With all of the recent discussions of uptime and new features, we wanted to take the time to shine a spotlight on a reddit community project that deserves your attention: radio reddit.(*)Radio Reddit is an eclectic independent music streaming radio station whose programming is controlled by redditors’ up and down votes. The music is 100% original, non-RIAA evilness affiliated, broadcast royalty free, and best of all, created by the musicians of reddit. Radio Reddit has a catalog of over 2000 tracks by over 600 Redditors.
Like submissions on reddit, Radio Reddit does not have a program/music director. reddit artists and bands simply upload their music. The site automatically checks that music uploaded is from a redditor, and songs are put into rotation via scripts that compile the play lists based on genre, the schedule, and the songs’ reddit scores. You will never, ever, hear a repeat with an hour of play or within a genre’s block of time (if Metal is scheduled for three hours - those three hours are repeat free). Tracks with high reddit scores are given priority and songs with extremely negative reddit scores are weeded out and excluded from airplay.
While listening from the website you can submit the currently playing track to /r/radioreddit, up/down vote and discuss the track if it has been previously submitted, download the song if approved by the artist, or listen to the song on demand at any point. Each hour of Radio Reddit broadcast is also immediately available as a podcast for download (or for on-demand listening) from the site broken up by show title/genre and also available as RSS feeds.
Radio Reddit also does live broadcasts, where reddit artists and bands are invited to connect to the stream to broadcast their live shows and events.
“What does all of this mean‽”. It means free quality music (as determined by you and your peers) to listen to and a chance for the unheard artists and bands of reddit to get like minded individuals listening to their hard work.
Now in the spirit of reddit, we would also like to mention the Radio Reddit Gold Program....just kidding! But seriously, Radio Reddit is 100% donation based and they need your help to handle the growth. There are currently two options to help fund the Radio Reddit operation. Direct donations can be made via the Donation Page or you can help by buying the awesome Radio Reddit soap made by Soapier, which comes in three delicious flavors. Coming soon will be Radio Reddit swag, including t-shirts. So stay tuned.
If you like Radio Reddit or have a question or comment, don’t blame thank us, the Radio Reddit admins harrymuffin and octatone are always available to answer your questions. Be sure to join in at /r/radioreddit to get involved.
(*)When we say community project, we really mean it. We (the admins) had nothing to do with the development, and we think it is awesome to see reddit used as a platform like this. About the use of the alien: we've set them up with a non-commercial license. To enquire about getting one, email licensing at reddit.com.
