hosting an internet radio station

[alex1fly]

can anybody point me towards resources on running an internet radio station? i have waded in a little bit on my own and its confusing. i need help getting up and running.

i have a newer model imac, a macbook, and an ipad. i run a label and want to broadcast our music 24/7.

i have concerns about security, using a personal internet connection to host like this. ideally i'll get a dedicated server, but for now the station will be hosted on one of my personal computers.

are some stations easier to set up than others?

right now i'm looking for a free service, free for me as the broadcaster, free for listeners, and hopefully get an app on their smart phone (xm, shout cast, etc)

any direction appreciated thanks

alexiansounds

[synnack]

you could host it yourself at home but your bandwidth will not be enough once you get more than a few simultaneous listeners. Especially at any decent quality.

I would do something like this: http://www.live365.com

or http://www.shoutcast.com/

[alex1fly]

you could host it yourself at home but your bandwidth will not be enough once you get more than a few simultaneous listeners. Especially at any decent quality.

I would do something like this: http://www.live365.com

or http://www.shoutcast.com/

I have gone through the motions with Shoutcast but as far as I understand it you still need to set up a server. This is where I'm running into snags - the setup guide is mostly geared towards Windows but is obviously older, because it references Windows 95. I put up a post on the Shoutcast forum.

[LouisC]

Mixlr is what you want. Free and easy.
http://www.mixlr.com

[ollyb303]

Mixlr is what you want. Free and easy.
http://www.mixlr.com

+1 for Mixlr. I've run both shoutcast and icecast servers in the past and you do need a lot of bandwidth or a paid hosting solution to really make it feasible.

Mixlr is infinitely easier and the only bandwidth required is to get your broadcast output to their server.