ok.. I've got a live365 TG radio station up and going with a default playlist loaded. It'll handle 100 listeners "on-demand" and 30 listeners live/relay.

Bear in mind this is "experimental" until we get things ironed out about if/how it's going to work. This also must be approved by Apo before I make it completely public knowledge and available to all of TG.

For now, we can play with it while we Raid. Ark has volunteered to DJ for tomorrow night (cringe)... j/k

It will run the playlist 24/7 in CD quality and go Live when needed. I tell ya' it's a lot of fun doing this! (yes Manny, The Planets is on the playlist now)

What will probably happen is I/someone will approve prospective DJs and give them access to the site (this is FULL access accept for billing). Bear in mind u are selling your soul here; your anonymity with ME and a select few will be compromised. Basically, all DJs will have every other DJs RL contact info. Passwords will change weekly most likely. With access u can alter the schedule, playlist, uploads, contact info., DJ info., and a lot of other stuff.

Once a Live DJed broadcast is underway DJ can upload on-the-fly from their own systems without using the default playlist. And of course, talk with their mic, do effects.. etc.

DJs will need a variety of free software that's stupid easy to use.
Listeners only need to browse to the site to listen in. bitrate is at 64k, so you'll need broadband ideally. Of course, this can be lowered or raised at will.

In case you were thinking of DJing but not from within the system (Arkamis mentioned shoutcast tonite)... we CAN relay your broadcast (shoutcast, icecast, etc.) through the server. This will make certain that your bandwidth doesnt get slammed if u wanted to try to do it on your own (if you hosted yourself you'd have to provide FM quality streams to EACH listener). All that's needed for this is an open timeslot and permission from a DJ-admin to flip the station to schedule the relay. Cool huh? All that'd be required is the proper metainfo. of the tracks you play. (meaning, all your tracks MUST be labeled - artist/album/song) Royalties and tracking are handled from within the server.

So, this is the best way to keep everything legal with the least amount of hassle IMO. All legalities, bandwidth, software, everything is handled in one neat package. Not to mention the ability to give EVERYONE a chance at DJing even if they're not in the system. We can also expand as needed.

Anyways, this could really be a lot of fun... the possibilities are endless and I anticipate the station growing quite rapidly if allowed to.

"So say we all?"

btw: the current ip for the station is www.live365.com/stations/tacticalgamer

If approved I'll nail down the Tgradio.com domain (or another if u guys have any other ideas) and it'll point directly to the station. Eventually the domain itself will have a working website and custom station (if we upgrade).