Digitally Imported Radio

[TranceFusion]

Type Corporation
Founded 1999
Headquarters New York
Key people Ari Shohat, president
"Entranced", vice president
Industry internet radio
Website http://www.di.fm/
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Digitally Imported (DI.fm) is a multi-channel Internet radio service specializing in electronic dance music genres. Filling a global niche for this type of music has made it among the most popular radio outlets on the Internet. It also offers other genres of music through its sister network, SKY.fm which features other non-electronica music genres. The Digitally Imported Radio network thus offers 32 channels in three formats: MP3 SHOUTcast, Windows Media Audio and aacPlus.

Listeners have a choice of bitrates, allowing access for users with dial-up access or broadband connections. The addition of the aacPlus format, which has a very low bitrate but still retains high quality, has allowed many users to get a better experience while on dial-up or on upcoming new wireless services.

Both DI.fm and SKY.fm are featured on the iTunes radio tuner service as well as on Windows Media Radio Guide.


The station and concept was started by Ari Shohat on December 6, 1999 with just the premiere Trance channel. Since then, Digitally Imported has grown into something much larger and far more popular than anyone had conceived. The team behind the station has increased to over a dozen people since then, while the number of concurrent listeners now peaks at well over 60,000.

In 2003, the company behind the service became a for-profit corporation, opening up for subscriptions that give users options of higher bitrates and access to some extra services. With a subscription users get all the available channels completely commercial-free and at much higher quality of sound (192k MP3). The service is still widely offered for free with occasional commercials.

Listed below are 18 channels available to those who harbour interest in the electronic music genre:
'Trance'
'Techno'
'Vocal Trance'
'Chillout'
'House'
'Hard Dance'
'Euro Dance'
'Progressive'
'Goa/Psy Trance'
'Hard Core'
'DJ Mixes'
'Lounge'
'Ambient'
'Drum 'n' Bass'
'Classic Electronica'
'Breaks'
'Gabber'
Replay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitally_Imported


Here's some information about my favorite radio in the world (and apparently the best on the internet). If i remember well the time when they were recruiting new DJs or employees in 2003 or 2004, it's located in Manhattan near a metro station Entranced is really well-educated in EDM and a nice guy to chat with on the forum
Enjoy!

[kevo21]

thanks for sharing the info!keep it up

[Nicoco]

i was expecting such a thread from you when you first came here, every post had "in DI fm i heard this..." which made me really curious about it and currently my best station online, so thx a lot for it m8

[TranceFusion]

^^ what can i do? no better place for listening to simply amazing shows and chatting with others ---> http://www.trancehits.com/viewtopic.php?t=11993
if only i had a mega connection i could also watch the live video shows from germany someday it will be possible!