We like to think we
keep on making RADIO MELTDOWN a great place to visit, to tune in and to have
fun with! Recently, we’ve made some
changes we hope will enhance everyone’s enjoyment of the experience.
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Mercury, our
erstwhile and plucky major domo bot has
long been able to take requests in the IRC channels that sponsor us and convey
them to the live DJ, and this has been fun for all. Now Mercury has joined the Twitterverse! He has his own Twitter nickname - @RMRequests - and he’s busily tweeting out all the
selections played on Radio Meltdown’s stream.
We decided to give him his own Twitter account so that the Radio Meltdown
timeline wouldn’t just be a long string of #NowPlaying posts; we wanted the Radio Meltdown account to be used for announcements, schedules and
things of note for our friends and fans.
Radio Meltdown: DJ`Twisted`Chaos is #NowPlaying Blackmore's Night - Castles And DreamsAdditionally, Mercury will now also take requests via Twitter, and you don’t have to follow him to do so. Just send him a little message, such as “@RMRequests !request Artist – Song Title” and any of our live DJs will get that message and play your song for you. You can even add a little dedication note following the request if you desire, but start the message with the format indicated; you are, after all, dealing with a bot!
— Mercury (@RMRequests) February 15, 2013
@rmrequests !Request The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (dedicated to my good friend Belle)
— Jason aka dj cubbie (@djcubbie) February 9, 2013
While presently the !Request function only works with our
live DJs, we are working on implementing it for Mercury's autodj function as well, so
that you can always hear your favorite tunes on Radio Meltdown! We are also working on a web page request
function for those that don’t have Twitter accounts. Stay tuned to Radio Meltdown and this blog
for announcements.
Speaking of our stream, we recently upgraded our speed from
the initial 64 kbs to a beautifully clear 96 kbs, and we hope you enjoy the
difference. Many of our regular listeners
have commented approvingly upon the change and we are glad they like it. We think you will, too. The website players also get the new higher
speed stream.
In response to requests from some of our listeners around
the world, we’ve added two auxiliary streams to our station. The first is a stream for those who need a
low-speed connection to Radio Meltdown because of bandwidth issues, either
dial-up or shared connections or even for some mobile phones. This stream is broadcasting at 32 kbs, and
while that is not as high as our normal stream, it still sounds great! And the lower bandwidth demand makes it a
good choice when that is an issue.
The second auxiliary stream came about because some of our
listeners reported difficulty connecting to our regular stream. So we set up a secondary stream at 96 kbs to
act as a kind of relay for those who can’t connect to us at our usual
RadioMeltdown.org domain addresses or
the IP for the stream itself. Both the
dial-up and this secondary full speed stream are slightly lagged behind the
main stream, but not seriously so.
Both streams have web pages with Flash players tuned to
their respective streams, but you may load the stream addresses into your
favorite media player and connect directly.
Unfortunately, at the present time, the individual song data is
unavailable.
To connect to our Dial-up stream:
Listen to the stream directly: http://184.173.187.9:9057
Web Page with Flash player: http://RadioMeltdown.listen2myradio.com
To connect to the auxiliary full-speed
stream:
Listen to the stream directly: http://78.129.234.99:23526
Web Page with Flash player: http://radiomeltdown2.listen2myradio.com
As always, RADIO MELTDOWN thanks
you all for your support and hopes you’ll keep tuning in as we continue to make
the station a fun place to be!
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