Radical.fm

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Radical.FM was a digital music streaming service available on

Pandora Radio, Radical.FM is completely free and based on donations through a "pay-what-you-can" model. The mobile application does not show or have audio ads, or charge subscription fees.[1][2][3][4]

Radical.FM was founded by Thomas McAlevey, who previously launched the radio station Bandit Rock and the website Tomsradio.com.[1][3] Radical.FM is headquartered in Venice, California.

The service was released on iTunes in August, 2013, and on Android in June, 2014 with a catalog of over 25 million tracks.[1][2][3][4]

Radical.FM claims the service relies on human curation for its genres that are used to build "the best personalized radio stations in the world."

The company launched a desktop service in 2014.[5]

In October, 2015, the company introduced RadCasting, personal broadcasting with synchronous music sharing and discovery, where users can broadcast and share their stations with any other user, on mobile or desktop.[6]

As of 2018, this company has shut down.

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References

  1. ^ a b c IDG: Bandit-grundare ska ta sig an Spotify
  2. ^ a b "Billboard.biz: Radical.fm, Swedish Streaming Start-up, Takes Aim at Spotify's Crown". Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  3. ^ a b c TechCrunch: Radical.FM Wants To Go After Spotify With An Ad-Free, Listener-Supported Streamed Music Service
  4. ^ a b LA Times: Radical.FM tries a freemium business model without the premium
  5. ^ RAIN: Review: Radical.FM launches on the web
  6. ^ Variety: Radical.fm Launches Personalized Radio Platform Without Ads Or Fees

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