# So I want to do an online radio show...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-do-an-online-radio-show/372985>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-do-an-online-radio-show/372985 "2006-09-16T19:48:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-do-an-online-radio-show/372985/1 "2006-09-16T19:48:24Z")

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but I want to accept callers and have it as a shoutcast. How do I set up some kind of caller system for a shoutcast? Anyone know? There’s a site, [www.blogtalkradio.com](http://www.blogtalkradio.com) that lets you broadcast on blogtalkradio and you get a telephone number people can dial into. That’s cool and all but what sucks is the fact that you, as the host, sound like you’re just a caller as well. Not only that but it’s a pain for anyone not with windows to tune in, you can’t get live listener statistics… etc. etc. Anyone have any input on this?

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**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-do-an-online-radio-show/372985/2 "2006-09-16T22:09:58Z")

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Doing a live show is tough, since you need a good deal of bandwidth if you have a bunch of listeners. You’d be better off doing a podcast, downloadable type episode.

It would be much cheaper and easier to set it all up and would cater to a wider array of listeners. Just an idea.