Guess this proves that the radio crowd does in fact see the power of Podcasting for their talk shows. Certainly not an option for other content for them at this point, KCRW.com has made strides to appease those folks out there asking about the ability to have their favorite content available to them on their schedules.

Podcasting is the latest development in the rapidly growing field of portability. Podcasting allows radio listeners to choose the exact time they want to listen to a program.

A podcast is a MP3 audio file that can be automatically downloaded to your personal computer and in turn transferred to an iPod or other MP3 player. In order to do this, a podcasting application is used to “add” a podcast. The program checks the site regularly and starts a download whenever it finds a new MP3 file. KCRW.com is offerring downloadable MP3 podcasts of all its locally produced talk programs.

How do you get started?
The basic requirements for podcasting are a computer, podcasting software (see list to the left) and an Internet connection (the higher the speed, the better). To take your podcast with you, an iPod or any MP3 player is also needed.

To begin, download and install podcasting software onto your computer, (PC or Mac). Though every application is different, there are generally directions to “add” a podcast feed (usually just as simple as copying and pasting the podcast URL, found next to the icon, from the list below into your podcasting application). The next time you “Check for New Podcasts”, an MP3 of your selected KCRW program will be on your computer, and if your set up for it, on your iPod as well.