Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 17:10:14 GMT
KDX May End Streaming After 10 Years
For 10 years the radio programs from KDX Worldround Radio have been aired on AM & FM under Part 15 Authorization, and streamed globally on Shoutcast and Icecast.
In all that time there has been no "audience growth", and even the concept of "audience" remains nebulous and illusive because it cannot be measured.
Going to a deeper philosophical level we would ask: what human disorder causes me or anyone else to "want" an audience? This sort of clinical analysis is a parallel issue and becomes addressed further on.
The Streaming Servers list "connections" which apparently is all any streaming station has to count as "listeners" but the IP addresses shown have no useful identifying features and cannot be contacted to discover who it is or why they are there.
In 10 years there are never more than 1 or 2 connections per week, some the same IP numbers as before, some new.
Connections of 30-seconds are the most believable because that would be the time it takes to decide to "tune away".
We are informed that copyright patrols scan the web looking for streamers unlicensed to program copyrighted music, and despite the "legality" of their snooping, they most certainly are not listeners in any useful way and are not welcome to show their distrust toward KDX. We are not streaming to give the copyright industry someone to sniff.
The motivation to stream is, by my view, a deformation of the species social instinct to communicate with others of the same kind, but I would say that such "outreach" is impotent where response is lacking.
Another part of motivation comes from the sense of "play" inherent in the radio hobby, bringing the "sense" of navigating a global radio service. This is the narcissistic pleasure brought by the hobby.
Even upon stating so many negatives there might be a purpose after all to maintaining a radio stream. Am I about to talk myself back into streaming? Let me give it more thought.
For 10 years the radio programs from KDX Worldround Radio have been aired on AM & FM under Part 15 Authorization, and streamed globally on Shoutcast and Icecast.
In all that time there has been no "audience growth", and even the concept of "audience" remains nebulous and illusive because it cannot be measured.
Going to a deeper philosophical level we would ask: what human disorder causes me or anyone else to "want" an audience? This sort of clinical analysis is a parallel issue and becomes addressed further on.
The Streaming Servers list "connections" which apparently is all any streaming station has to count as "listeners" but the IP addresses shown have no useful identifying features and cannot be contacted to discover who it is or why they are there.
In 10 years there are never more than 1 or 2 connections per week, some the same IP numbers as before, some new.
Connections of 30-seconds are the most believable because that would be the time it takes to decide to "tune away".
We are informed that copyright patrols scan the web looking for streamers unlicensed to program copyrighted music, and despite the "legality" of their snooping, they most certainly are not listeners in any useful way and are not welcome to show their distrust toward KDX. We are not streaming to give the copyright industry someone to sniff.
The motivation to stream is, by my view, a deformation of the species social instinct to communicate with others of the same kind, but I would say that such "outreach" is impotent where response is lacking.
Another part of motivation comes from the sense of "play" inherent in the radio hobby, bringing the "sense" of navigating a global radio service. This is the narcissistic pleasure brought by the hobby.
Even upon stating so many negatives there might be a purpose after all to maintaining a radio stream. Am I about to talk myself back into streaming? Let me give it more thought.
