NPR Offers Digital Music Side Channels

According to Current.org, as more non-commercial stations explore digital radio side channels and internet streams, "NPR has revealed the five multicast streams it will offer stations starting Sept. 19."

• Classical music from Classical Public Radio Network, the joint venture of Colorado Public Radio and KUSC in Los Angeles;
• Jazz from JazzWorks, a collaboration of Boise State Radio in Idaho and WDUQ in Pittsburgh;
• Folk music from FolkAlley.com, a webcast produced by WKSU in Kent, Ohio;
• Triple A tunes from Philadelphia’s WXPN, branded as XPoNential Radio; and
• Groove Salad, electronic music from longtime webcaster SomaFM.

"…Stations are so far showing the most interest in WXPN’s stream, says Nuzum, and some are curious about the spacey, electronica-tinged Groove Salad, which represents a format rarely heard on public radio."