Shoutcast.com

Shoutcast Internet Radio

Jose Vela
Daniel Villarreal
Justin Wegner
Jill Wilson

2. There are many different ways to choose what you listen to on the site. There is a list of "Top SHOUTcast Radio Stations Today" on the main page with a link marked "Tune In" next to each one. Then, there is a list on the sides that separate stations by genre. At the top of the main page there is a search bar where you can search by station if you know which one to listen to or by genre.

3. You can select from many genre's to play from but you don't have control of skipping or going back. After clicking "Tune In" it streams through your Itunes, or any other media player you have on your computer (i.e. Windows Media Player). The only real control you have is the genre.


4. It is very obvious how shoutcast.com makes their money. It is like most other websites, which is through advertising. Right when you open this site, you see a colorful ad at the very top of the page which advertises for many different companies. There is also an ad that is right below this main ad to advertise as well. Sometimes this ad coordinates with the top one, and sometimes they are from different sponsors. These ads, as we discovered, change each time you re-enter the site. These advertisements contain lots of color and many pictures. There are also sponsored links at the bottom of the page. These are just links to websites, but it's still a form of advertising that can be effective for these companies.

5. We had never heard of the "Themes" genre on this site. Although we know what this means, none of us had seen it as a genre, until we entered this website. But that is the only genre we didn't recognize. Shoutcast.com does not have any celebrity playlists, or stations based on particular artists. It seems to be a more of a basic web radio with simple navigation to all of its features.

6. We found it unique because of the way its features and the homepage are designed somewhat simplistically. It was interesting how it was mostly organized by Genre and it was cool that they let you know how many listeners were listening to any given station. We also found that it was sponsored by AOL Radio.