Use Music1 And Get Unlimited Streaming Plus Music Licensing…
If you use the Music 1 scheduler and are paying for streaming and or music licensing this is going to be music to your ears — (yeah, we did). You can use all of Music 1's cool features like category rotation patterns, intuitive play-listing functions, and all those colorful windows and still take advantage of the free streaming and music licensing coverage offered by Radionomy. Built into Radionomy’s own RMO (radio manager online) you have the option to ‘go live’ with a third party encoder pushing your M1 playlist to the Radionomy servers. This is fast relief for those struggling with increasing streaming bills or concerns about music coverage on your stream. Because the service is unlimited, you are free to grow your station with some built in monetization as well.
What you give or barter is 4 minutes an hour (2 min. 2 x) so Radionomy’s sister co TargetSpot can bring national advertisers to your station. Win/win. The 4 minutes keeps the service free and if you hit some high audience hours (25K/month) you’ll start receiving income.
To trigger the ads inside Music 1 you’ll need to read this tutorial on the Radionomy board (you’ll need to be logged into your account at rmo.radionomy.com): http://board.radionomy.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=96. Once you trigger the adverts 2x an hour this will work with any playout system.
To start the process you’ll create a back up stream using the built- in cloud automation (radionomy.com/create). This back up stream will kick in if the live connectivity is lost or if you go on a (much needed) vacation and don’t want to have to worry about connectivity issues. Check out this blog for step by step directions on how to get that back up stream running fast. You can also check out a quick guide here: https://www.radionomy.com/files/Radionomy%20-%20RMO%20Planner%20in%20Pics%20V1.3.pdf
In addition to the no cost streams you’ll also pick up a custom HTML 5 player for mobile, social, and websites. If you are not already listed on the major directory, Radionomy will bring you there. Or you can swap out your expensive stream with this no-cost licensed stream on any directory using the listen.radionomy.com/stationname URL or .m3u for iTunes.
You will need to bring some audience to keep the service free but those audience minimums don’t kick in for 9 months and when they do it only amounts to about 3900 listening hours a month. At that level you’ll also qualify to get your own mobile app for iOS and Android devices (at no cost to you). Radionomy has partnered with Nobex Radio to offer each station it’s own mobile app for additional audience gain and a 50/50 rev share on banner mobile ads.
So between the no hassle transition of your playlists to a free streaming services covering music licensing and bringing major advertisers, this turns out to be a radio no-brainer.
Steve Warren, Music 1s co-owner, said “I am so pleased that we have this partnership with Radionomy. What they offer is quite possibly the best deal going for webcasters. The headaches and expenses of licensing payments are eliminated with just two, two-minute commercial breaks an hour. One of the problems webcasters have faced with other stream hosts that insert adverts is the inability to control just when and where the commercial breaks fall in the hour. Sometimes the spots are dropped into the middle of what is supposed to be a music sweep. Sometimes they might pop in between a voice track about a certain song and the song itself. As a long-time broadcast radio program director myself, things like that are just maddening….and now a non-issue with the pairing of Music1 and Radionomy.”
To sign up for your free account start here: radionomy.com/create
