Legendary B.C. radio broadcaster Rafe Mair did his first Internet-based broadcast today. Here's a blurb from his site: Rafelive.com:

This is not a “radio” show as I’ve been accustomed to but something quite different. There’ll be no newscasts, sports and weather – and no ads during the one hour program!

The show will always start with the editorial as I have done over my radio career. You will always be invited to respond by phone or by email (numbers and email addresses to be provided soon). In fact, once we get rolling the theme of the show will be your feedback. We will try to have one guest per show with, again, your feedback welcome either on the phone or online.

At this point just let me close by saying that “netcasting” is the way of the present and future. I'm very glad to be 'online' and streaming live to you 3 times per week.

He also had this to say in a Tyee article:

The experiment is worth running, Mair says, because the offerings of today's advertising-dependent corporate media are so tepid. "Looking for an opinion has become like finding a needle in a haystack," he says. "We'll be all about holding government's feet to the fire."