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EasyListeningHQ.com
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Our friends Ryan and Mary have created two new streaming audio sites devoted to easy listening music:
Cable Radio -- Most cable TV companies carry one of two main services that have a commercial-free easy listening channel. The best one is "Music Choice," expertly programmed by Phil Stout (the guru who put the syndicated Schulke Radio format together years ago). Music Choice is professionally produced and executed and features song information and interesting facts on the TV screen as the music plays. To take a peek, click below. The second is DMX. This service has many wonderful channels in exceptionally fine fidelity. Unfortunately, as we've observed, songs and artists are repeated often. Still, if you haven't heard it before, it's worth a listen, and you'll probably enjoy it until you tire of the small number of songs they play. Streaming Audio -- There are still several sources of easy listening via online streaming audio. Here are some that we know about:
Unfortunately, the number of Internet streaming sources has dwindled. The record companies, through the RIAA, have lobbied for performance royalty fees so high that few can afford to offer streaming audio. To find out what's happening, visit the RAIN (Radio And Internet Newsletter) website and check out their CARP (Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel) coverage. Satellite Radio -- XM Satellite Radio announced the debut of their beautiful music channel, effective August 26, 2002. To receive this service, one must purchase a special receiver and become a subscriber by paying a monthly fee. Presently it is only possible to purchase a car radio that receives this service, although an XM representative says that they are hopeful that two manufacturers will have home units available sometime during the fall of 2002. For more information about the XM service, how to subscribe and monthly fees, go here. No Longer Playing -- Did you ever wake up one morning and turn your favorite easy listening radio station on, only to find that it had morphed overnight into something you couldn't stand? Here's an article that discusses beautiful music radio as it once was in Los Angeles and features a few "Whatever happened to..." stories.
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