Infinity Launches First Podcasting Radio Station

Billboard Radio Monitor: This is big, at least in terms of intent: Infinity Broadcasting, which recently announced its new media initiatives, will launch the first-ever podcasting radio station. Using content created exclusively by listener podcasts, the station, KYOURADIO will launch May 16 on Talk KYCY-AM in San Francisco and streamed online.

Although several radio stations, such as Bonneville International's WTOP-AM in Washington, D.C., have offered up hour-long podcasts of select programming, Infinity is the first group (at lest in U.S.) to embrace podcasting as the foundation for an entire format the company is calling Open Source Radio.

Wired News: The station's producers will screen submitted content to ensure it meets quality standards and does not violate FCC broadcast guidelines. Approved podcasts will be simultaneously broadcast over the AM airwaves and streamed online at KYOURadio.com.