Mostly, they're listening to music, but there's more going on. All this seems promising enoughto entice big corporate players. Clearly, Web radio has been a godsend to people a long way from a favorite radio station or a regional music style. Its potential for reaching listeners is huge because its reach is global. Every station of any importance at all is going to be doing it.
Some stations transmit only on the Internet.
His first webcasts were powered by the earliest, test version of the RealAudio Player software that has gone through numerous upgrades since. Web radio, Abbett said in a phone interview, has made a kind of broadcasting possible for those unarmed against the big-business competitors that dominate radio today. He also said webcasters like himself give exposure to local musicians who otherwise would never get radio airplay. I'm one guy, and I'm able to mimic the offerings of a radio station with a whole staff. Others have found additional routes to a listening audience without hitting the airwaves.