Joe Germuska, support specialist for IT Academic Technologies and WNUR Internet consultant, proposed the Webcast idea three years ago. Germuska has worked as a WNUR jazz DJ for several years.
Commercial radio overlooks so much great music.
Now, regardless of where they live, people on the Net have an opportunity to hear something really different. The signal is made available via free RealPlayer software from RealAudio, and accommodates a maximum of 100 simultaneous listeners. The RealAudio encoder is located at the WNUR studios in Annie May Swift Hall on NU's Evanston campus. Information Technology provided the grant which funded the RealAudio software license, the encoder, and other hardware. Technology, Talent and Teamwork NU assistant professor and WNUR director of broadcast operations Rick Morris said although the Webcast idea was initially well-received, funding was not then available.