Barry Wareham

WMC521

Streaming Audio

 

During the course of this activity I found many dead streaming audio and radio links. Web broadcasters are shutting them down.  Some pages included text, which made reference to problems with the proposed rules of implementation released by the US Copyright Office in early 2002. These rules concern the Digital Millennium Act of 1998.  They are proposing very restrictive reporting and royalty regulations.  See the link below for details.

 

Electronic Frontier Foundation ACTION ALERT: Defend your Rights to Digital Music!

http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020329_eff_drm_alert.html

 

 

Jazz Online:

 

Jazz Track on ABC Classic FM   Australia’s Classic Music Network  features ABC Classic FM online.  The station features streaming audio-on-demand of some ABC Classic FM programs.  Most are available in both RealPlayer and Windows Media formats. Check out their “Jazz Track” segments        http://www.abc.net.au/classic/listen.htm

 

 

AllAboutJazz.com  from KBEM-FM – sponsored by the Minneapolis Board of Education This site includes a live radio feed in MS Media player format .  The companion web page has jazz related news, reviews, profiles, columns, global jazz, gallery. Calendar 

http://www.radio-directory.fm/website.cfm?id=2370

 

Jazz from Lincoln Center with host Ed Bradley:   http://www.jazzradio.org/

This site includes a Real Audio format archives of some Live at Lincoln Center Shows.  The web page outlines details of the 26 shows planned for this season.  The following link: http://www.jazzradio.org/realarch1.htm  takes you to an archive of past shows.

 

 

“Classical” Music Online:

 

The “Mostly Classical” channel presents a mixture of classical and more recent instrumental music, including some movie soundtracks.  This broadcast is a “Shout Cast” by Null Soft who are the producers of the “WinAmp” software for listening to music on the Net. This site was very clean. The music came up instantly and required no buffering. The audio was very clean and presented a constant stream of data.  The titles of pieces being played are not shown in the real audio player but are exhibited on their web page. In order to see each new title you must “refresh” your browser. Click on the “Mostly Classical” link on the main page.  http://www.shoutcast.com/ to reach this “station”.

 

Local  Public Radio Stations are continuing their Webcasts.  They present a mix of “Classical” music and news and information shows.  All include programming that will help familiarize the audience with what is frequently referred to as “Classical” music.  The audio quality is good but you may have some dropouts, when the software is buffering, until you get your software adjusted.  Most are broadcasting in the Real Audio format.  Stations locally broadcasting on the web include:

WETA    http://www.weta.org/fm/live.ram

WBJC    http://www.wbjc.com/wbjc.ram

WITF     http://www.witf.org/ram/witf.ram

 

Current Events: The Middle East

 

The News Hour Online: Includes clips of the previous day’s show ans well as a searchable archive.  The show is known for giving important stories of the day the time and attention needed to properly inform. Segments of the video stream are accessible by links to each story presented or you can watch the entire broadcast http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/index.html

 

September 11: US Response presented by C-span.org – there are a multitude of streaming feeds regarding the  middle east situation. Up to date and archived clips since 911 are available.   Press conference and interview segments appear to be un-cut. The segments are well divided and labeled allowing direct access to only the desired materials.  http://www.c-span.org/terrorism/ 

 

Technology Information Online:

 

The Rutgers Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice has received grants to pursue the use of streaming technology online in the development of online instruction. They created this site for faculty and students interested in exploring the technical and pedagogical applications streaming technology.  They present an introductory 8 minute video by Dr. Bob Wood.  The page also includes examples of projects developed by Rutgers staff in a number of content areas. http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/streaming.htm

 

 

Historical Broadcasts Online:

 

The original broadcast of  “The War of the Worlds” by Orsen Wells is available in Wav files as well as in streaming audio.  The broadcast is presented in segments as well as a non segmented format.  The availability of such historic broadcasts online helps communicate the reality of these historical happenings to our students of today.  It makes it more real to them and hopefully interests them more in the study of an event.

http://www.waroftheworlds.org/the_broadcast.htm