Talking Blogheads
February 3, 2007, 11:24pm
A new generation of Al Frankens and Rush Limbaughs is emerging on the Internet this year thanks to a new service called BlogTalkRadio.
The service lets anyone host his or her own live show on the Internet. Listeners can either call the free telephone numbers given to the hosts or instant-message them during their shows. Up to five people can join the conversation at once. Each show has a dedicated page at the BlogTalkRadio site, and audio files of the show are stored there for listeners who aren’t able to listen to their favorite shows live. Listeners also can subscribe to be notified when new shows are available.
I linked to the first episode of CQ Radio a couple of weeks ago when the host, conservative blogger Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters, debuted with a show focused on the State of the Union address.
Other high-profile bloggers have started their own shows since then. I’ve opened an AirCongress account, too, and hope to start webcasting a program soon. Until then, you can get a taste of BlogTalkRadio by listening to the latest episodes of CQ Radio and Heading Left, and the initial episode by the liberal bloggers at MyDD:
CQ Radio
Heading Left
MyDD
My voice has been online for about a year now in the form of a podcast I record for National Journal’s Technology Daily, where I work full time as the publication’s editor. You can hear my work at the Tech Policy Pod, a recap of each week’s top tech policy news.
Yesterday’s episode led with the grilling that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin faced before the Senate Commerce Committee and also touched on high-speed Internet policy, the universal service fund for expanding communications services and federal science funding, among other things.
Categories: Podcast of the Week, AirCongress, Technology, Media
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