Over a dozen schools to participate in an
experimental weekend of peace, love and streamed music - with live
performances by hot, local bands on respective campuses -- sharing
content and broadcasting over multiple Internet stations on the IBS
Student Radio Network by Backbone. Sept. 19-21, 2008.
Worcester,
MA (PRWEB) September 4, 2008 -- Internet radio is taking another step
forward as a legitimate entertainment medium this month as the
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System's IBS Student Radio Network by
Backbone (IBS-SRN) (http://www.studentradionetwork.org)launches
the Web's first live music festival, called IBS-Palooza. Increasingly
sophisticated college radio clubs combined with advances in Internet
broadcasting technology will allow, for the first time, multiple
stations to digitally share and play each other's live content and
provide valuable exposure to emerging local artists from around the U.S
and around the world. This is expected to become an annual event on the
IBS-SRN. IBS-Palooza will be available on the Internet from each
participating school's website, as well at WIBS and Apple's iTunes®
Radio, College Radio category; September 19th through the 21st, 2008.
IBS-Palooza is intended to break new ground in the areas of both
entertainment technology and education. As the first live multi-venue
music festival created for the Internet, it harnesses the technologies
of both Apple and Backbone Networks to enable live syndication of
streaming content among several stations simultaneously. As an
educational project, it opens up the student radio experience to a
broader, more exciting arena of involvement. Together, the students and
organizations hope to use this weekend to attract more support for
their stations, hone their live event broadcasting skills and
processes, and most importantly, have fun.
The Festival also aims to help local, emerging artists gain wider
exposure through student radio and the Internet. Most bands will be
performing live at their host school's campus while live on the air,
and some schools will combine their efforts to create an even larger
live concert event. During non-concert hours, stations will be able to
air live music from other time zones or use their Mac-driven Backbone
Radio automation software to run highlights of Palooza from their
station or syndicated from any participating school.
"The IBS-Palooza has caused a stir of excitement and enthusiasm at
WLIU-BK that I have not seen in many years," said Cedric Watson,
Technical Administrator at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.
"IBS and Backbone are already looking for ways to make the next one
even better,". Len Mailloux, IBS Chairman, added "It will be fun,
challenging and should make for some great radio!". This inaugural IBS
Palooza Festival will deal with a host of challenges, including
coordinating multiple live stations all syndicating their live content
on a real-time basis using peer-sharing radio automation software.
The following is a partial list of stations scheduled to participate:
NEIA New England Institute of Art, Boston
Babson College Radio, Babson Park, MA
Simmons College, Boston
WLMU, Le Moyne University, Syracuse, NY
WLIU-BK, Long Island University, Brooklyn
WFNM, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Goucher College Student Radio, Baltimore
XTSR, Towson University, Baltimore
Valencia CC (Flatfoot Records), Orlando
KCLR, Loras College, Dubuque, IA
KXZY, Oklahoma State University
Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
About IBS-SRN (
http://www.studentradionetwork.org)
In 2007, Backbone Networks Corporation, in cooperation with the
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), launched the first true
Internet radio network, one that specifically aims to enhance the
student radio experience. The IBS Student Radio Network enables student
operated stations to syndicate live and produced programming among
member stations, as well as automatically access a vast amount of
royalty-free programming from worldwide third-party sources.
This formative network is establishing cooperative relationships with
content providers to bring its member stations vast collections of news
feeds, royalty-free music from emerging and alternative independent
artists, and other programming that will be available only to stations
on the Network. In addition, member stations are able to draw
programming from one another through shared server databases, as well
as have access to each other's live feeds, including remote sporting
events and concerts.
In addition to Backbone Radio's powerful automation and management
software, the IBS-SRN builds upon (Apple's QuickTime™) MPEG-4 AAC, the
worldwide streaming standard, as its streaming format. Conforming to
this standard not only ensures universal acceptance across all
listening platforms, but it also enables each school to partner with
the Apple's iTunes store in preparing material, including artist/album
annotation and cover art images that display to listeners' free
QuickTime players. Select IBS-SRN stations are available on iTunes'
College Radio category. Join Facebook's IBS Student Radio Network Group
today.
About IBS (http://www.ibsradio.org/)
The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) is a nonprofit
association of mostly student-staffed radio stations based at schools
and colleges across the country. Over 1,000 IBS member stations operate
all types of facilities including Internet - Webcasting,
closed-circuit, AM carrier-current, cable radio, FCC-licensed FM, LPFM
and AM stations.
About Backbone (http://backbone.com)
Founded in 1990, Backbone Networks Corporation has its roots in
developing television and radio software, especially content production
and delivery applications. Its founders are pioneers in developing
technology for the broadcasting industry. They have supplied software
and systems for some of the highest profile broadcasters and their
events.
Note to Editors: The founders of Backbone are also directors of Telecast Fiber Systems, Inc. (http://www.telecast-fiber.com)
and were named the "Official Light Pipe Gurus" of Woodstock 2 in 1994.
They and Telecast were central to providing the live TV and radio
broadcast infrastructure for this pre-Internet 25th anniversary
Woodstock concert.
