Articles about radio

‘Some things are better without AI’: How KEXP’s new tech chief will amplify human connection

Jyoti Shukla is taking the product strategy skills she developed at Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom and SiriusXM and applying them to a station she has relied on as a fan for decades. Read More

Amazon pulls the plug on Amp, the live-audio app it launched last year to ‘reimagine radio’

Amazon is pulling the plug on Amp, the audio app it launched last year to let users DJ their own… Read More

‘You never know who’s on the other side’: Amateur radio enthusiasts use old-school tech to connect

When was the last time a total stranger, or even an acquaintance, gave you three minutes — three whole minutes… Read More

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GeekWire at the Ballpark: AM radio vs. digital audio; robot umpires; and Amazon cuts the line

Sitting in the stands down the first base line Thursday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, I was feeling like a… Read More

Amazon out to ‘reimagine radio’ with new app Amp which lets users DJ their own shows

Amazon is tuning into the radio business — or, a 2022 version of radio. The company revealed a new app called… Read More

Mazda dials up quick fix for these drivers who got stuck on Seattle public radio station

Repairs have begun to address a bizarre glitch in Mazda vehicles in Seattle and around Western Washington after the cars’… Read More

You’re listening to KUOW … like it or not: Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio

Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week.… Read More

This bot plays hot tunes: Super Hi-Fi and WellSaid Labs use AI to create a lifelike DJ

As he turns from a Foo Fighters tune to the Smashing Pumpkins, Andy sounds just like your typical alternative-rock DJ… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers software-defined radios to Millennium Space for satellite constellation

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it has completed an on-time delivery of 15 S-band software-defined radios in support of a… Read More

Amergint acquires Tethers Unlimited to focus on satellite communications and space services

Colorado-based Amergint Technology Holdings says it has acquired Tethers Unlimited, a Bothell, Wash.-based space venture that’s working on a wide… Read More

Tethers Unlimited lifts the curtain on mesh networking system for small satellites

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered a new type of mesh networking system designed to connect small satellites in… Read More

Tethers Unlimited says two-way radio for small satellites has aced first orbital test

Tethers Unlimited weathered a wave of bad news over the winter, but now some good news has bloomed. The company,… Read More

KEXP returns to Seattle airwaves after 11-year-old digital memory card takes station down

After a Tuesday morning drive that was a morning dry for KEXP‘s traditional radio listeners, the Seattle station is back… Read More

Seattle’s KEXP broadcasts dead air during morning outage, but station’s digital signal stays alive

If a tech-friendly streaming station goes off the radio airwaves, does anyone in a tech-centric city notice? Seattle nonprofit indie… Read More

KEXP and dream team of archivists plan digitization labs to help listeners save their music memories

Long before streaming came along and planted a song in your head digitally, music memories were collected on cassette tapes… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers tiny but powerful satellite transmitter for Army

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered the first flight unit of a K-band radio transmitter that’s designed for use… Read More

Seattle’s KEXP launches redesigned website to help its listeners listen, watch and read better

KEXP has long been the place “where the music matters,” and thankfully for the independent Seattle radio station and the… Read More

Security researchers sign up to be the first customers for OneRadio’s signal receiver

OneRadio Corp., a University of Washington spinout that focuses on sniffing out radio signals across a wide spectrum, has signed… Read More

Nasty Seattle windstorm knocks KUOW and KEXP off air, but public radio stations stream on

UPDATE, Nov. 13, 9:30 p.m.: The radio signals for KUOW and KEXP were back on after 9 p.m. Monday after… Read More

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Public radio’s digital moment: Smartphones, streaming, and the future of listening

Public radio and digital tech are having a moment. Not only has National Public Radio listenership hit an all-time high, NPR… Read More

Seattle’s KEXP releases long-awaited iOS app overhaul, with help from volunteer developers

When KEXP moved into a new home at Seattle Center last year, the popular independent radio station established a physical… Read More

UW CoMotion spinout OneRadio takes the wraps off its wideband radio receiver

OneRadio Corp. has been working on its dragnet for radio transmissions for two years in stealth mode, but the spinout… Read More

Chemotherapy, surgery and David Bowie: How music helps cancer patients heal

At the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s Proton Therapy Center in North Seattle, the halls are rarely quiet. “You’ll hear ’80s music blaring,”… Read More

Inside Microsoft’s groovy high-tech makeover of KEXP’s iconic Live Room

As Seattle-based indie rocker Will Toledo, who performs as Car Seat Headrest, gyrated around KEXP’s new live studio this afternoon,… Read More

More music fans looking and listening as Seattle’s KEXP hits 500M views on its YouTube channel

Seattle’s KEXP entertains plenty of listeners through its terrestrial and internet radio broadcast, but it hit a major milestone this… Read More

Paul Allen gives $500K to Seattle’s KEXP — DJ says ‘there would be no station’ without him

Iconic Seattle radio station KEXP announced a $500,000 gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul Allen Thursday. Allen’s donation helped the… Read More

KEXP’s digital Nirvana: Radio station bringing vast album collection into new era, comments included

“These guys will be remembered in years to come because they knew how to write songs with HOOKS!” “Hey! Can… Read More

Microsoft Kinect powers KEXP’s trippy new ‘Inside the Music’ experimental tech installation

KEXP will host a grand opening celebration this weekend for its new home at Seattle Center, which features everything you’d expect in a 21st… Read More

KEXP shows off new digs: Public space for live shows and more streaming music in the works

A new space at the Seattle Center for KEXP means more live shows for the community, but the expanded digs… Read More

Airbiquity adds Slacker Radio and Stitcher to its connected car platform

Thanks to an update to Airbiquity’s connected car platform, people around the world will now be able to listen to… Read More