bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoYSK: about SomaFM, a listener supported, ad free, internet radio thats been going for 26 yearsmessage-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1344file-text
arrow-up1344message-squareYSK: about SomaFM, a listener supported, ad free, internet radio thats been going for 26 yearsbridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
I am sure a lot of us Lemmings have known about SomaFM forever. But i always like to show new people ! https://somafm.com/
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoDo these have actual human djs? Not a criticism, just wondering
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 hours agoThey have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what’s is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 hours agoYeah Rusty Hodge is the original I think but there are a bunch covering the different stations
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 hours agoThe curation is human yes. There are prerecorded snippets of the djs throughout the day. Sadly I doubt there are many 24/7 live DJs today. Though I’d love that job!
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoI’ve actually encountered a lot of free radio streams with human DJs for at least the majority of the day. Two off the top of my head: https://www.nts.live/ https://www.thelotradio.com/ (this one even has a camera on the DJ)
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoFor dnb there’s also jungletrain.net bassdrive.com
Do these have actual human djs? Not a criticism, just wondering
They have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what’s is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
Yeah Rusty Hodge is the original I think but there are a bunch covering the different stations
The curation is human yes. There are prerecorded snippets of the djs throughout the day.
Sadly I doubt there are many 24/7 live DJs today. Though I’d love that job!
I’ve actually encountered a lot of free radio streams with human DJs for at least the majority of the day. Two off the top of my head:
https://www.nts.live/
https://www.thelotradio.com/ (this one even has a camera on the DJ)
For dnb there’s also
jungletrain.net
bassdrive.com