Streaming Issues/New Listeners

So we have some good news and some bad news. 

Good news: more and more listeners are tuning in every week to the Soundscape, not only from Buffalo but from around the world.  We literally have listeners on every continent accept Africa. And I am betting that will change shortly.   

Bad news: while the increase in listeners from all kinds of different places is great, especially when it comes to exposing Buffalo-based artists, we have been maxing out our meager streaming capabilities via the WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio website. Hence, over the last week or two people have had to deal with some frustrating buffering issues while trying to stream the show live. 

Bust out the old school radios if you got 'em

So I wanted to just ask that everyone who is within range to pick up the show over the FM airwaves to please try and listen over your FM radio instead of the Internet stream so that the congested connection will free up for those out of range and unable to listen any other way.

And remember, there is always the option of listening to it later through the Soundoud archive if you can't get it over the airwaves or through the stream. Plus, I hope to have the archived versions available via iTunes Podcasting by next week so that people can download them straight into their iPods/mp3 players/phones. 

I realize that this will not solve the problem completely. 94.9 is considering upgrading to a better steaming service, but it costs quite a bit in monthly subscriptions to do this. Luckily, Buffalo Free Radio is in the middle of a fundraising drive for a number of upgrades, including a new computer, a new transmitter, and a couple of other components necessary to keep bringing Buffalo free radio. 

Head over to the WTF 94.9 site and donate some cash to the station if you can manage so that we can keep going and so that we can extend our signal over the air and across the web to those that want to listen. 

Thanks for your help and thanks for listening

Needles