RadioIO Launches Brand-New Hip-Hop & Soul Music Channels
Posted by bigced on February 3, 2008
Internet radio pioneer RadioIO (“radio eye-oh”), a service of IOWorld Media, Inc. (OTCPK: IWDM) is rapidly launching new, proprietary music channels to increase its selection from 28 to 60 during a period of only 30 days. The new channel rollouts will achieve RadioIO’s goal to stream 60 unique music channels by February 1, 2008.
The new 60-channel selection offers some familiar, mainstream music formats such as Pop and Classic Rock, as well as previously unexplored music genres, such as Newgrass and Women in Rock, and is positioned as an Internet/mobile equivalent of satellite radio’s diverse music offering.
“Doubling our music channel offerings in just 30 days is an excellent demonstration of what is possible using this medium, and further accentuates our technical and economic advantages over both satellite and terrestrial radio,” said RadioIO founder Mike Roe. “We can increase, modify and enhance our channel lineup infinitely without having to build another tower or reallocate spectrum, and do it at a tiny fraction of the cost that these other broadcasters would incur.”
Music selections on RadioIO are hand-picked by music experts and aficionados known as stream hosts, who regularly interact with RadioIO’s audience of more than one million unique listeners. The audience has reiterated time and again its preference for RadioIO’s model of fewer commercials and less chatter, coupled with the convenience and interactivity of Internet radio. In addition to its free, ad-supported channels, RadioIO also offers a $4.99/month SoundPass for listeners who wish to listen commercial-free.
Here are the brand-new RadioIO hip-hop and soul music channels:
Nu Soul – Nu Soul brings soul music’s vibe from the past to the present – an eclectic blend of love songs, ballads, funk and jazz, produced for today’s discriminating listener, from artists including Alicia Keys, John Legend, Jill Scott and Lenny Kravitz.
Top 20 Hip-Hop Hits – A sizzling mix of today’s biggest, chart-topping beats, raps and rhymes by the hottest stars in hip-hop, created from the newest charts, airplay and requests. Raw enough for the street but safe enough for work, so you won’t miss a hot minute.
Top 20 R&B Hits – Here’s your favorite mix of adult contemporary R&B music, featuring current Billboard top 20 R&B adult hits as well as some everlasting favorites to make it feel smooth all over, every time.
R&B Mix – A hot R&B music mix that features all your favorite jammin’ oldies and upbeat sounds from the early ‘80s to today, and that plays the best from artists including Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé.
Classic Hip-Hop – The sounds of hip-hop’s roots and its evolution from the streets of the Bronx in the ‘70s to the pre-gangsta rap of the early ‘90s. It’s hip-hop’s history straight from Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and Queen Latifah, among others.
Today’s R&B – Current top R&B artists and tracks from today’s hottest producers and beat makers: Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Timbaland, Beyoncé and Rihanna, to name just a few.
They join this recently-debuted, popular RadioIO R&B music channel:
Classic R&B – Classic R&B and soul from the mid-‘60s to late ‘70s is some of the best music that America’s ever produced, performed here around the clock by the era’s most memorable artists, such as Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Al Green and James Brown.
Launched as a single music stream in 1999 by music lover Roe in his home, RadioIO has grown into one of the Internet’s most resilient music brands. In November 2005, it became the world’s first publicly-traded Internet radio operation. RadioIO is featured on directories including iTunes, WindowsMedia.com, Real.com and SHOUTcast.com, and enjoys more than 30 integral partnerships with Palm, Philips, Sonos, Escient, and Slim Devices, among others. Wireless access is available via RadioIO’s IO2go service, or any SmartPhone. To experience RadioIO, go to www.radioIO.com.
