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SegaMark
02-03-2009, 23:57
March 2006, when RadioSEGA first went live. It was pretty simple back then, it all began when I was cocking about with Shoutcast and Winamp, I had around 100 Sega songs on my PC and streamed them for a few mates on MSN Messenger.

A week or so later I thought, this is pretty cool, I'll add links to this stream on MySEGA.co.uk (a site I no longer update sadly), the service was known as MySEGA Radio. A week or so later, RadioSEGA was born.

First broadcasting publicly RadioSEGA had 5 slots, all at a whopping 32k! The stream was live for around 12 hours per day, I kept adding more music and the playlist soon grew to around 300-400 tracks. People thought it was such a brilliant idea, and RadioSEGA had an awesome Jet Set Radio theme on the site.

RadioSEGA in April, or May (it's been a long time!) went 24 hours, and I invested in 15 slots of Shoutcast hosting, I increased the bit rate to 64k, and soon after 80k.

A new Samba De Amigo style theme was launched around the time of Sonic's 15th Anniversary and the first Summer of Sonic. Dreadknux and I interviewed the legend that is Richard Jacques on RadioSEGA, in conjunction with SegaSonic Radio, which was nice!

RadioSEGA grew and grew, but sadly the site was offline for around 3 months due to personal circumstances, but made a full return with an all new requests system in November 2006, and has grown to what you see here today.

There's loads to come in the future, some huge developments that you will love, sadly they won't be here this month, but keep an eye out for future updates. Trust me, these will be special, and the staff know what's to come. ;)

A massive thank you to everyone who has helped, the Playlist Managers, Moderators and those who have helped out over the years by spreading the word about RadioSEGA, supporting the site with donations and joining our community.

Here's to three years, and many more to come. :biggrin:

~SegaMark

P.S. I leave you with a little article from GamesTM, published back in April of 2006. Sadly I don't have any of the old sites backed up, I wish I did so I could show you all how the site has evolved!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kidderz/gtm_radiosega.jpgClick for Full Size (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kidderz/gtm_radiosega_big.jpg)

Rayne
03-03-2009, 00:10
3 years, really? :blink: wow, I thought maybe 2...

That's fantastic its gone on so long and I hope it goes on a lot longer :P thank you to all the staff that give up the time to give us such a great site

Gecko.Guy
03-03-2009, 00:48
Wow SegaMark you must be a proud man.:)
3 cheers for Radio Segas 3 years!

Cheers!!!! Congratz SegaMark I wish to see this site expand and grow on.

Sound Reaper
03-03-2009, 02:49
Heh, you never know Mark. Depending on the nature from which we get the music from a certain Sonic game, we may at least see a Playlist Update this month ;). At any rate, I'm glad to be part of this site and community as a whole and will continue to support it for as long as I can.

BuckarooBanzai707
03-03-2009, 03:21
Congrats to 3 years of awesomeness

BluePuyo
03-03-2009, 04:38
Congratulations SegaMark, and all the staff of course.

A new Samba De Amigo style theme was launched around the time of Sonic's 15th Anniversary and the first Summer of Sonic. Dreadknux and I interviewed the legend that is Richard Jacques on RadioSEGA, in conjunction with SegaSonic Radio, which was nice!


The moment when I found RadioSEGA, I´ve listened the special of the 15th anniversary of Sonic. Later I lost contact with the site until January of 2008. Later in february I decided to join, and here I am.

Happy 3rd anniversary RadioSEGA!

Zackmaiden
03-03-2009, 05:27
*pulls out a party hat* Yay...

Tails_1986
03-03-2009, 08:48
Happy birthday RadioSEGA and thanks to all the staff for this awesome site. Congratulations SegaMark.

sonicfanRICH
03-03-2009, 09:06
Where's the cake?

sonic_shuffle
03-03-2009, 10:53
This is what it looked like in Jan-2007:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/908/radiosegastreamingsegag.jpg

Kaito-kun
03-03-2009, 11:21
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! All you staff peoples (Past and present) have done a cracking job on this site and I would like to say thanks. Here's to the next three years!

Dr Shaneman
03-03-2009, 13:15
This is what it looked like in Jan-2007:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/908/radiosegastreamingsegag.jpg
I joined when the site was in that look.
Three years eh? Old site is old now :P. Has it seen some changes though.

JoeMusashi
03-03-2009, 19:12
Yay for 3 years and hopefully many more to come!

FPS_Leo
03-03-2009, 19:30
Three years already?!:blink: Lets hope that radiosega is around for another three!:biggrin:

Gecko.Guy
03-03-2009, 20:00
Three years already?!:blink: Lets hope that radiosega is around for another three!:biggrin:
I hope its more that just 3 more! lets make it 6 more years!:biggrin:
Again SegaMark You must be a proud man.:)

Shadid
03-03-2009, 20:09
Wow, 3 years. And I joined last year.
...
Why did I miss 2 years of awesome? XD

Happy 3rd birthday, RS. :D
And SegaMark, don't forget to send a cake. XD

Dr Shaneman
03-03-2009, 21:16
Mark's too skint/tight for a cake. He still owes me and Sound Reaper a pint.

7Force
03-03-2009, 22:31
Congratz SegaMark on 3 years of RadioSEGA, here's to another 3 years.

Zackmaiden
03-03-2009, 23:17
I hope this site last for OVER 9,000 years!

Sound Reaper
04-03-2009, 00:51
I hope this site last for OVER 9,000 years!

9000 more years? Well, that would require this planet to still be here;).

Gecko.Guy
04-03-2009, 01:10
9000 more years? Well, that would require this planet to still be here;).
Yes 9,000 more years, In SEGA years.-_-

Sherlock
04-03-2009, 03:07
YAY! Happy birthday, RadioSEGA! ^_^

Or, as the Japanese would put it:
Heppeh borsudeh, RuadioSega desuka gozeimasu!

Kaito-kun
04-03-2009, 07:59
YAY! Happy birthday, RadioSEGA! ^_^

Or, as the Japanese would put it:
Heppeh borsudeh, RuadioSega desuka gozeimasu!
I thought it would be "誕生日おめでとうございます[RadioSEGA]!" (Tanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu RadioSEGA!)

Dr Shaneman
04-03-2009, 11:13
9000 more years? Well, that would require this planet to still be here;).
Can't see Robotnik doing it yet so it should be.

Sherlock
04-03-2009, 12:51
I thought it would be "誕生日おめでとうございます[RadioSEGA]!" (Tanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu RadioSEGA!)

Excuse me for trying to be silly with Engrish... ~_~

DarkHedge
04-03-2009, 15:34
Three years already? Happy B-Day RS! I wish I signed up sooner still...

Sherlock, tell us when you'll move from Turkmenistan...

Kool Chao
04-03-2009, 20:28
Funny thing! I was thinking the other day RadioSEGA should be 3 years old soon.
I joined two years ago (Feb'07) and it's been great. The community, the music, the site updates, everything's great with some natural ups and downs.
Congrats, Mark and I'll be here to support for as long as I can! ;)

nights_c
05-03-2009, 19:14
Contratulations RadioSega Keep up the good work :D

Gavvie
05-03-2009, 22:36
Ooo, I've just remembered that I haven't wished happy birthday to RadioSEGA yet.

So, happy 3rd birthday! ^_^ Glad that I've been here for a year or so of it.

Wolf
06-03-2009, 20:52
WOW 3 years well done Segamark things have changed since the start of radiosega

Dave
07-03-2009, 02:56
Man, I'm so proud of knowing this site. Even if I was lucky, I can't imagine what I would do without it. It reminds me of when I was 4, the older and simple games, the simple life...

SEGAMark, I could, I could hug you in this moment and shout out a big CONGRATULATIONS as Omochao in Sonic and the Secret Rings.

You must feel very proud of all your work right now!!!