ZenoRadio

Zeno Media global streaming audio company, enlarging multicultural, local voices while joining niche and diaspora communities to their hometown radio stations and native language programming. Zeno offers the only end-to-end streaming solution at no cost as well as tools that enable broadcasters to monetize content .

Zeno Media
TypePrivately held company
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedNew York City, 2011
HeadquartersMidtown, Manhattan, New York City
Area served
Global
Key people
Baruch Herzfeld
Websitezeno.fm

Background

ZenoRadio is a free service that uses online streaming content connected through a U.S. phone number. Reportedly, it is the largest radio broadcast distributor for diaspora communities, or “homesick immigrants.”[1][2] Broadcasters and listeners by and large hail from West Africa, Central Asia, and the Caribbean, and are now settled in the greater New York area. Ghana, Nigeria, Haiti and the Dominican Republic rank as ZenoRadio's largest ethnic media listener and broadcaster groups.[3][4]

In 2013, ZenoRadio was a semi-finalist for a RAIN Internet Radio award for “Best Overall Digital Strategy.” RAIN recognized ZenoRadio for its free services accessible without Smartphone or a data plan.[5]

The company beta-launched its newest product, ZenoLive, in the summer of 2015.[6] ZenoLive is an interactive all-in-one, customizable interactive platform for broadcasters and hobbyists to produce and manage their radio content. ZenoLive is designed to allow broadcasters the ability to instantly engage with listeners and analyze their growth to better understand and directly connect with their audience, both individually and collectively. ZenoLive enables such features as broadcaster statistics, data, and trends.[7][8]

References
  1. "Zeno Radio offers immigrants a connection to home". Metro New York. July 22, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. "Africa: U.S. Legal Loop-Hole Creates a Business Model for Zenoradio's Phone-Up Radio Service". allAfrica.com. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  3. "ZenoRadio concurrence AudioNow à Port-au-Prince". Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  4. "Cellphones As Radios: Immigrants Dial In To Native Stations". NPR. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  5. "One of these four services will win the RAIN Award for "Best Overall Digital Strategy"". RAIN News. September 4, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  6. "Will Listener Interaction Make the Difference for Internet Radio?". New York Observer. September 8, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  7. Setaro, Shawn. "Akon Moves Into Broadcasting With ZenoLive". Forbes. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  8. "ZenoLive partners Multimedia Group as exclusive streaming provider for Mobile app". Myjoyonline. June 4, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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