|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
2PR FM FRONT END GETS A CLEAN UP
Updated Tuesday 19th January 2010 at 4:50 pm
For easier navigation, we have re-arranged a few things for easier access to the listening links. The listening buttons have also been converted to direct access, so your media player should initiate as soon as you click on the desired high or low band link.
WE'RE FIRING UP THE TRANSMITTER
Updated Monday 28th December 2009 at 8:20 am
In readiness for our second test, the stream is now in preparation mode, where music is being streamed at certain parts of the day. We are still testing the software and the LoudCity servers, making sure everything will hang together for our midday launch this coming Thursday 31st December.
2PR FM ANNOUNCES SECOND TEST TRANSMISSION
Updated Thursday 24th December 2009 at 12:55 pm
2PR FM is please to announce the dates of our second test broadcast. Transmission will commence on the servers of LoudCity, from Thursday 31st December 2009 at 12 00 noon, until Friday 15th January 2010 at Midnight. We'll be starting the new year off with a bang, with a special edition party mix starting 6:00 pm New Years Eve. The mix will feature nothing but the greatest 12 inch mixes of all time, and will go for a floor shaking 12 hours. We look forward to being part of your decade changing party, all live, all uncensored.
F I R S T T E S T C O M P L E T E D S U C C E S S F U L L Y
Saturday 19th September 2009 at 11:15 pm
Well, our first big test has come and gone, and much of it with success. For the first time in it's nine year history, 2PR FM has broadcasted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for an entire month just like any conventional radio station. This has been in a big part due to vast improvements in automated music software, and a huge price drop in streaming data services.
With the occasional drop out, listeners have reported great results with the feed. As many are aware, the stream was a moderately low 48kps service, for measuring out how well our hardware will cope, and mainly the software.
Our second test, which at this point is to be announced, will contain a greater range of music, as they are still thousands of new tracks to encode from our vast library. Even more exciting in our next test, our programming material will be an AAC encoded mp3 live stream at a much higher quality rate. It willll equal if not surpass the sound quality of current FM and digital radio. This will make 2PR FM receivable on home computers, and all the latest current mobile devices.
For now, we unfortunately call it an end to our current test, as the further improvements will be made.
2PR Live Playlist Enhancements - Upgrade in progress
Thursday 17th September 2009 at 12:48 pm
Well, it's been a big month, and an eventful one at that, as were coming pretty close to the end of our first live test. For 31 days, 2PR FM has been continuously broadcasting, the stations biggest feet in it's near ten year history.
Many new things to try out, to switch around, and several bugs to iron out, but were now pretty close to having it completed. They are some error messages that still appear inside the media window player, however all else seems to work okay.
Though this test is going to end on Friday 18th September, we are planning to have a second test in December. The streaming will be of a much higher bitrate, and the playlist enhancements will be completed.
Scheduled maintenance for adding new music library:
Thursday 20th August 2009 at 12:00 am
We will be doing a major upgrade to the radio stations computer this afternoon. This means that some interuption to the live stream may be experienced, from 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm Australian Eastern Daylight TIme. During this time, our new 70s digital music library will come online, with some tweaking to the current playlist.
Broadcasting live to the world:
Tuesday 18th August 2009 at 9:30 pm
The 2PR Live test broadcast has just been officially launched, and with a good feed so far, everything is going to plan.
Commencement of live streaming:
Tuesday 18th August 2009 at 10:30 am
We have just commenced our first test stream and will be in a testing phase for the next few days, to assess the reliability of our streaming partner Egihosting.
2PR FM converts both of it's separate websites into one.
New sections in testing phase.
Monday 6th November 2006 at 8:15 pm
WIth more space and better servers, 2PR FM gets rejuvenated with new life. over the coming days we will add our first video content, and by the end of November, 70's 80's retro will start coming your way in perfect FM stereo sound. This has been the first major rework of the internet station for three years, and by the beginning of December, 2PR FM will sound, and LOOK even better then ever.
From tonight, we are launching a test version of the website. All of the meterial should still be accessible, however some error messages may result from old links and pages that have been moved.
2PR FM OFFICIALLY OPENS ITS PODCAST SITE
WE ARE NOW PODCASTING TO THE WORLD
Monday 5th December 2005 at 12:15 pm
2005 has been a busy year for 2PR FM, as many new changes have entered the internet broadcasting scene. Many listeners are aware, that podcasting offers much more then conventional net radio, and allows listeners to be mobile, without being strung to their computer. With the new technology, various radio programs can be loaded on to your ipod, and with 2PR FM's new program schedule, you can now enjoy all your favourite 70's 80's backtrax on your mobile digital device.
As of this afternoon, 2PR FM is proud to announce the official opening of our Podcasting site. At present, we have five hours of program material going to air, with more to come over the coming weeks. This is five hours of PURE RETRO, PURE BACKTRAX with no talk, ads, clutter or hype.
PODCASTING - ONLY JUST WEEKS AWAY!
Thursday 1st December 2005 at 7:54 am
2PR FM is excited to announce the introduction of podcasting. Of this morning, we have purchased new hosting facilities, and within the coming weeks will commence podcasting from this site. We will also be announcing major changes to our program schedule.
2PR's SPECIAL FEATURE
Monday 12th September 2005 at 7:35 pm
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Arthur C Clarke's article on space stations, published in October 1945, 2PR remembers Man in Space, the history and the cover ups. It was during this time when the V2 rocket was in use, which sparked the era that was to become "The Space Race".
2PR FM IS BACK ON AIR
Tuesday 15th March 2005 at 12:10 am
Over Christmas / New Year, 2PR FM was asked to move premises as the owner of the building was planning renovations. After spending two months moving, the station is now back on air, and commencing with program 50.
THE 2PR FM SPOTLIGHT CHARITY APPEAL
Wednesday 11th February 2004 at 4:05 pm
As well as playing Sydney's only continuous 70's 80's backtrax mix, 2PR FM is proud to announce "the spotlight charity appeal".
As the world becomes more of a uncertain place for many people, several events have unfortunately left many people in need. Droughts, earthquakes, floods, terrorism, bushfires, economic restructuring, and war are the things we all love to do without, but as life goes on, these events are unfortunately a part of todays reality. Everyday they are hundreds and thousands of people who suffer the aftermath of these events.
We at 2PR would like to acknowledge the amount of work, many charities do to make this world a better place. To pay special tribute to those who give so much of their time and energy, in helping those in greatest need, we are very happy to announce our new segment called "The Spotlight Charity Appeal".
As well as finding direct links to their appeals throughout the website, 2PR will be highlighting these organisations with special announcements, during the course of our radio programs.
2PR FM, NOW AT MAXIMUM OPERATION
Tuesday 18th November 2003 at 6:35 pm
We are very proud to announce as of Tuesday afternoon 18th November, that 2PR FM is working at maximum operation. This means that at any given time, this website will have 30 hours of continuous backtrax. All programs have been encoded in to Windows Media Player 8 format. Programs require a minimum bandwidth of 56k for flawless streaming. To keep the content fresh, we constantly record new programs, and delete old ones. Browse on through, and enjoy!
New CD Review Archive
Tuesday 9th September 2003 at 4:20 pm
As the 2PR website continues to grow, we have just opened our album review directory, which includes the entire archive of reviews, since the beginning of Planet Retro in November 2000. You'll find over 50 CD reviews including the all time top 30, plus notes on new CD reissues. The new section is located at:
Http://www.2prfm.com/albumreviews/
We are still continuing our efforts, to link the album-review archive up to some of Australia's leading music retailers. At present, this is something which is involving a lot of arm bending and negotiating. This may take a few weeks, or may yet take another year.
WEBSITE NOW WORKS 60% FASTER
New Page Navigation System
Tuesday 9th September 2003 at 4:56 pm
To minimise bandwidth usage and decrease page download time, we have decided to remove our old button system, which was previously used to navigate between pages. We briefly conducted tests on drop down menus, but have decided to remove them due to some menus locking up browsers, on some operating systems. Every page in the 2PR website will now have a navigation menu, located at the bottom of each page. This will display the entire contents of the website at a glance, and make finding the relevant contents of interest easier and faster.
New LP 2 CD Section
Tuesday 26th August 2003 at 8:05 pm
We have just completed our new LP2CD section. Find out everything from selecting equipment, to getting the right connections and plugs, and using the best software. With a greatly improved layout, the pages will download much faster. Finding the relevant section is now quicker, with a new index system at the bottom of each page. The new LP2CD section is now located at:
Http://www.2prfm.com/lp2cd/
2PR FM SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDS THE SOBIG-F BUG!
Saturday 23rd August 2003 at 7:15 am
We temporarily closed our mail server after receiving a flood of e-mails, created by the Sobig-F Virus. With taking the right precautions, we were successful at preventing the virus entering our system.
We have received large amounts of unsolicited advertising at our old e-mail server (radiogold@mail.com). Because of this, we have terminated this account. It will no longer be checked for mail. Over the last week alone, we have received over 500 junk mails. Any mail sent to this account will now be ignored. Please sent all requests, queries and questions to our new address which is now displayed on our front page.
MAJOR CHANGES AHEAD FOR 2PR'S WEBSITE
Wednesday 30th July 2003 at 4:40 pm
We are branching out!
Over the last three years, many of our visitors and listeners have become familiar with our single directory page layout. Over coming weeks, many of our sections will be moved into new directories, making the site even easier to navigate. We have just finished our "LP2CD" segment, which teaches you all the basics in transferring your old records on to CD, using Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge 6.0. We'll be opening our album review directory soon, which will feature more reviews of classic albums, and an archive of older reviews from past programs. So you could say that the trunk has grown to it's full size, time to grow the branches.
We have also received a few complaints about pages not loading properly. We are currently reworking parts of the website, which includes a new navigation system; the introduction of drop-down menus. These use up much less bandwidth, and greatly reduce the chances of data clogging.
There is also a number of other things happening, including businesses expressing interest in sponsoring 2PR. All will be revealed in our next update.
NEW FEATURE - COMPLETE PLAYLIST SCHEDULE
Monday 19th May 2003 at 5:15 pm
If you love the music we play and you want to buy it, check out our program playlists. The Excel document contains all song info including Artist, title, album name, distributor, serial number and year when song charted.
WEB-SITE UPDATE
Sunday 11th May 2003 at 11:51 pm
WE'RE STICKING WITH WINDOWS
NOW 100% WORKING!!!!!
REAL-ONE CONVERSION CALLED OFF!
During the course of last week, 2PR has conducted more tests on different windows and real-one player files. We have tested different bit-maps and file types. Many e-mails were received, about real-one player freezing up on a number of our listeners computers. As frozen computers didn't result from using windows media player, we have decided to persist with the windows media format. Listeners commented on download problems, rather then actual error messages when using windows player. Unfortunately we were flooded with e-mails, noting severe buffering problems with our recent real-one tests, hence the conversion call off.
Microsoft's tech support have started communications with us, enabling us to resolve the remaining download problems we recently had. We are now happy to announce that all the programs have been tested on different computers at 2PR, and now work successfully. There has been some minor changes on how the files are hosted. The program links have now all been converted to asx link files, which now allow all windows versions (including XP) to automatically start the programs, once the links have been clicked.
Now that we have won the struggle over jittery media files, time can now be concentrated on the rest of the website. Resolving problems with the media files has taken the best part of three months. We are now confident that the effort has paid off, and all audio material should work without fault. If buffering still occurs, I can now only point the finger at congested cyber-space downtime, through various ISP's.
THE WEB SITE SITUATION
Thursday 13th March 2003 at 11:55 pm
With so many exciting changes over the last six months, I have been itching to develop the site further. Unfortunately, they are bills to be paid, meaning that the search for paid work must continue. I have always had a strong desire, to work in the record industry, so this is where I'm aiming my efforts. This has led to the production of a 16 track disc, highlighting the great Australian pop of the early eighties. This project was finished a few weeks ago. Copies of the compilation have been submitted to Sony, Warner and Rajon Music Australia. I'm now in the process of making follow up enquiries, which will hopefully lead to employment.
Once I acquire a full-time job, I hope to develop the site further, and eventually up-grade the media files to broadband format, so listeners can enjoy the best of the 70's and 80's in broadband clarity.
The seed for 2PR started all the way back in 1992, before anybody knew about the internet. The only way to present a radio program back then, was going to the local community radio station, and doing your show there. You may have had two listeners if you were lucky. In November 2000 the website was launched, and we only had one page with a few CD reviews on it. Now look how far the site has come. Read all the highs and the lows in the 2PR story.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
