David wrote:

David Eduardo wrote:
"David" wrote in message
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There's no reason for them to be included in your so called "ratings"
which measure nothing but a dying medium's last gasp. Shoutcast (and
Icecast, Live 365, etc.) are where the top dollar demos are going for
good
music radio and NPR/CommunityRadio. There is no reason to subject one's
self to the torture that is commercial radio in the 21st century. It is
painful to listen to sonically (and HD sounds worse on AM) and only a
complete loser would voluntarily absorb the content.

Streams, satellite, HD2 channels and analog or HD terrestrial stations
are all included in the Arbitron radio ratings. Additionally, there are
audits of streaming "stations" and, as I said, the listening level of
Shoutcast across the US would not qualify all its channels combined for
the minimum reporting standard for radio ratings. In other words, think
of the worst radio station in your market, and it has as many or more
listeners than Live 365 or Shoutcast.
live365


I don't think you grasp the concept.

https://www.sky.fm/pro/order.php

If you go to the site, it says skyfm is currently serving 17117 users. That
is spread across 30 stations.

If you go to shoutcast, you'll see that many of the feeds support 1000 or
fewer connections.

Combine that with the low bitrates offered for many connections and I fail
to see how they seriously compete with a single station that may have
10,000+ listeners.