After reporting the problem 8 months ago, I'm glad to see the radio station come back.
As am I. I can harp on about work and kids taking my time up, but in truth even time I've had that I could have devoted to OR, I haven't bothered. There's always been "something else" to do.
I'm glad to seee interest still exists; one other thing, though - Orbiter Radio MFD won't work any more, and I don't have the source code for it any more (the backup I thought contained it did not) - so it'll be getting rewritten. Given that most seem to have switched to Orbiter 2010 now, is there still any point in my writing a legacy version for 2006-P1? Speak now, or forever hold your blah blah blah...
I'll be talking with those interested in broadcasting shows soon (within the month) and we'll discuss what you need and what you'd like to do. There is no real restriction with regards to show types, and anyone is welcome to join in, broadcast or listen. I recommend TeamSpeak 3 and Virtual Audio Cable for making collaborative talk shows with non-local participants, we've had good success with that in the past and a few of us I think know how to wire it all up (I certainly recall the way to do it).
I'm also open to suggestions for what to put on the new website. I'm thinking some form of schedule we could really do with, once we've sorted one out, and perhaps a space to talk about radio station business that isn't this one thread on O-F (saves me having to ban myself for cross-posting
), and a web-player for the radio itself (we used to have one with the internet-radio.co.uk station, but we haven't had that for a while now).
Going forwards, I'm not opposed (as the last blog says) to reobtaining a paid icecast server with more bandwidth, provided there's a point to it (I.e that bandwidth being fully used). That's something we'll find out in time, I suppose.
I'm active in Orbiter Radio's IRC most evenings UK time if anyone wants me... Not that many people do...