Its so simple and easy to set up an Internet station as you know and the cost is almost nothing. Even if you have a good flashy website (which you should have) the cost is still so cheap.

Maybe its a good case for Michael to go down that rute. I know myself the number of American ex-pats working and living here in Britain prefer to hear an American voice, so there is a huge market for American presented radio here.

That's good to know, Coastie. I'll be paying close attention to your progress reports. One real challenge is going to be for whatever station to have someone access my live Shoutcast stream in the middle of the night for the relay. I wonder if there's a way to automate that. I can set up a special feed at whatever bitrate is desired and reserve an IP for the relaying station.

Michael, have you thought about setting up an Internet station yourself. Now days its relatively cheap and simple to do. You have yourself many hours of recorded shows and you can control every part of the output.
A good website and a shoutcast stream and your done. Then all you need to do is promote it on every forum.

Mike, I have thought about it. Supporting a hosted Shoutcast stream isn't extremely expensive but it's more than hobbyist money and would require either sufficient donations or advertising to offset the costs.

Then there are the licensing issues. If I'm part of the programming of a station, they're taking on that responsibility. That's a pretty big deal.

Lastly, I'm able to do several hours of live programming a week and while that could be a viable contribution to a greater enterprise, isolated in a schedule comprised of either my own archives (and frankly, the further back in time you listen, the worse I get), a digital jukebox...or both, it would be lost and just as difficult to attract an audience to it as it is now.

I'm fine with doing this for no financial gain on my part. My goal is to continue doing it in a way that's rewarded with more listeners. If in return for that, it helps another enterprise thrive, I'm happy to volunteer the effort.

Both my Thursday(Friday) show and the three hour shift I was to do Saturday(Sunday) on the Hank & Jim Radio Network (who do Tuesday(Wenesday morning) nights, live...on Offshore Music Radio) are cancelled this week due to a passing in my wife's immediate family. I will be back and doing both shows, next week.

Thanks, Debbs.