How to Start A Web Radio Station For Free

Name: How to Start A Web Radio Station For Free
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Your A to Z guide on starting, managing and running a web radio station today

Created byCaroline Muchendu

Last updated 7/2016

English

What you'll learn

Start a web radio station for free
Manage and run a web radio station
Market and make advertising revenue through the station

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 1h 38m total length

Opening Lecture5:03
This course will cover everything you need to know about starting a radio station for free. It will begin with a brief background, the materials you will require to start your station, the decisions you will need to make and the steps you will need to take in order to successfully start your radio station. This course also gives you tried and tested tips and information on the processes, the tools and the resources you should use to do it effectively. At the end of the course you will be well equipped to start, manage, run and make some advertising revenue on your station.
Introduction and Background to the Course5:27
At the end of this lecture students will have the relevant information, a background and a good understanding on the kind of radio station that they will be getting ready to start, manage and run.
Things You Will Need To Start3:38
At the end of this lecture students will have a complete list of the resources and tools that they will require in order to start, manage and run their own radio station as soon as they are done with the course.
Getting Started10:36
At the end of this lecture students will know how to complete the initial part of the process of creating the radio station which is mostly administrative.
Setting Up The Station12:48
At the end of this lecture students will know how to set up their radio station. This process includes choosing a unique name for the station, choosing a niche, music genres, etc.
Adding and Organizing Content18:46
At the end of this lecture students will know how to add and organize the relevant content into their station. It involves learning how to upload a range of content. Music, podcasts, jingles, promos, fillers, voice tracks, etc.
Managing Your Station19:07
At the end of this lecture students will know how to manage the content that they uploaded into their station so that it is ready for broadcast. This lecture basically teaches you how to play the role of your station's radio manager.
Launching Your Station - Going Live!10:59
At the end of this lecture students will know how to carry out the final checks of verification before going live and then how to finally launch their station successfully! They will also know how to verify that the station is working.
Optional and Additional Functions of Your Station6:16
At the end of this lecture students will know the optional and additional functions of their station. They will be in a position to decide if and when they want to start taking advantage of them.
Bonus Lecture - Marketing and Advertising6:02
This additional lecture will ensure that at the end of this section students will have marketing tips to grow their audience and their station and they will also know how to get advertising revenue from their station using specific resources. This lecture also comes with an attached list of useful links and information to help students as they begin their own station.

Requirements

Students will need to be fully involved and to finish the course in order to be successful at starting the station.

Description

This course is about learning how to start, manage and run your own internet radio station for free. It will cover everything you will need to start the radio station. Right from the materials you will require to start, the decisions you will need to make and the steps you will need to take so as to manage and run the station. This course will also give you tried and tested tips and information on the processes, the tools and the resources you should use to be successful at it. At the end of the course you will basically be ready to start and run an internet radio station.
My target audience might use the words anything with the words 'Radio", "Starting a radio station", "Internet Radio", "Web radio" or "How to be on radio" in order to find my course.
This course will include a bonus lecture with tips and information on where to find the relevant resources.
This course will take just under one and half hours to complete.
The course structure starts with an introduction and flows through to the conclusion allowing the student to start the course without knowing anything about running a radio station and at the end be completely equipped to start and run an internet radio station. I will teach with talking head shots, with presentation slides, and with online references.
Taking this course will teach you how to start, manage and run your own internet station. Once you know how to start your station you will have a platform that will allow you to share your music, your podcasts, your talk, with a large audience. After the course you will also know how to add a new revenue stream through advertising and marketing your station. You should take this course if you have always wanted to be on radio and are passionate about radio and the business of radio.

Who this course is for:

This course IS FOR you if you are passionate about being on radio and the business of radio
This course is FOR you if you are passionate, creative, interested in self expression - through music, words, podcasts, etc.
This course is FOR you if you are looking for a business with little start up and running costs
This course IS NOT FOR you if you lack a passion for radio or the radio business