikradio.000webhostapp.com/] Click Join to sign up to be DJ/presenter, or Suggest to submit your own song suggestions for regular rotation (no signup required to suggest a tune). FAQ for potential DJs [https://radiolemmy.com/faq.php] Lemmy Community: !radiolemmy@lemm.ee [/c/radiolemmy@lemm.ee] Discord [https://discord.gg/AFYdMNF9Qy] ___ EDIT: Thanks for all the song submissions so far! I’ve added them to the rotation. Feel free to suggest any tunes for removal as well. EDIT 2: Looks like I’m going to have to upgrade web servers sooner than expected. If you’re having issues connecting, try the temporary URL [https://psythikradio.000webhostapp.com/] EDIT 3: Gonna take awhile to go through the applications. I’ll take care of as many as I can tonight. Check your inbox (and don’t forget the @ in your username when applying. I can’t reply if I don’t know what instance you’re using.)

He asks for DJ’s and song suggestions. My guess as to why I like it so much is that you want to hear what music is important to the listeners. I’m having a hard time turning it off.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The strength of the federated world will be whether a stream can be best managed through a torture of joins, parts, proxies and handoffs. Then we do it for tv. Start with public access junk, as the free stuff is still better than Reality TV. Show ads if it’s feasible and free for viewers then and some money gets back to creators, but allow patrons above a certain amount to avoid the ads by just offsetting the same hosting/kickback cost directly.