Rantradio

RantRadio is a commercial-free internet radio station broadcasting from the suburbs of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

=RantRadio=

RantRadio is a SHOUTcast station that began broadcasting on January 3, 1999 from the suburbs of Vancouver, British Columbia. Arguably the oldest Shoutcast based streaming radio station, it was founded by James O Brien, also known as Cimmerian, and his then roommate Derek, also known as Enki.

RantRadio is a commercial-free Internet radio station that broadcasts continuous streams 24 hours a day. The station is not supported by sponsorship or advertising. RantRadio gets permission from all of the artists played to broadcast their work without charge. In return, the artists benefit from greater exposure. All shows on the website are covered by Creative Commons a new term recently introduced to the Internet. This license allows you to freely copy, distribute, transmit and host content in any way as long as it is not used for a commercial purpose. Only the original artist has the right to do such a thing.

Some time in 2001, . Currently, all three streams have specialty shows catering to that format s specialty. All of the bandwidth is donated by fans of the station.

RantRadio is part of a larger independent mass media organization known as RantMedia. Additionally, RantRadio is also the internet radio home of radio personality Sean Kennedy, Art Smokehouse Lindsey, III, 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Rizzn, Dan Tencer and many other popular underground radio hosts.

2 Sense was one of the more cultly followed shows that ran for 3 years. It was hosted by 2 the Ranting Gryphon and has had a variety of people on the show with set jobs. Starting out with only 2 and Jakebe his co-host, they read out e-mails, the news, and furry news based around the furry Fandom. In time Jakebe left the show only to return on rare occasions. Rikku, Prismo and Audric all co-hosted until Aubrin became the new co-host permanently until the final show aired in mid 2005, leaving 2 to concentrate on his music and rants available from his website.

GAMERadio is the only show on RantRadio aimed directly for gamers. Discussing only Computer Games, Movies and Music it appeals to a different audience and giving something other than the political and news oriented programs that RantRadio is known for. The host known by the pseudonym C4 is a classic gamer and along with Kobar and other co-hosts they often reminisce about old consoles and games including such consoles as NES and Amstrad. They are well known for discussing PC games, in particular computer role-playing game or MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) for which they often play online with the RantRadio listeners.

Binary Revolution is a show specifically aimed at those who use the internet and computers extensively. The host StankDawg discusses news on recent viruses, programs and other things relating to the internet. A lot of the listeners consider themselves to be hackers or slashers both internet terms. DISCLAIMER : Neither RantRadio or Binary Revolution condone the illegal act of hacking computers.

=RantTV=

After a highly successful and popular run as an internet radio broadcaster, RantRadio founder O Brien decided to translate that momentum into the visual realm. After a few false starts, RantTV emerged after Nullsoft released their NSV video streaming format and broadcaster tools. [http://www.ranttv.com/ RantTV] has been broadcasting 24 hours a day since June 15, 2003.

Currently in rotation on RantTV are such signature shows as old episodes of SKTFM.tv, current and past episodes of Patrolling with Sean Kennedy, as well as many other original shows viewer-created for broadcast on RantTV. RantTV also airs shows syndicated from other independent mass media organizations.

=RantMedia=

RantMedia was born when RantRadio founder James O Brien decided to move the station into the world of Internet TV broadcasting.

Since that time, RantMedia has also launched an independent record label of the same name, entered the worlds of eBook and zine publishing, and is preparing to enter the world of book publishing with the publication of its first book The Bloodstained Rabbit by Sean Kennedy.

= RantMedia Community =

The [http://community.rantmedia.ca/ RantMedia Community] is a relatively new addition to the RantMedia empire, with an online forum which has replaced the original RantRadio forums, and also some blogging and workflow management (based upon the )

=See also=

*James O Brien *Sean Kennedy *RantMedia *Art Smokehouse Lindsey, III *Distorted Circuitry

=External links=

*[http://www.rantradio.com/ RantRadio web site] *[http://www.ranttv.com/ RantTV web site] *[http://www.rantmedia.ca/ RantMedia web site] *[http://www.ranting-gryphon.com/ Ranting Gryphon web site] *[http://www.hwhq.com/ GAMERadio web site] *[http://www.binrev.com/ Binary Revolution web site] *[http://www.rantradio.com/media-200305-computerpaper.php Interview with James O Brien] *[http://www.shoutcast.com/ Nullsoft Shoutcast] *[http://www.nullsoft.com/nsv/ NSV - Nullsoft Streaming Video]