Live365 Reviews 132

When listeners hear a song they like on a broadcaster's stream and "click or tap" the shopping cart to buy that song, it should hyper-link that listener to the broadcaster's Amazon or Apple affiliate account so they can receive the credit for that purchase, not Live365.

It appears Live365.com currently has the buy now button linked to someone's Apple affiliate account, making extra money off hardworking radio programmers as if the subscriptions paid by broadcasters are not enough.

It's not fair, and this needs to change. It is already harmful the cap placed on a broadcaster's stream account, which makes it difficult for radio programmers on the Live365 network to earn money or credits towards their monthly subscription fee with Live365's monetization program, which this broadcaster has elected to be a part of since 2009 and this my station has not made a penny from Live365's monetization program.

Next, there is the subject of promotion, and I am not talking about Live365.com's spotlight featured stations that you have to request through Live365.com's marketing department. As a broadcaster, I am concerned about the first thing a website visitor will see when they visit live365.com. When you visit the Live365.com website, the landing page shows various broadcaster logos that should randomly display different station logos each time their landing page reloads, but this rarely is the case which appears that Live365.com has its favorites.

It's those stations that you continuously see receiving the most hits to their streams and those stations that enjoy the most listeners. I have brought this issue to Live365 management a few times by creating a support ticket over the last twelve years since I have been a customer. The emailed response that I get back is always the same without addressing the real issue on the Live365.com landing page. Look, here's the thing, there needs to be equal opportunity for all broadcasters on the Live365.com network, not just a select few.

I was all set to get my Part 15 FM station streamed online but come to find out you cannot air syndicated programs and the only handle royalties for when you station is in automation with just a playlist of music BUT they do not handle royalties for songs played on Syndicated programming. IMPLEMENT A FEATURE LIVE365 TO ALLOW SYNDICATED PROGRAMS NOT A GOOD BUSINESS MODEL MIGHT NOT USE THEM AGAIN

The experience with this company was unacceptable. Our station never worked/played and continued to be delisted regardless of all the measures we took to correct any problems. Hours of effort wasted. Service never delivered as promised. And technical support never assisted. Stay away and save your money!

Emailed them for technical assistance. No phone support. It had now been 16 days and no response. They have a history of taking forever to answer emails. I stopped my broadcast, blocked my credit card and moved to shoutcast. This company is a complete joke!!!!!

For a good while I had a station w Live 365. The product is good, but they are a perfect example of company that does not want to work for its money. They want everything automated and on their terms. Sad to see a good product miss out on many sales simple because of arrogance. I had someone hack into my bank acct and needed to wait on a new debit card no. TWO different people sent me different messages, one saying it's OK, we will wait a week to bill, the other saying, your acct is being cancelled.
So my acct got cancelled, 2 days later the new card came in the mail...but I WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS about UPGRADING to a bigger package...they HAVE NO PHONE SUPPORT, I do not have time to go back/forth for 3 days while all my questions are asked/answered. The problem is that the Income Statement does not show SALES MISSED. They could be doing a lot more business. Another example of technology getting in the way of business.

A great variety in genres !! One of the best online radio sites

I always enjoy listening to bluegrass while working on computer. Really my favorite music site

Great radio stations on the internet - comedy, spoken word, 80's, rock, etc.

Lots to choose from and genres are well laid out & ranked according to listening hours.

Maybe not the easiest site to use, but what it lacks in use is made up by the number of stations available.

Worth a listen.