Technology: Podcasting Power

Studio Classroom March 2009

Technology: Podcasting Power

Listen to your favorate programs anywhere

by Lisa Holl Chang

Grab your MP3 player, head outdoors and tune in to your favorite radio program you missed this morning. How is this possible? You've downloaded the podcast.
The word podcast combines iPod and broadcast. This combination reveals what podcasts are: broadcasts you can listen to on an iPod or other MP3 player. MTV video jockey Adam Curry and software developer Dale Winer got the ball rolling in 2004. Curry wrote a computer program that automatically downloaded online broadcasts to his iPod. Other people also wrote software, websites began hosting podcast programs, and podcasting (the online broadcasting of podcasts) developed.



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