Unfortunately Discoteria will be off air until further notice. We apologize for this inconvenience.
RIP James Ingram
Sad to hear one that the legendary singer and songwriter James Ingram has died at age 66, after a long and very private illness, reported to be brain cancer. Many of you will remember him for such hits as “Yah Mo Be There, Baby Come To Me (with Patti Austin), and How Do You Keep The Music Playing (with Patti Austin).
Broadcast Signal
Yes we’re still here but if you’ve tried to access the station in recent weeks, our broadcast host TorontoCast has informed us that stations hosted on a specific server are down due to technical issues. We’re in the process of having this correct so we should be back on air as soon as possible.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
U.S. LISTENERS BLOCKED AS OF 12 JAN 2019
Earlier this month, our broadcasting host, TorontoCast received a message from Sound Exchange in the USA exercising their collective rights regarding TorontoCast broadcasters broadcasting content to U.S. listeners.
In a December 21st email to their broadcasters, TorontoCast had this to say, “We have some bad news concerning American listeners. We received a message from Sound Exchange. Sound Exchange is a non-profit collective rights management organization [in the United States]. It is the sole organization designated by the U.S. Congress to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for sound recordings. The message made it clear to us that we can’t broadcast to people in the U.S.A. unless we have a license from them. They gave us two options: 1) getting a license, or 2) Geoblock the United States. We have chosen to Geoblock the United States for now starting on January 12, 2019. This wasn’t an easy decision and we know some of you will take a listeners hit. We are exploring several options to see what can be done to get those listeners back.”
What this essentially means that any stations currently broadcasting to listeners to the United States will be blocked so that U.S. listeners can not listen to their streams.
How does this affect Discoteria? We’ll still be broadcasting 24/7 but as of January 12, 2019, if you happen to reside in the U.S., you will not be able to listen to the station for the time being.
We’re saddened to learn this has happened, but this decision was out of our, and TorontoCast’s control. If you’d like to blame anyone, please direct your complaints to Sound Exchange in the USA.
SMOOTH SOUNDS SUNDAYS THRU WEDNESDAYS
Now one Discoteria every Sunday through Wednesday night from 9:00 pm – 12:00 am Pacific (12:00 am – 3:00 am Eastern) is the smooth sounds of Smooth Sundays, Mellow Mondays, Tranquil Tuesdays and Wistful Wednesdays featuring smooth classics for those quiet nights and romantic evenings.
BACK TO MUSIC SHOW 2
Back To Music Show #2 Thur Dec 13 @ 12:00 & 3:00 pm Pacific (3:00 & 6:00 pm Eastern).
New Tracks Added
Lots of new tracks being added as we can.
Check us out.
https://eddie.torontocast.com:2199/start/rxmngiwd/
BACK TO MUSIC RETURNS TO DISCOTERIA
If you were a regular listener of the original Discoteria, you’ll remember the highly popular series BACK TO MUSIC presented by record producer, DJ and remixer Stephen L. Freeman.
Fans of the original program you’ll be excited to learn that encore broadcasts of all 30 episodes from the original series will be beginning airing on Discoteria as of Thursday December 6 2018 at 12:00 noon Pacific/3:00 pm Eastern.
Each week Stephen delves into the stories behind each of those classic dance hits from the 70s, 80s & 90s.
Back To Music will air:
- Thursdays @ 12:00 pm & 3:00 pm Pacific [3:00 pm & 6:00 pm Eastern]
- Saturdays @ 12:00 pm Pacific [3:00 pm Eastern]
- Mondays @ 3:00 pm Pacific [6:00 pm Eastern]
CHECK OUT OUR NEW SCHEDULE
Want to find out what our broadcast schedule is?
Find out when your favourite Discoteria program is on by visiting the schedule tab in the main menu above.
NOW BROADCASTING
Discoteria is now on air and broadcasting 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
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