Quasar - The Album Station

Seagull259 · 14/09/14 - 11:42

Seems to be a breakaway group from Radio Caroline currently testing on-line.

http://www.quasarradio.uk/index.html

Amara · 14/09/14 - 13:57

Another Neil Gates station?

MrRayDO · 14/09/14 - 14:01

radio caroline infighting due to this new online station as djs leave caroline to join Quasar

Seagull259 · 14/09/14 - 14:32

Amara wrote: »

Another Neil Gates station?

Don't think so!

Erwin · 14/09/14 - 14:44

Interesting station. Sound quality is a bit flat and soulless. Needs some tweaking. Is this station without DJ's?

But this is absolute no 'neil gates' station. This guy only grabs a well known station name and copy and paste a music library and some jingles on a lousy sounding RadioNomy stream...

Erwin · 15/09/14 - 12:07

What are the plans for this new station? Only internet or also DAB in the UK? And who are behind this project?

MikeBr · 15/09/14 - 12:27

Erwin wrote: »

What are the plans for this new station? Only internet or also DAB in the UK? And who are behind this project?

Click about us on the webpage. The presenters will be shown after the testing phase.

Amara · 15/09/14 - 12:44

Erwin wrote: »

What are the plans for this new station? Only internet or also DAB in the UK? And who are behind this project?

Probably to remain just another little internet rock station.

Erwin · 15/09/14 - 12:47

Amara wrote: »

Probably to remain just another little internet rock station.

Think so, and you have thousands of them.

Charlie · 15/09/14 - 12:50

Personally, I would rather hear a quality "just another little internet rock station" than the Heart/Smooth cobblers of the "proper"stations.

Erwin · 15/09/14 - 12:58

I miss the posibilty to see what songs are playing. On the AAC+ stream I saw some title info yesterday but it's gone, also not on the website.

Erwin · 15/09/14 - 12:59

MikeBr wrote: »

Click about us on the webpage. The presenters will be shown after the testing phase.

No names so far I can see there.

Samantha_James · 15/09/14 - 13:12

Amara wrote: »

Probably to remain just another little internet rock station.

According to their website it won't just be rock and yes it's a tough one trying to build some kind of an audience. A lot of internet stations sound Mickey Mouse. And the American stations I sometimes listen to drive me mad with their loooooong ad breaks.
They may, as you say be just another little internet station but give them a chance. Word, mouth and social media may help them grow. Little acorns.

Inkblot · 15/09/14 - 15:43

Two simple rules that anyone designing a radio station's web site needs to follow:

1. Don't use white-on-black
2. Don't use fluorescent coloured scrolling text

I'll probably give it a listen when I'm in the mood, but that web site is a major turn-off.

LloydChristmas · 15/09/14 - 16:26

I was going to start a station called Albumstation a while back. I even had the logos done, and some voiceovers made up. I abandoned the idea though for various reasons, well actually just the one, you can't play albums on the radio.

LaurelandHardy · 15/09/14 - 16:37

Inkblot wrote: »

Two simple rules that anyone designing a radio station's web site needs to follow:

1. Don't use white-on-black
2. Don't use fluorescent coloured scrolling text.

For visually impaired people like myself, white-on-black is a God send when it comes to websites. I can read Quasar's website perfectly. Whereas, these forums I find very difficult to read.

Erwin · 15/09/14 - 16:42

LloydChristmas wrote: »

I was going to start a station called Albumstation a while back. I even had the logos done, and some voiceovers made up. I abandoned the idea though for various reasons, well actually just the one, you can't play albums on the radio.

Why not?

LloydChristmas · 15/09/14 - 16:51

Erwin wrote: »

Why not?

It's in the PRS / PPL regulations, plus Soundexchange and the like in America.

You can't play more than 2 tracks in a row from the same album. Plus no more than 4 tracks from the same artist in a 3 hour period as well.

Luckily I didn't spend too much money or time on the idea.

LeeBoy19 · 15/09/14 - 17:42

Seagull259 wrote: »

Seems to be a breakaway group from Radio Caroline currently testing on-line.

http://www.quasarradio.uk/index.html

Hasn't this station/continuous music stream been around for many many months now. I'm sure I had a listen many months back maybe even last year. Did it go away and now return. Maybe I'm just experiencing deja vu but I'm sure it tested long long ago and nothing much happened.

Charlie · 15/09/14 - 18:25

That was Quasar AOR, I remember that from 2 or 3 years ago, maybe more.
I don't think they are connected but you never know.

Amara · 15/09/14 - 19:05

If this wasn't connected with a radio Caroline fall out nobody would be interested. Why all the fuss its nothing special not even got any presenters.

Inkblot · 15/09/14 - 21:27

LaurelandHardy wrote: »

For visually impaired people like myself, white-on-black is a God send when it comes to websites. I can read Quasar's website perfectly. Whereas, these forums I find very difficult to read.

Fair point. I checked several web sites for established, respected broadcasters and none of them uses white-on-black as their main theme. The BBC, which uses a neutral background with normal black text and bold black text, suggests that you use your computer's accessibility settings to make web sites easier to read. For example my MacBook has the option to invert colours so black-on-white becomes white-on-black - presumably other computers have something similar - which should work fine as long as web sites are correctly designed to make this possible.

LaurelandHardy · 15/09/14 - 22:37

Inkblot wrote: »

Fair point. I checked several web sites for established, respected broadcasters and none of them uses white-on-black as their main theme. The BBC, which uses a neutral background with normal black text and bold black text, suggests that you use your computer's accessibility settings to make web sites easier to read. For example my MacBook has the option to invert colours so black-on-white becomes white-on-black - presumably other computers have something similar - which should work fine as long as web sites are correctly designed to make this possible.

I don't think my Samsung tablet has that option ... or if It does I haven't come across it yet

I really can't use a desktop PC nowadays and I have to practically put my nose against the screen of this tablet sometimes to be able to read some websites. But Quasar's is perfect. Watch them go and change it now!

Charlie · 16/09/14 - 08:29

Via Twitter @quasarradio
programmes begin soon. In the meantime you can hear some of the Quasar team from Friday 19th September at 16:00 (UK)

midlandsfirst · 16/09/14 - 15:46

LloydChristmas wrote: »

It's in the PRS / PPL regulations, plus Soundexchange and the like in America.

You can't play more than 2 tracks in a row from the same album. Plus no more than 4 tracks from the same artist in a 3 hour period as well.

Luckily I didn't spend too much money or time on the idea.

How do Bauer do it then on Planet Rock?

http://www.planetrock.com/on-air/planet-rock-plays-it-in-full/

Also im pretty sure http://thesoundla.com/ (USA) have played complete sides of vinyl albums at weekends in the past

Amara · 16/09/14 - 16:14

Still not available on Pure Lounge

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