Thanks to a combination of SOA techniques, Ajax code, and open source technology, listeners in the Chicago area now have access to a YouTube-ish meets MySpace-ish service in which they can view program snippets or new music.
As reported by Rich Seeley in SearchSOA, Chicago Public Radio's Vocalo.org Website, open since the fall, extends the station's presence in the market by offering listeners an online, collaborative experience. Typical programs, which run from three to six minutes, feature interviews with people on the street, music from local artists, discussions of rapid transit, improvisational radio comedy, and high school students talking about gang violence in their neighborhoods.
It's all local user-generated or user-uploaded audio content -- no syndicated or content from other broadcast sources.
Audio content is managed using Drupal, a free and open source modular content management system (CMS) written in PHP.
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