How to Host a Radio Show for Free Online
Being able to host your own radio show for free online has a lot of possibilities because it can be used in so many ways. For example, authors could use their own radio show to read excerpts from their books, and even interview other authors, publishers and anyone else in the publishing business. Another example would be to host a weekly radio show about a particular topic such as cross stitching, bead work, or living green, to name a few ideas. The possibilities really are endless and are only as limited as your imagination. Fortunately, hosting a radio show for free online is relatively simple.
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Instructions
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Blog Talk Radio
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Open your web browser and go to Blogtalkradio.com.
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Click on "Create My Talk Show" link on the top right. This will take you to the registration page.
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Register for an account with Blog Talk Radio by filling out the form and clicking on "Next: Confirm Email."
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Go to your email and confirm that you want your own blog talk radio show by clicking on the confirmation link in the email.
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Go back to Blog Talk Radio. Click on the link for "My Blog Talk Radio." The page will automatically open to the "My Profile" section. Make changes to your profile as necessary.
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Click on "My Page." At the top of the page you will find the host dial-in number, the host ID, and the host pin. You will need these when you are ready to record your first show. You will also find a listener dial-in number here.
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Call your host dial-in number and give your host ID and pin when asked for them. Record your show. Listeners can go to your show page and click on "Click to Listen" to listen to the show live, or they can call your listener dial-in number if they are not at a computer and listen to your radio show over the phone. Finally, every show once it is recorded will be added to your show page as a podcast and those who were not able to listen to it as it was being recorded can click on the download button under the show title and download it to their computer. Listeners can then open the MP3 of the show in Windows Media Player and listen to it, or they can download it to an external MP3 player.
Shoutcast
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Go to Winamp.com and download the Winamp Media Player. Once you've installed it, make sure the application is closed before you go to the next step.
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Go to Shoutcast.com and download the plugin for Windows. Install the plugin.
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Open Winamp and click on "CTRL" and "P" to open Preferences.
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Go to the DSP/effects subcategory and select "Nullsoft Shoutcast Source." When a window pops up go to "Output" and highlight "Output 1" and then click on "Connection." For the address you can leave it at "local host" if you will be using the computer you are doing the set-up with; if you are using another computer then you will need to add the IP address of that machine.
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Go to the Start menu and click on "Edit Shoutcast DNAS Configuration." This will allow you to change the password from the default to your own password.
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Go to "Encoder" and change the number to "1" in the same window.
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Go to the "Encoder" tab and click on it. Choose "Encoder 1" and change the type of encoder to "MP3 Encoder."
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Go to the Start menu and click on "Shoutcast DNAS," and then select "Shoutcast DNAS" a second time on the menu that pops up.
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Play a song, or upload an MP3 with a recorded your talk show to the Winamp Media Player. Go to the "Output" menu and select "Connect." This will take your radio show live online. If you want to use your microphone and do a show in real-time then you can go to the final tab on the right and click on "Sound card Input."
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