Whole Wheat Radio (WWR) is a listener-controlled, internet-only webcast and Mediawiki wiki based in Talkeetna, Alaska, centered around independent music aired 24 hours a day, that is financially and operationally maintained by an all-volunteer community as a grassroots alternative to mainstream media. WWR's listener-driven webcast and real-time interactive community distinguish it from other streaming webcasts, social music networks, and peer to peer music file sharing websites.

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  • Whole Wheat Radio (WWR) is a listener-controlled, internet-only webcast and Mediawiki wiki based in Talkeetna, Alaska, centered around independent music aired 24 hours a day, that is financially and operationally maintained by an all-volunteer community as a grassroots alternative to mainstream media. WWR's listener-driven webcast and real-time interactive community distinguish it from other streaming webcasts, social music networks, and peer to peer music file sharing websites. Whole Wheat Radio is an online community radio station. Musical offerings range from independent singer/songwriters, to blues, to classical, to bluegrass and newgrass, to folk. Unscheduled live on-air banter, scheduled interviews, house concerts and spontaneous conversations are often broadcast live from Talkeetna. Though Jim Kloss hosts WWR from his home in Talkeetna, listeners control the music and other on-air content heard throughout the day through the website's request pages. Generally 15 to 50 listeners are tuned in at any given time with occasional spikes of up 90 concurrent listeners. Whole Wheat Radio webcasts three streams. One is for "low-speed" listeners (24 kbit/s) with dial-up connections. The next is for "medium-speed" listeners (56 kbit/s) with DSL, cable or other fast connections. The third stream is for "high-speed" listeners (128 kbit/s) with reliably fast connections. All streams utilize mp3PRO audio technology for listeners whose players support it. (An mp3PRO 56 kbit/s stream is comparable in audio quality to a 128 kbit/s stream while requiring only one-half the bandwidth. ) To listen to the Whole Wheat Radio webcast, request songs and/or contribute to the wiki a listener needs only a computer, an internet connection, a software music player and a browser. Listening and participating are not operating system specific or proprietary. Popular music players such as Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player and Jetaudio can all be utilized as well as the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Macintosh operating systems. WWR's technological innovations have facilitated the growth of a small virtual community that is driven by the audience and not station management. Known as Wheatheads, regular listeners interact in an entirely wiki-based "live collaboration room"; request, rate and tag music; send original music; write to artists and create wiki pages. An example of technology reaching the world from a small rural town in Alaska, WWR's low-profile adult format succeeds without typical web advertising or competitive musical hype. Typically, WWR reaches more SHOUTcast listeners on a daily basis than any other webcast originating in Alaska.
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  • Interview clip where Jim Kloss discusses wiki and Whole Wheat Radio.
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  • Whole Wheat Radio Wiki
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  • Whole Wheat Radio (WWR) is a listener-controlled, internet-only webcast and Mediawiki wiki based in Talkeetna, Alaska, centered around independent music aired 24 hours a day, that is financially and operationally maintained by an all-volunteer community as a grassroots alternative to mainstream media. WWR's listener-driven webcast and real-time interactive community distinguish it from other streaming webcasts, social music networks, and peer to peer music file sharing websites.
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  • Whole Wheat Radio
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