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May. 23

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Smile, You’re on Smilin’ Jay Cam
DJ at radio station breaks ground with "interactive radio"

smilingjay Every radio station does it. They’re called live remote broadcasts. You’ve probably heard your favorite station broadcasting live from some fair, or festival or other event in your city. Maybe they’re out promoting a club, or downtown in the shopping mall. At any rate, it’s a time when you get to listen to a lot of feedback and hear what other listeners are thinking.

So what if you could log on to the Internet, and see exactly what the DJ is seeing while he’s out there interacting with the listeners? That’s what Smilin’ Jay from MIXX 96.1 FM in Olympia Washington wondered. Every so often Jay and the gang like to pack up their equipment and head off into the great unwashed, wondering about the city of Olympia interacting with their listeners live.

Jay thought it would be great fun to strap on the XCam2 with battery pack onto a hard-hat, and do his remotes that way. Now, while he’s out there, people all over the city can be there too, seeing what he’s seeing thanks to the XCam2. "It ain’t pretty" Jay said, "but it sure is functional."

Listeners simply log on to the Internet from their computers, head over to the web page of the radio station, and they can take part in the broadcast like never before. Now radio has become interactive, and Smilin’ Jay is really smilin’. He’s breaking new ground in radio, and his listeners feel closer to their favorite DJ now more than ever.

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