Comments on: Upcoming changes to LAUNCHcast Radio

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:29:01 +0000

wow, was a launchcast user for 10+ years, rated thousands of songs… now all gone?

I followed the link on the blog page that was supposed to have stored my ratings. It says “Sorry, the information requested is not available at this time. Please check back later.”

About to leave Yahoo (and my 15+ year email account) for good…. very upset that no notice was sent to launchcast customers and that you deleted all of our ratings.

By: MDH

MDH — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:35:02 +0000

I LOVED my Launchcast station…and am still mourning over all my ratings.

I use Iceberg Radio now though which is pretty awsome! they have a new option of “blended channels” so you can pick specifics from your favorite genres and hear it all in one section… PLUS they have UMLIMITED skips! Since Yahoo soldout my favorite work-time station this has been the next best thing I’ve found!

Go to http://www.icebergradio.com

By: Administrator

Administrator — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:40:43 +0000

@satur9 – Plug-ins are specific to the version of Yahoo! Messenger, not your operating system. So if you’re running Yahoo! Messenger 8.1, 9.0 or 10, the Yahoo! Music plug-in will work. All three of those versions of Yahoo! Messenger should work on Vista. If you’re not seeing the plug-in, click the “Add Plug-in” button in the main window and start it from the plug-in list.

Sarah Bacon

By: satur9

satur9 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:31:56 +0000

Is there a Launchcast plugin for Vista business? I cant seem to find it anywhere. Any news of one coming out soon?

By: rockin2music

rockin2music — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:01:55 +0000

Ok, so I have been a launchcast customer for like 10 years, and have used launchcast, before it was launchcast, yahoo brought broadcast.com, and they started streaming videos on 56k dial up. Ok let me get to the point, now I miss my old stations, I was a plus subscriber.

I use play.it and have a few custom stations, along with pandora.com, last.fm and of course now maestro, imeem, and free.napster,com yes you can stream songs 3 times as well.

And along with free rhapsody channels, and shoutcast, there is so much free music out there, I dont pay for a single song. I prefer to stream.

There are so many good genres via cbs radio,launchcast, shoutcast etc, there is no doubt in my mind that you cant find a station you dont like, also the ability to custom your station via play.it, pandora etc.

Ok while I was friggin pissed that My station got lost, I have so much musical choices its unbeliavable with streaming, oh and besides napster is a mere 5 bucks, but i have to try and test it, hands down rhapsody paid is better however its kind of expensive. so each there own.

I am happy that there are even free streaming stations available to use and legal too. Besides what can one do?
Go itunes that

By: Administrator

Administrator — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:27:19 +0000

@Skids – If you’re using Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 or 9.0, click the Add Plug-ins button in the main Yahoo! Messenger window. When the menu pops up, click the ‘Start’ button next to the Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast item in the list.

Sarah Bacon

By: Skids~

Skids~ — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:59:33 +0000

How can i install the radio in my Yahoo Messenger?

By: Mike Taddei

Mike Taddei — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:11:44 +0000

Katie – please read my post a few entries above where I left a link explaining how to get your ratings.

LaunchCast out of Australia remains alive under the new name of Y7!; however, the music catalog appears to be limited to songs from 2006 and older.

I have moved on to slacker.com for my music. It isn’t as good as LaunchCast was but it is the best alternative I have found.

By: Katie W

Katie W — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:17:37 +0000

I’m devastated that my station is not around anymore! I realize it has been a while since this all happened but I am still upset non-the-less. For various reasons my station on yahoo launch cast was far superior to a plain ol’ streaming station: the recommendations, the ratings, influencer stations, the variety, the volume & depth of the music.
I’m just as devastated that my YEARS of ratings have gone down the drain. I could have perhaps dealt with just the disappearance of my station, but I would have hoped that at least my ratings were saved so that I could still receive recommendations or have archived them…. or taken them elsewhere or something!
I used launchcast CONSTANTLY until I was a little put off when I became a mac user and found out I could not successfully use it on my mac. I kept coming back though, occasionally listening on my hubby’s computer, and checking in hopes it would become available for mac and I could go back to my beloved station. It had been a while but I came back today only to find out though now it is available for mac the sole reason I wanted to use it is GONE!
Yahoo/CBS….you failed. I’m left with a very bitter taste in my mouth… Maybe the folks over at google will pick up the pieces and make something better.

By: Timo

Timo — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:12:59 +0000

i miss the launchcast! man, it’s one way on how i discover more music,.too bad it’s not available anymore..yahoo – not a good choice.. >_<