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Today, a few here are familiar with RadioParadise.com. RP has been mentioned a fair amount in the Internet Radio Stations thread; started on AK in 2006.
Best guess, I stumbled upon and was turned/tuned onto RadioParadise.com round near it’s inception date of Feb. 2000. I found them (Bill & Rebecca G) May, 2000. A nascent time on the www when Internet radio was nary a blip on anyone’s radar. I was sporting a dial up connection with a “SOTA” 56k modem. RP’s stream choices at the time were 16kbps and 32kbps feeds… and it was chill-bump amazing on several fronts.
Once I got past ‘flipping out’ over such a solid (unbuffering) stream, I was able to temporarily set that piece of the mechanics aside and appreciate the content for what it was worth. Even at 32k, it was (and still is) worth a ton. As a semi-refugee radio engineer from KPIG, Bill Goldsmith set out on his own. He fired up and began programming and streaming an eclectic radio station in his living room circa 1999/2000. A cutting edge unheard of solo shtick at the time.
As they say, content is king and Bill delivers that in spades. Yes, there were plenty of phenomenal DJ’s at the time. But what set(s) RadioParadise.com apart was/is Bill’s techno chops to marry an extremely appealing music mix with an engaging web presence and online community. Sounds easy now, but back when, it took a special breed of geek to pull this off. Still does.
RP remains great and unprecedented real radio online. Not many (if any) can hold that candle. Done right 18 years ago, Bill & Co. continue to evolve and set standards well beyond the status quo. Frankly, it’s a no contest situation...compared to even the best of multi-billion dollar on-demand services.
Years of tedious time, effort scars, as well as costly music royalty hurdles later, RadioParadise is just as fresh and innovative as it was in 2000. You will not find any other independent online radio station, and/or subscription service for that matter, that can equal RP’s latest (commercial free mind you) offering. Per any given platform presently, RP delivers big with it's slick UI and of course the programming.
There have been many iterations and improvements over the years. And with it's latest incarnation, Bill knocks it outa the park again with his latest PC desktop offering. Still in beta but very stable, RP’s latest website and player literally crushes anything available today with it's friendly & seamless design, playlist/info, community forum, integrated song ratings & commentary, HD slideshow, download cache for offline listening, and 32k to FLAC bitrates. Impressive and thank you very much. It’s like I’m back in 2000 with goosebumps all over again.
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Thought about posting this in the more apropos Streaming Services category, but me thinks this repetitive groundbreaker tis worthy to share with one and all general AKer.
Best guess, I stumbled upon and was turned/tuned onto RadioParadise.com round near it’s inception date of Feb. 2000. I found them (Bill & Rebecca G) May, 2000. A nascent time on the www when Internet radio was nary a blip on anyone’s radar. I was sporting a dial up connection with a “SOTA” 56k modem. RP’s stream choices at the time were 16kbps and 32kbps feeds… and it was chill-bump amazing on several fronts.
Once I got past ‘flipping out’ over such a solid (unbuffering) stream, I was able to temporarily set that piece of the mechanics aside and appreciate the content for what it was worth. Even at 32k, it was (and still is) worth a ton. As a semi-refugee radio engineer from KPIG, Bill Goldsmith set out on his own. He fired up and began programming and streaming an eclectic radio station in his living room circa 1999/2000. A cutting edge unheard of solo shtick at the time.
As they say, content is king and Bill delivers that in spades. Yes, there were plenty of phenomenal DJ’s at the time. But what set(s) RadioParadise.com apart was/is Bill’s techno chops to marry an extremely appealing music mix with an engaging web presence and online community. Sounds easy now, but back when, it took a special breed of geek to pull this off. Still does.
RP remains great and unprecedented real radio online. Not many (if any) can hold that candle. Done right 18 years ago, Bill & Co. continue to evolve and set standards well beyond the status quo. Frankly, it’s a no contest situation...compared to even the best of multi-billion dollar on-demand services.
Years of tedious time, effort scars, as well as costly music royalty hurdles later, RadioParadise is just as fresh and innovative as it was in 2000. You will not find any other independent online radio station, and/or subscription service for that matter, that can equal RP’s latest (commercial free mind you) offering. Per any given platform presently, RP delivers big with it's slick UI and of course the programming.
There have been many iterations and improvements over the years. And with it's latest incarnation, Bill knocks it outa the park again with his latest PC desktop offering. Still in beta but very stable, RP’s latest website and player literally crushes anything available today with it's friendly & seamless design, playlist/info, community forum, integrated song ratings & commentary, HD slideshow, download cache for offline listening, and 32k to FLAC bitrates. Impressive and thank you very much. It’s like I’m back in 2000 with goosebumps all over again.
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Thought about posting this in the more apropos Streaming Services category, but me thinks this repetitive groundbreaker tis worthy to share with one and all general AKer.
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