I have no clue if it uses WebRTC or not.

Thefunctionality you describe can be implemented with WebRTC.

can you please tell ,which technology use by his app for audio stremming (Dose FM)(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doseapp&hl=en_IN)

in this app anyone broadcast your show and other also join the using using permission of host. it’s possible to implement without webrtc?

Thanks for sharing Mike.

10,000 listeners is a LOT for an internet radio station, by the way. Most do a fraction of that.

I was expected James to reply here, but since he hasn’t, I’ll paraphrase the discussion we had privately:

1) Broadcast is totally different to online, so Internet really isn’t broadcast. To get the same economies of scale and so on, you’d need multicast technology – all possible, but few ISPs support it and we’re well outside the realms of what WebRTC can provide, sadly.

2) I thought that browser support would have a useful impact on radio as well; however not only are there relatively few listeners online, but most of them listen using hardware “internet radios”, like the Pure Evoke Flow or Q2 WiFi Radio – these very much don’t support WebRTC.

James,

While not directly connected, there is a move towards digital broadcast. Done over the internet instead of the airwaves means that WebRTC can play a role.

As for WebRTC – the beauty here is that the specific code being received is taken care of by the browser already with little effort on the broadcaster’s side in changes to his current streaming setup for the internet.

P2P has been tried before – by me, among other people – and the main issue is that it needs specific code to receive it. The same goes for WebRTC, I guess, too.

10,000 listeners is a LOT for an internet radio station, by the way. Most do a fraction of that.