William Shakespeare
Ideas are like children: if they are going
to survive, they have to find a life of their
own.
An idea that was born here some weeks ago has done just that, and we couldn't be more pleased. We are talking, of course, about Live Internet Broadcasting.
On the Fourth of July, during the early evening hours, those who are in the know, (and those who are just plain lucky) went to:
What they found there really was
pretty amazing. Web-designer Tony Weeg,
working with J.J. McKay and Chris Kelly of
X-106.9 FM, the Town of Ocean City, and a
host of sponsors, presented live simulcast
coverage of the fireworks on the web and on
radio, with X106.9 folks doing the on-air
play-by-play, and Kelley Rouse providing
commentary for the web viewers.
The site was also featured at The America Online DIGITAL CITY, which brought even more attention to this important event.
Two of the other best web-guys around,
Dr. Michael Slavin, and Geert Merklebach
worked in
tandem with Weeg to pump images up to the web,
and it was cool. Very cool.
The x-guys are hip. They know that they're onto
something, they're calling it
Radio-vision,
and while they may not be sure where it will lead,
they are sure it is worth following up.
That's why it was THE X doing it, and not somebody else. You can't put everything into a spreadsheet, and not everything makes a good business plan. Sometimes, you just gotta do something to get something going on.
Nice job, friends. You got it goin' on.
(Here are some of the images. All you missed was the traffic and the KABOOOOOOMs.)
July 4, 1996 Charles Paparella The Shore Journal