5.6.05

Primetime Podcasting - Talk Radio Giant Starts Podcasting

Almost 1 year after the first podcast, Rush Limbaugh, the Giant of American Talk Radio, started podcasting. Subscribers to his website can download a podcatcher and receive the show of the day in 3, 1 hour mp3's, manual downloads are available too. The files will be up within 2 hours after each show. Limbaugh announced it to his audience of 20 million(!) under the banner: "Rush 24/7: A Huge Day in EIB History: The Rush Limbaugh Podcast Debuts". This marks the beginning of US 'Primetime Podcasting'. Up next: iTunes. Whatever happened to Howard Stern?