1. Internet Radio Show - an individual radio show with one
or more hosts, which can be aired live or pre-recorded, and is broadcasted
either on a radio station or as a podcast from an individual website.
2. Radio Station - A group of live and/or prerecorded scheduled
programs that are grouped together and broadcast through a single
channel of distribution.
3. Radio Network - A 24/7 individual radio station which is
linked to other radio networks and broadcasts a common program theme
in a specific format (e.g., Music, Talk, News/Talk) and is in syndication
(contracted by another media channel for play) or simulcast (Simultaneous
broadCast on other media channels) or both on many channels
of distribution.
4. Radio Aggregator - A radio streaming service provider that
provides streaming service for a single radio station or where 100's
or 1000's of many different radio programs without one specific theme
are grouped together and share streaming services as one station which
may or may not be linked to other radio networks to syndicate/simulcast
its stream.
5. Radio Syndicator/Simulcaster - An individual broadcast
entity that picks up, links and broadcasts many radio stations/radio
networks streams to broadcast them on their site.
6. On Demand Radio Archive - An individual Internet Radio
Show or an individual radio program from a Radio Station/ Radio Network
which has been archived and made available for listening at any time
directly from their specific website.
7. On Demand Radio Download - An individual Internet Radio
Show or an individual radio program from a Radio Station/ Radio Network
which can be downloaded to a listener's computer to be made available
for listening at any time via one or more various formats (e.g., .mp3,
podcast, ITunes format, RSS feed, mobile).
8. Podcast Aggregator - A podcast streaming service provider
that provides streaming service for 100's or 1000's of many different
podcast program providers without one specific theme which are grouped
together to share streaming services.