Can DUers help Mike Webb get better streaming capabilities?

[ConsAreLiars]

Mike is a progressive Democrat who hosts the highest rated talk show on Seattle's largest radio station. Very well informed, articulate and engaging. Great guests - Ritter last night, Joe Wilson tonight - and good insight.

Since the station does not provide internet streaming, he has used his own time and talents to get the show out to the rest of the planet through streaming via his personal website.
http://www.mikewebb.org/

I wrote him yesterday about the difficulty many had in getting a good audio stream and got the following reply:

"we have just been hit with so many internet listeners. As you might see under "audio" on the webpage, you can access "stream # 2" kind of a way we "cheat" in another bit of bandwidth. I am doing this all on my own, without the radio station, which doesn't otherwise stream, so it's unfortunately not my biggest priority. We are working on it though and may find a way to get more live audio capability. Thanks very much,

mike"

He now has two streams running (they repeat the show when he is off air):
http://stream.mikewebb.org:8000/listen.pls
http://stream2.mikewebb.org:8000/listen.pls

I'm guessing he needs a host with greater bandwidth, but I'm wondering if people with servers could provide a "repeater" type of streaming so that one of his streams might be directed to these outside repeater stations, and listeners would also be able to hear via the bandwidth provided by other donated servers (like stream.DUsupporter1.org:8000/listen.pls, etc.). Sort of a people's network of internet audio bandwidth multipliers. Of course, the simplest would be someone donating a very-high bandwidth webcasting service.

Apart from the technical issues, there may be some question of needing KIRO's ok, so I am putting this out more as a question than a solution.

I have noticed Mike Malloy's show getting clogged up also in the past couple weeks, so even the relatively large streaming bandwidth provided by his radio station is sometimes unable to meet the demand on it. Such a network might also be helpful to the Guy James Show if they still have to come up with the cash for streaming services as well as the basic costs of doing the show.

Any ideas?

[OneTwentyoNine]

1. I just like to know why this is ALWAYS such a battle....

More people voted for Al Gore than Bush,that means Dem radio would have as large if not larger base of listeners than republicans. Yet all we have (for the most part)is crappy streaming audio thats always coming and going.

This is ridiculous...I counted up the other day and there are about 10 AM stations in our market. One has all the repig nut cases,that leaves NINE that could MAKE MONEY off of Liberal talk show hosts even here in Kansas. Kansas doesn't vote 100% Republican its about 60-65%,last Gov's race we elected a Democrat to the position.

This really gets old....Sorry for not having a good answer,I wish him luck...

David

[ConsAreLiars]

2. kick

just in case someone has ideas on this.

[never cry wolf]

3. Sorry, I can't help

But I did want to thank you for the links. You may have better luck with this in the Lounge. Damn, I'd LOVE to hear Joe Wilson but that is midnight here in Chicago. I'll have to check it out tomorrow.