In the past, we could only listen to broadcast on a radio, and if we were busy, we would miss the program.  Today’s technology is quite advanced and in addition to radio, everyone can listen to broadcast from computer, cellular phone, or MP3.

          1.  Live: this refers to the online broadcasting of traditional stations, which means the station use sound compression technology to transfer the sound content into digital files and broadcast on the Internet, while playing programs live. Currently, there are over 30 stations that provide live listening inTaiwan.

        2.  Audio On Demand: some stations made programs just for Internet users; other traditional stations place the sound files of older program on the Internet. Even though the programs are transmitted through the Internet, but their content and sound quality is often just as good as on air. Currently, there are over 20 stations providing Audio On Demand.  

         Internet radio refers to standard program production working with ISPs and uses the latest, most popular Streaming Technology and let listeners download the program file and listen to it at the same time.

       The size of the bandwidth will determine the quality of at the listener’s end because the files are transmitted online. Most of the time, the sound file are stored online and the listeners can click and listen at any time.  

        Traditional broadcasting utilizes radio waves to transmit sound signals for listeners to receive using normal radios, and therefore, listeners must turn on the radio at the time the program is on. Online radio stores sound signal of the program on the web site without using transmitters and the listener must use PC and Internet to listen. But there is no time restraint, and the listener can click and listen to any program at anytime.

        The DAB（Digital Audio Broadcasting）is a kind of digital broadcasting standard designed from Europe. As of now , a large number of stations in around the world adapt this standard , including Taiwan.

        After AM and FM systems , DAB has been regard of the third generation in broadcasting technology, not only because of its sound quality as delicate as CD, but its multi-transmitting ability such as pictures, words and audio-visual informations. Therefore, proponents proclaim that DAB is “Visual Broadcast”