Radiocast is a comprehensive internet radio hosting and broadcasting platform designed to empower radio stations with a full suite of tools for managing their operations. It offers robust hosting solutions, enabling users to host their streams, automate broadcasts, manage programming, and publish professional station websites from a single, integrated account.
Key features include:
- Internet Radio Hosting: Provides 24/7 broadcasting capabilities with AutoDJ, allowing stations to run scheduled playlists, jingles, and top-of-hour IDs automatically. Users can also go live instantly from their browser using the Web DJ feature or connect their preferred broadcasting software via Icecast. The platform offers detailed listener reports and supports podcast publishing.
- AirChain Audio Processing: This feature allows stations to achieve a professional, "FM station" sound. Users can select from 8 sound presets, adjust strength, and use an A/B comparison tool to hear the difference between the original and processed stream. A live LUFS (loudness units relative to full scale) meter helps monitor perceived loudness, ensuring optimal audio quality.
- Reporter Automated News: Radiocast simplifies content creation with its Reporter tool, which generates automated local news and weather segments. Users can stack various blocks like headlines, weather, traffic, and sponsor reads in any desired order. After setting the town and choosing a host voice, Reporter automatically writes, voices and mixes each segment over a chosen music bed, eliminating the need for manual writing.
- Radiocast Sites: The platform includes a drag-and-drop website builder specifically for radio stations. These websites are pre-wired to the station's stream, featuring a persistent player that continues playback as listeners navigate between pages. Key website elements like on-air band information, trending tracks, recently played songs, and song request functionality are seamlessly integrated. Each station gets a custom subdomain (e.g., yourstation.radiosite.net).
- Listener Discovery (Directory): Every station hosted on Radiocast receives a dedicated page in the platform's directory, making it easy for new listeners to discover and tune into stations. Listeners can browse by genre, city, or search for specific stations, and save their favorites.
Radiocast caters to a range of users, from new stations starting with basic hosting to established businesses requiring advanced features like white-label solutions, custom API access, and dedicated support. Its tiered pricing plans (Professional, Small Business, Radiocast Max, Enterprise, Reseller) offer scalable options for storage, concurrent listeners, DJ accounts, and access to premium features like AirChain and Reporter credits, making it a versatile choice for internet radio broadcasters.
