Country music format replaces longtime Upstate rock radio station WROQ

For years, "Rock 101" was a radio staple in the Upstate. The station -- WROQ -- has now gone country as Big Buck Country.
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This audio format is actually better than lossless

Lossless formats like ALAC and FLAC grab headlines, but AAC is the best audio format for most everyday listeners.
USA Today

40 years after birth of CDs, fans remember the arrival: 'It seemed like a leap into the future'

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...
PBS

How Dolby Atmos promises to change how people experience music and movies

Many of the major music streaming services are now offering spatial music playlists with more immersive versions of some of your favorite songs. The Dolby Atmos Music format is heralded as important ...
Variety

Community Music Format ‘100’ Being Launched by Asahi Broadcasting, Ditur and Empire of Arkadia

Japan’s Asahi Broadcasting Group, creative powerhouse Diturn Korea and Asia-based content incubator Empire of Arkadia have joined forces to co-develop “100,” a community-based music entertainment ...
loudwire

A Brief History of More Than 30 Music Formats

What way do you listen to music? Because, as we all know, it currently exists in multiple recorded formats and has been available on myriad others. Really, since the very first recordings, we've been ...