Icecast is a streaming media project released as free software maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation. It enables you to distribute live audio and video across the internet in realtime. Traditionally streaming has been used for delivering live internet radio, or for broadcasting events over the internet so you can watch them at home. Read more...

Shoutcast is a streaming media technology solution by nullsoft. It permits anyone on the internet to broadcast audio from their PC.

So the service is as good as your radio listeners can tune in and listens to their favorite station. The only difference is instead of broadcasting over the radio, you broadcast over the Internet. Read more...