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Do you have the feeling that things are moving faster than they were a year ago, or even a few months ago? That keeping up with the latest trends in culture and technology is almost a full time job? In 1965, the co-founder of Intel, a guy named Gordon Moore, outlined a theory that said the number of transistors on a memory chip would double every 18 months: Moore's Law. Turned out he was right.

Take podcasting for example. It didn't exist 10 months ago. Now it seems that a day doesn't go by without an article appearing somewhere talking about something related to podcasting. If you believe everything you read, and who doesn't, podcasting is being championed as the great equalizer.

KYOURADIO is the first radio station in the world to get all of its programming from podcasts. Everyday we'll feature new, innovative and cutting edge programs produced by people like you. Your original thoughts and sounds will be broadcast in San Francisco on the revolutionary 1550 KYCY-AM and streamed worldwide at KYOURADIO.com.

We envision KYOURADIO as a station for the people. We think you have something to say and we want to hear it. You're out there creating, riffing, ranting and raving and Infinity is going to give voice to your vision. In fact, we want to share it with the world. KYOURADIO will no doubt evolve over time, but our intention is to make the experience as real as possible. Input from the world at large will provide lots of inspiration and plenty of constructive criticism.

Doesn't everyone have a streak of genius waiting to be heard? Welcome to OPEN SOURCE RADIO.

KYCY to become podcast radio

BAY AREA STATION IS FIRST IN NATION
By Seth Sutel
Associated Press

Infinity Broadcasting, a terrestrial radio company whose business model is being challenged by the iPod phenomenon, is borrowing a page from its rival's playbook.

Next month, Infinity will convert a poorly performing station in San Francisco to a format that will play only ``podcasts,'' or amateur recordings distributed via the Internet to listeners' iPods and other digital music players.

Infinity, which is part of the Viacom media conglomerate that also owns CBS and MTV, announced Wednesday that it would convert its KYCY-AM (1550) station in San Francisco to the new format May 16.

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- Lot to think about here. User content becomes 'broadcast' content. Is that good? How will it be programmed? Will user-announcers get to intro their songs? What if one user becomes popular? Is this an audition? Is it for pro's or just for hobbists...

Infinity jumping in is good - maybe even great - but it still leaves open the broadcast vs. narrowcast question. And do lots of narrow podcasters with thier own idea of audience and their own passoins, make up a coherent mass market radio station.

Well worth watching...