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| RadioBOSS | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | DJSoft.Net |
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Stable release | 5.6.1.0
/ July 22, 2017 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian |
| Type | Radio automation software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.djsoft.net |
RadioBOSS is a radio automation software developed by DJSoft.net. RadioBOSS makes it easy and fast to build playlists with advertising support, hourly blocks, rotations, crossfading, automatic leveling and other professional-level features. It can be used for FM and Internet radio stations, at clubs, casinos, shops, hotels. RadioBOSS features clean and intuitive user interface.[1][2]
History
Development started in 2003 as playout automation system for a local FM radio station. A short history of how the project was started and reached its current state:
- version 1.0 (2003) - First public release. It wasn't really successful; most of the original development team members decided to leave the project.
- RadioBOSS 2.1 (2005) - Name changed to RadioBOSS. Version 2.1, the first version to have acceptable level of commercial success, released.
- RadioBOSS 2.8 (2007) - Added integrated streaming support (Icecast and Shoutcast servers) and other major improvements.
- RadioBOSS 3.0 (2008) - Added network stream relaying, audio file tag read and write support, translation to 14 languages.
- RadioBOSS 4.0 (2009) - Software divided into editions (Express, Standard, Advanced), redesigned user interface, new major features added.
- Starting with 4.0 the updates become very frequent with many new features added in each release.
Complete version history up to the can be found here.
Technologies
Supports streaming to Shoutcast, Icecast, Windows media server and has its own integrated streaming server.
Supports playback of MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, OGG, APE, OPUS, CD audio and other file formats.
Features advanced event scheduler with
Development
Development of every major release is accompanied with public beta testing where users take part in software development by proposing new ideas and finding bugs.[3]
Uses
RadioBOSS is used by thousands of radio stations in 125 countries all over the world (as of 2017).[4]
See also
References
- ^ "RadioBOSS Download". softpedia. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Broadcast Music With RadioBoss". PCWorld. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Beta versions (development)". www.djsoft.net. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "RadioBOSS customer list". www.djsoft.net.
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