(Bay Area) radio station premieres fresh format: podcasting

[KamaAina]

that means YOU, ptentially at least, now have access to the media.

And the beauty part of it is, they knocked Imus off the air to do it!

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/17/BUGRVCQ45G1.DTL

Podcasters took over a San Francisco radio station Monday, replacing traditional radio personalities like Don Imus with a homespun potpourri of shows featuring independent musicians, martini-making and mortality.

KYCY (1550 AM) became the first over-the-air radio station to convert to an all- podcast format, an attempt by radio powerhouse Infinity Broadcasting Corp. to capitalize on a new but fast-growing Internet phenomenon.

Infinity is marketing the low-rated station as "KYOURadio.com" and "Open Source Radio."

"It's a grand experiment," said Rob Barnett, Infinity's president of programming. "More than anything else, this is about opening up the gates and letting people inside a large broadcasting corporation to give (them) immediate access to the airwaves."

Come on, Bay Area DUers! Let's get those iMacs booted up pronto! If we can pod-bomb them hard enough, maybe they'll change the calls to KKDU... ah, a guy can dream...