The other day I read a blog post about a new site that wants to do for Radio what the DVR has done for Television. The blog proposes that people could really benefit from recording radio content, either for later listening of for sharing through social media.
The site is called DAR.fm. The blog mentioned primarily talk radio, but when you visit the site you have several other choices that include music and sports. While every radio station isn't yet available, there is a catalog of about 5,000 stations to choose from.
The sites founder, Michael Robertson who is also the founder of Mp3.com, hopes to make Radio visible to the internet. He says that most of the content on radio just fritters away into space. He's hoping to change all of that by giving individuals a chance to record their favorite Radio programs for use to share with others like you would a video or music file.
I wondered how this would work so I went to DAR.fm. Once there, I registered my email and started an account. The site really pushes talk radio, but you can find stations that play your favorite music even if your local station is not yet listed. after I started my account, I went to upper right of the page to the menu bar and clicked on record. This gave me a drop down menu that listed talk, music, and local guide. I clicked on music and got a list of alternatives and genres. Next I clicked on Jazz and a list of stations from around the country opened up. I chose WYEP out of Pittsburgh. After clicking on it, two recording options are given, you can either record for a specific amount of time and start the recording manually, or you can establish a day and time for the recording to start in the future. There's also a dialog box to add the email address of a friend that you might want to send the recording to.
It's an interesting concept. Clearly, it's geared toward talk radio, but there are a lot of music station on that 5,000 station list. If someone should record and share a musical event that was something new and refreshing, I could see how this could really catch on. However, if it's used just to post negative comments made by talk show hosts, I could see how the internet might be given it first "Jerry Springer," moment. And, just when the internet was doing so well. The best way to know for sure is to visit DAR.fm and try it out for yourself. Who knows? This might just be, a big deal.
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