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Page 18 The Huron Expositor • December 30, 2009
News.
CSTEW Internet radio broadcasts a variety of
musical styles from techno to country
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Bored with what he was hear-
ing on mainstream FM radio
stations, music fan Stewart East
decided to start up his own radio
station, broadcasting over the
Internet from his apartment on
Main Street.
CSTEW Internet Radio (the
'C' stands for Canadian), first
launched back in February and
has been pumping. out an eclec-
tic mix of music that spans six
decades.
"We play everything from 50s
rock'n roll and country to tech -
no and Christmas music," says
East, 35.
East says he was getting fed up
with the lack of variety he was
hearing on FM radio before com-
ing up with the idea to start his
own station.
"I've never heard a radio sta-
tion with a lot of variety," he
says. "You only hear stations
that stick to
one kind of mu-
sic. I'm trying
to do something
different."
East - changes
the play -list ro-
tation twice a
week and with
a lengthy song
library of more
than 7,000
songs East
Wants listeners
to know they
won't be hear-
ing the same
music over and
over again.
He wakes up
early every
morning to fire
up two laptops
and four other
computers to
record the first
broadcast of
Stewart East broadcasts an Internet radio program from his apartment in Seaforth.
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the day, which
includes the
weather and
the occasional
birthday an-
nouncement.
Along with
a daily weath-
er report for
Seaforth, East
also reads out
weather fore-
casts for other
areas across
Ontario as
well as a few
in the U.S., as
requested by
some listeners.
He also
makes a nightly
broadcast. The
station plays
music non-stop,
24 hours a day.
Because it's
an Internet
station, East
says there's a
lot of freedom
to what he can
play.
"There are
no guidelines
for Internet radio. It's not like
FM stations," he says.
East says he does take requests,
but tries to ban songs with pro-
fanity.
He also says that even though
a local business does sponsor the
morning broadcast, East says
the station is not-for-profit.
"I never thought of it as a full-
time business," he says. "I just
do it for fun."
In maintaining the site, East is
helped by co-founder and colum-
nist Denise Young, web designer
William Fraiser, general manag-
er Elaine Fraiser, tech support
provider Doug Young and pro-
moters Shawn Goodman, Jenni-
fer Brideau and Steven East.
Other features on ' the site in-
clude online arcade games, writ-
ten columns and the crew is
working on getting a chatroom
up and running.
To access CSTEW radio, listen-
ers must have Winamp or Win-
dows Media Player software in-
stalled on their computer.
Stereo functions can be found
by scrolling down to the bottom
of the homepage.