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'''Radio Paradise''' is a non-commercial listener-supported ] station that helped to redefine the radio station for the internet era.<ref name=":1" /> It is known for high quality audio streams and curated playlists.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Radio Paradise Home|url=https://radioparadise.com/home|last=|first=|date=|website=Radio Paradise|access-date=}}</ref> The station is based in the United States but has a significant international audience,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Who's Listening|url=https://radioparadise.com/community/map|website=Radio Pardise}}</ref> with many of the songs and station greetings on its "world" stream in multiple languages. The station is known familiarly as "RP". '''Radio Paradise''', is a non-commercial, listener-supported ] station.<ref name=":1" /> The station is based in the United States.
⚫ == Streams ==
⚫ Radio Paradise's ] are available in multiple compressed audio formats, as well as lossless ]. These streams can be accessed on many kinds of devices and operating systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioparadise.com/listen/options|title=Listen – Radio Paradise}}</ref>


The players buffer the stream ahead, which allows users to skip individual tracks. The players provide detailed information on the artist being played, including data from the artist's Misplaced Pages page, the album cover, lyrics, distribution of user ratings, and a scrolling list of often colorful user comments, sometimes embellished with videos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paradise |first=Radio |title=Tour of the New Web Player |url=https://radioparadise.com/blog/tour-of-the-new-web-player |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=radioparadise.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Programming ==
As of 2020, RP has four curated playlists:<ref name=":2" /> Rock Mix, emphasizing modern and classic ]; World/Etc Mix, emphasizing ] and ] music; Mellow Mix, emphasizing songs with a more relaxing tone; and Main Mix, combining the three. A little ] and ] music is sometimes heard as well. Detailed information about the playlists is available on the website but they can only be listened to live on the stream. There is limited DJ commentary, with sets that can go on for hours without interruption.


⚫ The website and playout systems use ] and customized ] components for most of its sections, a system devised by Goldsmith initially for ]'s playout system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flylib.com/books/en/2.718.1.83/1/|title=Building and Maintaining Community|work=flylib.com|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5725|title=The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio|work=linuxjournal.com|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>
== Community ==
The station has a lively online community via its song comments, forums, journals, comments section, and contests on the web site. Radio Paradise has more than 489,000 registered users and hundreds of thousands of listeners from all regions of the world. {{as of|2019|post=,}} the active play music library had over 16,000 songs and the total library size is over a million songs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Paradise Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://radioparadise.com/info/faq|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> The web site allows users to rate and comment on recently played songs. The players buffers the stream ahead, which allows users to skip individual tracks. The players provide detailed information on the artist being played, including data from the artist's Misplaced Pages page, the album cover, lyrics, distribution of user ratings, and a scrolling list of often colorful user comments, sometimes embellished with videos.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player|url=https://radioparadise.com/player/info/35498/Rub%C3%A9n_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Mandinga|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Pardise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Player|url=https://radioparadise.com/player/info/31443/Sigur_R%C3%B3s-Svefn_g-englar_%22original_mix%22|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Paradise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Player|url=https://radioparadise.com/player/info/40883/Geoffrey_Oryema-Makambo|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Paradise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Player|url=https://radioparadise.com/music/song/20070/Pink_Floyd-Wish_You_Were_Here|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Pardise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Player|url=https://radioparadise.com/player/info/39272/Orient_Expressions-Istanbul_1:26_am|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Paradise}}</ref> As of June 2020, the track with highest listener rating of all time was "]" by ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=RP Classics|url=https://radioparadise.com/music/top-lists/classics|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Radio Paradise}}</ref> The ten most frequently played groups were ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artists on RP|url=https://radioparadise.com/music/artists/total_plays/desc|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=Radio Pardise}}</ref>

⚫ == Streams ==
⚫ RP's ] are available in multiple compressed audio formats, as well as lossless ]. The streams can be accessed on virtually any device and operating system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioparadise.com/listen/options|title=Listen – Radio Paradise}}</ref>

⚫ The web site and playout systems use ] and customized ] components for most of its sections, a system devised by Goldsmith initially for ]'s playout system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flylib.com/books/en/2.718.1.83/1/|title=Building and Maintaining Community|work=flylib.com|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5725|title=The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio|work=linuxjournal.com|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> They also use ] and ].


==History== ==History==


The station was started in February 2000 by Bill Goldsmith and his wife Rebecca Goldsmith.<ref name=Day_LATimes>{{cite news|last1=Day|first1=Patrick|title=Call it 'MyTaste'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/24/entertainment/ca-webscout24|access-date=November 24, 2014|newspaper=LA Times|date=December 24, 2006}}</ref> It was originally operated from their home in ], ], from which the station derives its name. The station had relocated to the Borrego Valley (east of San Diego, California) in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title="Radio Paradise" | url=http://www.radioparadise.com|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> before the town of Paradise was largely destroyed by the ] in November 2018. In 2022, with Rebecca choosing to retire, and Bill's daughter, Alanna assuming Rebecca's roles, the station relocated to ].<ref> {{cite web | url=https://radioparadise.com/about/rp | title=About RP | access-date = October 14, 2022}} </ref> The station was started in February 2000 by Bill Goldsmith and his wife, Rebecca Goldsmith.<ref name=Day_LATimes>{{cite news|last1=Day|first1=Patrick|title=Call it 'MyTaste'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-ca-webscout24-story.html|access-date=November 24, 2014|newspaper=LA Times|date=December 24, 2006}}</ref> Bill had worked in radio since leaving high school in 1971 and began to experiment with webcasting in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shevett |first=Dave |date=2004-11-27 |title=Interview with Bill Goldsmith of RadioParadise.com |url=https://planet-geek.com/2004/11/27/geekitude/interview_with_1/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Planet Geek! |language=en-US}}</ref> Radio Paradise was originally operated from the Goldsmith's home in ], ], from which the station derives its name. The station had relocated to the Borrego Valley (east of San Diego, California) in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title="Radio Paradise" | url=http://www.radioparadise.com|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> before the town of Paradise was largely destroyed by the ] in November 2018. In 2022, Rebecca retired, and Bill's daughter, Alanna, assumed Rebecca's role. The station relocated to ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://radioparadise.com/about/rp | title=About RP | access-date = October 14, 2022}}</ref>

Bill has been a DJ at various stations (including ], ], ], ], and ]) since 1971, and has also been a radio station manager and a radio & TV engineer. In August 1995 Goldsmith inaugurated the world's first full-time ] at KPIG using ] software.<ref>
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Radio Paradise was featured in a '']'' magazine article of April 11, 2004, called "The Revolution In Radio".<ref name=":1"> Radio Paradise was featured in a '']'' magazine article from April 11, 2004, called "The Revolution in Radio".<ref name=":1">
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April 2006, RP introduced the Listeners World Map, showing the numbers and locations of listeners across the world, currently located under Community/Who's Listening.<ref name=":0" /> In April 2006, Radio Paradise introduced the Listeners World Map, showing the numbers and locations of listeners across the world, currently located under Community/Who's Listening.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Who's Listening|url=https://radioparadise.com/community/map|website=Radio Paradise}}</ref>


In June 2006 Radio Paradise began trial runs of ] for its 192 kbit/s MP3 stream. In September 2006, the station began a 128 kbit/s ] stream. In 2012, RP began a 320 kbp/s ] stream, and is now also offering lossless (FLAC) streaming. In June 2006, Radio Paradise began trial runs of ] for its 192 kbit/s MP3 stream. In September 2006, the station began a 128&nbsp;kbit/s ] stream. In 2012, RP began a 320 kbp/s ] stream and is now also offering lossless (FLAC) streaming.


===Threat of the 2007 royalty rates increase=== ===2007 royalty rate increase===
On March 6, 2007, the ] increased royalty rates, which would have raised the station's royalty fees tenfold. Bill Goldsmith spoke about this as a serious threat to the station and urged his listeners to sign an online petition to save the station. In subsequent negotiations, royalty rates were established that allowed Radio Paradise and other Internet radio stations to continue operations.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909154926/http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/071307/index.shtml |date=September 9, 2007 }}</ref> On March 6, 2007, the ] increased royalty rates, which would have raised the station's royalty fees tenfold. In subsequent negotiations, royalty rates were established that allowed Radio Paradise and other Internet radio stations to continue their operation.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909154926/http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/071307/index.shtml |date=September 9, 2007 }}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Radio station in Humboldt County, California
Radio Paradise
Broadcast areaWorldwide via Internet
FrequencyN/A
Programming
Language(s)EN
FormatAdult-oriented rock, pop, electronic, world, classic hits, country, oldies
Ownership
OwnerBill Goldsmith
History
First air dateFebruary 2000 (2000-02)
Links
Webcast
WebsiteRadioParadise.com

Radio Paradise, is a non-commercial, listener-supported Internet radio station. The station is based in the United States.

Streams

Radio Paradise's streams are available in multiple compressed audio formats, as well as lossless FLAC. These streams can be accessed on many kinds of devices and operating systems.

The players buffer the stream ahead, which allows users to skip individual tracks. The players provide detailed information on the artist being played, including data from the artist's Misplaced Pages page, the album cover, lyrics, distribution of user ratings, and a scrolling list of often colorful user comments, sometimes embellished with videos.

The website and playout systems use Linux and customized open-source software components for most of its sections, a system devised by Goldsmith initially for KPIG's playout system.

History

The station was started in February 2000 by Bill Goldsmith and his wife, Rebecca Goldsmith. Bill had worked in radio since leaving high school in 1971 and began to experiment with webcasting in 1995. Radio Paradise was originally operated from the Goldsmith's home in Paradise, California, from which the station derives its name. The station had relocated to the Borrego Valley (east of San Diego, California) in 2016, before the town of Paradise was largely destroyed by the Camp Fire in November 2018. In 2022, Rebecca retired, and Bill's daughter, Alanna, assumed Rebecca's role. The station relocated to Eureka, California.

Radio Paradise was featured in a TIME magazine article from April 11, 2004, called "The Revolution in Radio".

In April 2006, Radio Paradise introduced the Listeners World Map, showing the numbers and locations of listeners across the world, currently located under Community/Who's Listening.

In June 2006, Radio Paradise began trial runs of Octoshape for its 192 kbit/s MP3 stream. In September 2006, the station began a 128 kbit/s AAC stream. In 2012, RP began a 320 kbp/s AAC stream and is now also offering lossless (FLAC) streaming.

2007 royalty rate increase

On March 6, 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board increased royalty rates, which would have raised the station's royalty fees tenfold. In subsequent negotiations, royalty rates were established that allowed Radio Paradise and other Internet radio stations to continue their operation.

References

  1. ^ Fonda, Daren (April 11, 2004). "The Revolution In Radio". Time Inc. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2019. He heeds listener feedback and says the only thing he really cares about is 'playing good music'
  2. "Listen – Radio Paradise".
  3. Paradise, Radio. "Tour of the New Web Player". radioparadise.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  4. "Building and Maintaining Community". flylib.com. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  5. "The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio". linuxjournal.com. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  6. Day, Patrick (December 24, 2006). "Call it 'MyTaste'". LA Times. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  7. Shevett, Dave (November 27, 2004). "Interview with Bill Goldsmith of RadioParadise.com". Planet Geek!. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  8. ""Radio Paradise"". Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  9. "About RP". Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  10. "Who's Listening". Radio Paradise.
  11. Radio and Internet Newsletter, 13 July, 2007 Archived September 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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