Digitally Imported

Digitally Imported
	File:Di radio logo.gif
Type	Private
Industry	Internet radio
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Denver, Colorado
Key people	Ari Shohat (CEO)
Website	www.di.fm

Digitally Imported (DI) is an Internet radio broadcaster consisting of 92 streams that dedicated exclusively to electronic music. Each stream corresponds to a specific genre: such as house, trance, techno, eurodance, drum and bass, and dubstep.^[1]^[2] DI broadcasts a handpicked playlist consists of classic, new and up-and-coming hits, as well as weekly and monthly mixed shows from professional DJs. It was founded in December 1999 as a hobby project by Ari Shohat in his Binghamton University dorm room and was one of the first Internet radio stations.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It has often been listed as one of the top electronic dance music radio stations online^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] and was awarded Best Global Radio Station at the International Dance Music Awards in March 2010.^[13] It also offers streaming radio services of other, non-electronic dance music genres — such as pop hits, jazz and rock — across nearly 250 channels in total through its sister networks, RadioTunes,^[14] JAZZRADIO,^[15] ROCKRADIO,^[16] and ClassicalRadio.^[17]

Digitally Imported participated in Day of Silence protests against high royalty fees for Internet radio in 2002 and 2007.^[18]^[19] In July 2009, Digitally Imported, radioIO and AccuRadio reached a revenue-sharing deal with royalty collector SoundExchange securing music rights.^[20]^[21]^[22]

Channels

Digitally Imported^[1]	RadioTunes (formerly SKY.FM)^[23]^[14]	ROCKRADIO^[16]	JAZZRADIO^[15]	ClassicalRadio^[17]
00s Club Hits Ambient^{[lower-alpha 1]} Atmospheric Breaks Bass & Jackin' House Bassline Big Beat Big Room House Breaks ChillHop Chillout^{[lower-alpha 1]} Chillout Dreams Chillstep Chill & Tropical House^{[lower-alpha 1]} Classic EuroDance Classic EuroDisco Classic Trance Classic Vocal Trance Club Dubstep Club Sounds Dark DnB Dark PsyTrance Deep House Deep Nu-Disco Deep Tech Detroit House & Techno Disco House DJ Mixes Downtempo Lounge^{[lower-alpha 1]} Drum and Bass Drumstep Dub Dubstep Dub Techno EBM EcLectronica Electro House Electronic Pioneers Electronics Electropop Electro Swing Epic Trance EuroDance^{[lower-alpha 1]} Funky House Future Bass Future Garage Future Synthpop Gabber Glitch Hop Goa-Psy Trance Hands Up Hardcore Hard Dance Hardstyle Hard Techno House IDM Indie Beats Indie Dance^{[lower-alpha 1]} Jungle Jazz House Latin House Liquid DnB Liquid Dubstep Liquid Trap Lounge^{[lower-alpha 1]} Mainstage Melodic Progressive Minimal Nightcore Nu Disco Oldschool Acid Oldschool House Oldschool Rave Oldschool Techno & Trance Progressive Progressive Psy Psybient PsyChill Russian Club Hits Soulful House Space Dreams Synthwave Tech House Techno Trance Trap Tribal House UMF Radio Underground Techno Vocal Chillout^{[lower-alpha 1]} Vocal House Vocal Lounge^{[lower-alpha 1]} Vocal Trance	00s Hits 00s Country 00s Dance 00s R&B 60s Hits 70s Hits 80s Alt & New Wave 80s Dance 80s Hits 90s Country 90s Dance 90s Hits 90s R&B American Songbook Bolero Classic Christmas^{[lower-alpha 2]} Classic Hip-Hop Classic Motown Club Bollywood Contemporary Christian Country Cuban Lounge Dance Hits Dave Koz & Friends^{[lower-alpha 1]} DaTempo Lounge Disco Party Dreamscapes EDM Fest^{[lower-alpha 3]} Flamenco Halloween^{[lower-alpha 2]} Holiday Smooth Jazz^{[lower-alpha 2]} Indie Dance^{[lower-alpha 1]} Jazz Classics Jpop Latin Pop Hits Love Music Meditation Mostly Classical Movie Soundtracks Nature New Age Norteña Old School Funk & Soul Oldies Pop Christmas^{[lower-alpha 2]} Reggaeton Relaxation Relaxing Ambient Piano Romantica Romántica Latina Roots Reggae Salsa Sleep Relaxation Slow R&B Smooth Beats Tango Top Hits Urban Hits Urban Pop Hits Vocal New Age Vocal Smooth Jazz World	00s Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} 60s Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} 70s Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} 80s Alternative 80s Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} 90s Alternative 90s Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Alternative Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Black Metal Blues Rock Classic Hard Rock Classic Metal Classic Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Death Metal Grunge Hair Bands Hard Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Heavy Metal Indie Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Industrial Latin Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Melodic Death Metal Metal^{[lower-alpha 1]} Metalcore Modern Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Nu Metal Pop Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Power Metal Progressive Rock Punk Rock Rock Ballads Screamo-Emo Soft Rock^{[lower-alpha 1]} Symphonic Metal Thrash Metal Yacht Rock	Bass Jazz Bebop^{[lower-alpha 1]} Blues Blues Rock Bossa Nova^{[lower-alpha 1]} Classic Jazz Contemporary Vocals Cool Jazz Current Jazz Dave Koz & Friends^{[lower-alpha 1]} Flamenco Jazz Fusion Lounge Guitar Jazz Gypsy Jazz Hard Bop Holiday Jazz^{[lower-alpha 2]} Holiday Smooth Jazz^{[lower-alpha 2]} Jazz Ballads Latin Jazz Mellow Jazz^{[lower-alpha 1]} Mellow Piano Jazz Mellow Smooth Jazz^{[lower-alpha 1]} Modern Big Band Paris Café^{[lower-alpha 1]} Piano Jazz^{[lower-alpha 1]} Piano Trios Saxophone Jazz Sinatra Style Smooth Bossa Nova^{[lower-alpha 1]} Smooth Jazz^{[lower-alpha 1]} Smooth Jazz 24'7^{[lower-alpha 1]} Smooth Lounge^{[lower-alpha 1]} Smooth Uptempo^{[lower-alpha 1]} Smooth Vocals Straight-Ahead Swing & Big Band Timeless Classics Trumpet Jazz Vibraphone Jazz Vocal Legends	20th Century 21st Century Adagios Bach Ballets Baroque Period^{[lower-alpha 1]} Beethoven Brahms Cello Works Chamber Works Chopin Choral Works Classical Guitar Works^{[lower-alpha 1]} Classical Period^{[lower-alpha 1]} Classical Piano Trios^{[lower-alpha 1]} Classical Relaxation Concertos Contemporary Period Easy Classical Flute Works Gregorian Chant Grieg Handel Harpsichord Works Haydn Medieval Period Mozart^{[lower-alpha 1]} Opera Highlights Operas Orchestral Works Organ Works Overtures Piano Works Renaissance Period Romantic Period^{[lower-alpha 1]} Sacred Works Schubert Shostakovich Solo Instruments Solo Piano^{[lower-alpha 1]} Sonatas Songs & Lieder String Works Symphonies Tchaikovsky Trumpet Works Violin Works Vivaldi Waltzes, Polkas & Marches Wind Works

Awards

International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) - Best Radio Station (Global) [Nominated: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, Winner: 2010, Nominated: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016]
International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) - Best Music App [Winner: 2011, Nominated: 2012, 2013]
RAIN Awards - Best Overall Online Radio Service" [Nominated: 2014]

Notes

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 Same channel that airs on sister stations
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Only available seasonally.
↑ Airs as "Mainstage" on Digitally Imported

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "DI website". http://di.fm/.
↑ "Digitally Imported". Synthtopia. December 25, 2003. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2003/12/25/digitally-imported/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Delahunty, James; "Tyler" (submitter) (February 8, 2005). "A brief look at di.fm - Digitally Imported Radio". afterdawn.com. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6068.cfm. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "Electronic Music Fans Donate To Largest Web-Radio Site". Synthtopia. January 31, 2005. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2005/01/31/electronic-music-fans-donate-to-largest-web-radio-site/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Daily, Geoff (March 30, 2005). "Case Study: Electronica Finds a Voice at DI.fm". streamingmedia.com. http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=9052. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "A Case Study In Managed Growth:Digitally Imported Radio". streamingmedia.com. February 1, 2003. http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=8281. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "Webcast Metrics Audience Rankings". Internet Radio Top 20. Ando Media. April 23, 2009. http://www.andomedia.com/home/templates/newsReader.asp?articleid=99. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "CBS Radio, Clear Channel Top April Webcast Ratings". Radio Ink. May 28, 2009. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032410/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1345107&spid=24698. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Norr, Henry (January 27, 2003). "Radio reaches digital age". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/27/BU111088.DTL. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Deitz, Corey (January 26, 2005). "Digitally Imported Radio Spawns Cult-Like Following of Volunteers and Listeners". About.com. http://radio.about.com/od/specialtystreams/a/aa012605a.htm. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "Digitally Imported Radio: Increased bandwidth, no expensive infrastructure". Publish.com. May 1, 2003. http://www.publish.com/c/a/Web-Design/Digitally-Imported-Radio-Increased-bandwidth-no-expensive-infrastructure/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Hughlett, Mike (March 8, 2007). "Web radio fears going bust: The battle over royalties paid by Internet broadcasters is hardly new, but the stakes have never been higher.". Chicago Tribune. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29905463_ITM. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "IDMA Nominees and Winners 2010". March 29, 2010. http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2010.php. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 "RadioTunes website". https://www.radiotunes.com/.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 "JAZZRADIO website". https://www.jazzradio.com/.
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 "ROCKRADIO website". https://www.rockradio.com/.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 "ClassicalRadio website". https://www.classicalradio.com/.
↑ Searls, Doc (May 1, 2002). "Silent Mayday". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6044. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "Radio Silence". Broadband Reports. June 26, 2007. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Radio-Silence-85243. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "Online Radio Stations Strike Big Deal on Royalties". Fox News. AP. July 8, 2009. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530642,00.html. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Puzzanghera, Jim (July 8, 2009). "Internet radio sites, music industry reach agreement over royalties". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090812132733/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/08/business/fi-webcaster8. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ Van Buskirk, Eliot (July 13, 2007). "Listening Post Just another WordPress weblog Webcaster’s Worry: What Happens After 2010?". Listening Post blog (Wired). https://www.wired.com/listening_post/2007/07/webcasters-worr/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "LEARN ABOUT OUR BRAND CHANGE". https://www.radiotunes.com/content/brandchange. Retrieved September 2, 2014.

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[Same_channel-24] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 Same channel that airs on sister stations

[Seasonal-25] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Only available seasonally.

[26] Airs as "Mainstage" on Digitally Imported

[DI.FM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "DI website". http://di.fm/.

[SynthtopiaDec-2] "Digitally Imported". Synthtopia. December 25, 2003. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2003/12/25/digitally-imported/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[afterdawn-3] Delahunty, James; "Tyler" (submitter) (February 8, 2005). "A brief look at di.fm - Digitally Imported Radio". afterdawn.com. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6068.cfm. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[SynthtopiaJan-4] "Electronic Music Fans Donate To Largest Web-Radio Site". Synthtopia. January 31, 2005. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2005/01/31/electronic-music-fans-donate-to-largest-web-radio-site/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Daily-5] Daily, Geoff (March 30, 2005). "Case Study: Electronica Finds a Voice at DI.fm". streamingmedia.com. http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=9052. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[ManagedGrowth-6] "A Case Study In Managed Growth:Digitally Imported Radio". streamingmedia.com. February 1, 2003. http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=8281. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[WebcastMetrics-7] "Webcast Metrics Audience Rankings". Internet Radio Top 20. Ando Media. April 23, 2009. http://www.andomedia.com/home/templates/newsReader.asp?articleid=99. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[RadioInk-8] "CBS Radio, Clear Channel Top April Webcast Ratings". Radio Ink. May 28, 2009. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032410/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1345107&spid=24698. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Norr-9] Norr, Henry (January 27, 2003). "Radio reaches digital age". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/27/BU111088.DTL. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[about.com-10] Deitz, Corey (January 26, 2005). "Digitally Imported Radio Spawns Cult-Like Following of Volunteers and Listeners". About.com. http://radio.about.com/od/specialtystreams/a/aa012605a.htm. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Publish.com-11] "Digitally Imported Radio: Increased bandwidth, no expensive infrastructure". Publish.com. May 1, 2003. http://www.publish.com/c/a/Web-Design/Digitally-Imported-Radio-Increased-bandwidth-no-expensive-infrastructure/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Hughlett-12] Hughlett, Mike (March 8, 2007). "Web radio fears going bust: The battle over royalties paid by Internet broadcasters is hardly new, but the stakes have never been higher.". Chicago Tribune. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29905463_ITM. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[BestRadio-13] "IDMA Nominees and Winners 2010". March 29, 2010. http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2010.php. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

[RadioTunes-14] 14.0 ^14.1 "RadioTunes website". https://www.radiotunes.com/.

[JAZZRADIO-15] 15.0 ^15.1 "JAZZRADIO website". https://www.jazzradio.com/.

[ROCKRADIO-16] 16.0 ^16.1 "ROCKRADIO website". https://www.rockradio.com/.

[ClassicalRadio-17] 17.0 ^17.1 "ClassicalRadio website". https://www.classicalradio.com/.

[Searls-18] Searls, Doc (May 1, 2002). "Silent Mayday". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6044. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[RadioSilence-19] "Radio Silence". Broadband Reports. June 26, 2007. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Radio-Silence-85243. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Fox-20] "Online Radio Stations Strike Big Deal on Royalties". Fox News. AP. July 8, 2009. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530642,00.html. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[Puzzanghera-21] Puzzanghera, Jim (July 8, 2009). "Internet radio sites, music industry reach agreement over royalties". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090812132733/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/08/business/fi-webcaster8. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[VanBuskirk-22] Van Buskirk, Eliot (July 13, 2007). "Listening Post Just another WordPress weblog Webcaster’s Worry: What Happens After 2010?". Listening Post blog (Wired). https://www.wired.com/listening_post/2007/07/webcasters-worr/. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[23] "LEARN ABOUT OUR BRAND CHANGE". https://www.radiotunes.com/content/brandchange. Retrieved September 2, 2014.

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