source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:01:33 +0200 Subject: Fwd: WFMU Is Now Broadcasting Live on the Web From: DMB5561719@aol.com --------------------- Forwarded message: From: dmandl@panix.com (David Mandl) Date: 97-06-09 01:59:07 EDT Dear Playlist Subscriber, I'm happy to announce that WFMU IS NOW BROADCASTING LIVE 24 HOURS A DAY ON THE WEB. The fidelity's excellent (even better than reception in many parts of NYC), and it's free--absolutely no strings attached. All you have to do is put up with one lame Audionet ad (fifteen seconds or so) before the broadcast starts, and that's it. From there on, it's WFMU's actual live broadcast. The feed uses "streaming audio." If you're not familiar with it, it basically means that you can listen to an effectively infinite broadcast without downloading huge sound files to your computer first, or needing tremendous amounts of hard-disk storage. Just push the button and listen for as long as you like. In the four years or so that I've been posting my playlists to the net and web every week, I've gotten hundreds of email messages from people around the world bemoaning the fact that they can't pick up the station, or from former listeners who've moved and miss being able to listen. More recently, people have been asking me when we're going to start broadcasting on the web. Well, the answer is: Right now. Point your web browser at: http://www.audionet.com/radio/ram/wfmu.ram To listen, you need a copy of the RealAudio player, available for free on the web. To download a copy, go to: http://www.realaudio.com/products/player.html WFMU's home page is at: http://www.wfmu.org This hasn't been publicly announced yet (I wanted to tell you folks first). An all-out media assault starts tomorrow. Feel free to spread the word. Thanks to all of you for your continued moral, electronic, and emotional support. --Dave. -- Dave Mandl dmandl@panix.com davem@wfmu.org http://www.wfmu.org/~davem Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:08 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA14658; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:08:08 +0200 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:08:08 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA14628 Received: (qmail 19922 invoked from network); 10 Jun 1997 04:08:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Jun 1997 04:08:02 -0000 Message-Id: <970610000609_614389038@emout03.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu