HealthyLife.Net Radio Hosts Ten-Year Celebration with Listeners

Los Angeles, CA, October 15, 2012…HealthyLife.net Radio (www.healthylife.net), the premier choice of positive talk on the Internet, is hosting its Tenth Anniversary Party with a remote broadcast on Saturday, October 20, 2012, 12 noon - 3 p.m., at the Redondo Beach Pier in Redondo Beach, California.

HealthyLife.net Founder and General Manager Linda Mackenzie, Program Director/News Anchor Jay Cruz and radio host/Redondo Beach Mayor candidate Steve Aspel will preside over the ocean-side birthday gala, joined by special celebrity guest, CURRENT TV radio host and star of the Sexy Liberal Tour Stephanie Miller. Adding to the fun of this special broadcast, is a cache of giveaways including gift cards for fabulous Portifino Hotel Stay-cations, Whole Foods and Sprouts organic groceries, Shade Hotel Lunch for 4 and more from the Redondo Beach Pier restaurants.

To extend the celebration to include the growing global list of listeners outside of California's South Bay, there are celebration surprises with giveaways through the HealthyLife.net social media

channels including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Full details available at: www.bit.ly/RrtiDL.

"Despite the challenges and changing landscape in play throughout the radio industry, we still continue to experience continuous, explosive growth in our listener base worldwide, which is a remarkable testament to the HealthyLife.net premise of positive talk and of course, our knowledgeable and entertaining content providers," states Linda Mackenzie.

"I could go on and on about the success our unique weekday positive news program or how our South Bay Saturday local programming is so well received, but instead, I'll just sum up the success of HealthyLife.net with the latest stats from independent/in-house analysis studies which indicate that HealthyLife.net has higher website rankings, page views and website visits, plus 1,200% more listeners than any terrestrial radio station's digital channels - without our 58 syndicated/simulcast channel provider numbers.  Now that's something huge to celebrate!"

About HealthyLife.net - A pioneer in positive media since 2002, HealthyLife.net broadcasts on: internet, in cars, smartphones, tablets, WiFi, Microsoft® Windows Media Player® Radio Tuner, private radio networks and more. HealthyLife.net reaches 108 countries with 82.7% of listeners coming from 1,240 cities in all 50 U.S. States. The programs, hosted by recognized TV, film, radio and national experts (like Dr. Bernie Siegel, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland) span a variety of topics that are designed to help people have a happy, healthy life.

HealthyLife.Net Radio - Back In the Time Capsule

HealthyLife.Net Radio Network (2002-2012)

Celebrating 10 years of Positive Talk

Back into the Time Capsule: 2001

In September 2001, realizing that local radio stations and quality non-sensationalistic information was becoming practically nonexistent, Linda Mackenzie, an 18 year former data com engineer and 8 year terrestrial radio host, started looking for a solution. Her own all positive radio show was getting record listeners since first day of inception. She was getting 36-42 calls from listeners in the 40 minutes she opened the show up to callers.

Although she had tried for years to get her show syndicated and did with Wisdom Radio and PAX radio, major terrestrial radio stations did want to touch a positive show. They seemed to thrive on controversy and sensationalistic content designed to shock people.

So she planned for a year to see if it was feasible to start her own network – one with all positive talk that helped to eliminate fear instead of manifesting it. The internet was in its infancy and streaming media was not really main stream. In fact, few people knew of it.

She wanted to follow the template of terrestrial radio and so with her data com background and previous radio experience she went out to find the best software, equipment, streaming media, encoders, and all the myriad technical pieces and parts that make a radio station. She then found out about FCC and copyright rules; audio processing; personnel responsibilities and requirements and everything that made a terrestrial station work.

Realizing that that not ‘just talking on air doth a radio host make’ she understood that talented, seasoned radio hosts were needed to cull the listeners and keep them engaged. So she had to make a plan that included getting great talent, as well as, the listeners.

And she researched and planned and planned and planned…until…

More next month when we go…Back into the Time Capsule: 2002

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Move Over Terrestrial Radio - You’re Not in Kansas Anymore

Healthylife.net Radio Internet Stats Achieves Gain over Top Stations

Back in October 2002 HealthyLife.Net Radio struggled to get people to know what Internet Radio was all about. Today Healthylife.net Radio has widespread internet gains over top terrestrial stations such as KTLK, KFWB and KPFK.

HealthyLife.net Radio owner Linda Mackenzie was pleased with the recent February web statistics from Alexa.com and Compete.com comparing the station to some of the top market stations in the Los Angeles radio market.

Alexa 2010-2011


Compete 2010 -2011


Feb 2011
Healthylife.net:Unique Visitors 5195--Compete Rank 270,239
KFWB:Unique Visitors 558--Compete Rank 1,705,501
KTLK.com:Unique Visitors 795--Compete Rank 1,269,958
KPFK.com:Unique Visitors 215--Compete Rank 3,146,597

With over 55 channels of 24/7 syndicated/simulcast distribution channels Healthylife,Net reaches their audience via internet, mobile, podcast, on demand, download, RSS feed. WiFi, private radio networks, in dash board of some model cars and even in a radio alarm clock.

HealthyLife.Net averages 3 million listeners a month in 108 countries with 82.7% going to 1,240 cities in all 50 U.S. States. The all positive programs span a variety of genres and are hosted by recognized TV, film, radio and national experts. The network is designed with one purpose in mind - to help people have a happy, healthy life.

Internet Radio: Listening Loud and Clear

by James Bean

How to Transform Web Radio Listening Into A Pleasurable, High Fidelity Experience – Loud and Clear – So You Don't Miss Another Word -

Most people attempt listening to web radio stations streaming online with itsy-bitsy teeny-tiny not-so-nice flat sounding computer speakers, as well as, using lower quality sound cards that come standard with your computer purchase. That can make it difficult to fully enjoy catching your favorite radio programs or any audio over the Net.

Mark Twain said: "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read." Time to be merciful and compassionate on your ears, discover what you've been missing, making computer audio into the pleasurable experience it was meant to be! It's time to take internet radio listening to the next level, and it's easier to accomplish than you might think.

If you already have a stereo receiver-amplifier and a computer, you may only need to make a trip to your favorite electronics store to get the correct connecting cables and maybe a simple adapter.

Take a close look at the front and back of your computer to see what it has for audio jacks, also the back of your stereo amp. Most computers at least have a 1/8" stereo jack so you can plug in headphones. A sound card in the back will have a 1/8" jack as well. With an adapter that's easy to find, one can connect a stereo system, CD player, etc. to the computer's audio.

On the back of your computer, plug in the RCA audio connecting cables to the audio "OUT". Connect the other end of those to the audio "IN" on the back of your stereo receiver (or whatever you're using for an audio amplifier powering your speakers).

For only the cost of a few feet of cable and perhaps an adapter, the much larger speakers of your stereo are now pressed into service, being fed audio from your computer.

If you're shopping for a new computer and want to make the best use of it for web audio - and I certainly hope you do - there are some exciting options these days for connoisseurs of sound. Choose, or have custom-built, a computer that gives you more ways to plug in an external amp. What I described above lets you crank up the volume, making it possible for you to enjoy analog audio from the web, but there are also more advanced digital possibilities for the true audiophile.

Sound cards have come a long way in recent years. There are some that provide HD audio, and even 3D. In addition to analog, those sound cards will have a SPDIF coax cable "OUT" jack, and an optical "OUT". That's optical as in fiber optic cable. One can purchase a fairly high end amplifier that has inputs for all three, letting you connect to computers, DVD players or other devices with a standard analog connection, digital coax, or optical. E-mazing! "....Sounds caress my ear". "Let the music be your master.” “Will you heed the master's call..." (Led Zeppelin, lyrics from "Kashmir" and "Houses of the Holy")

Tune in Tuesdays noon PT on www.healthylife.net for James Bean show "Spiritual Awakening"!

Wireless Future of Web Radio

by James Bean
This quote is courtesy of CNET.com, excerpted from, "Tech Companies Poised for White-pace Spectrum": "The 300MHz to 400MHz of unused "white space" spectrum is considered prime spectrum for offering wireless broadband services because it can travel long distances and penetrate through walls.....Next week, the FCC is expected to vote on new rules that will pave the way for companies to begin development of new products that can use this unlicensed spectrum.....Signals that use the white-space spectrum travel at least three times farther than signals transmitted over other unlicensed spectrum, such as Wi-Fi. This means it can cover an area that is almost nine times as large as one that uses Wi-Fi and because it operates at a much lower frequency than Wi-Fi, it can penetrate buildings much more easily....Microsoft showed off its network to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in April. Genachowski has been bullish on the use of white-space spectrum to spur innovation in the mobile broadband market."

Move over satellite and traditional terrestrial radio! What will become of those older technologies in an age of the unlimited, ever-evolving, infinite listening possibilities of the worldwide web? Will those frequencies also end up being rededicated someday to transmitting a wireless web on an even rander geosynchronous global scale perhaps?

This trend toward a wireless experience is so positively liberating, especially for web radio channels such as HealthyLife.net. With more and more people able to listen, not only at home or in the office, but on the go: in cars or using portable devices supplying headphones with audio -- this new ubiquitous untethered reality may represent the dawn of a new golden age of radio.

The AM "transistor radio" was invented in the early 1950's, and first hit store shelves in 1954. Traditionally, radio listening has been a wireless experience for many. Nice to be getting that back again, only this time taking it to a new level with web radio!

I have so many fond memories listening to radio in various contexts over the years,including using portable radios. Once upon a time, people would listen to "AM radio" at night. Some still do. During the day AM broadcast signals travel mostly by "groundwave". One is fairly limited to local stations in one's area, but after sunset is when the magic happens. The ionosphere of the earth changes, and acts as a kind of "mirror" or "parabolic dish" reflecting "skywave" radio signals from much, much further distances. Even a portable radio tuned to the AM broadcast band, powered only by a humble nine-volt battery, and with no external antenna, at night has the potential of hearing stations a thousand miles away.

International shortwave radio, using a somewhat higher part of the radio spectrum, is blessed with the reflective properties of the earth's ionosphere, even during the day, and allows listeners to directly tune in stations as far away as India, China, and Australia. Shortwave clearly was the world's first attempt at global mass- communications, and is still alive and well, used for broadcasting, also for transmitting data. The only difference is, now many of those same broadcasters have also added streaming audio over the web.

As a result of being exposed to shortwave radio from a young age, I thankfully, got my world expanded greatly, and was introduced to news from diverse points of view, culture and information that flowed from various parts of the globe. Some examples: the BBC World Service; jazz coming from Radio Prague; countless unfiltered news broadcasts from the Voice of Germany and Radio Netherlands; some rather pleasant Greek music from Radio Athena; the classical instrument known as the sitar being played over All India Radio; Islamic Call to Prayer via many stations emanating from the Middle East; religious broadcasts on "The Voice of the Andes", HCJB in Quito, Ecuador; Tuvan Throat Singing being featured on an ethnic world music show at The Voice of Russia (Radio Moscow); being surprised by hearing a station in the Persian Gulf play The Who, or Radio Tehran playing "Breathe" by Pink Floyd; 'subversive' peace-oriented political discussions clandestinely shared by pirate radio broadcasters at secret locations somewhere in the north eastern US for a few hours at a time, then shutting down before their signals could be triangulated, disappearing into the night; hearing "numbers stations", mysterious voices chanting numbers in Spanish or other languages and wondering what purpose they might serve Note: Wikipedia: "Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters, sometimes using a spelling alphabet, tunes or Morse code. They are in a wide variety of languages and the voices are usually female, though sometimes male or children's voices are used.); discovering the first new age music and spirituality program in North America broadcast by Radio Canada when that was a virtually unknown genre; or tuning into a most unusual religious broadcast with someone discussing near-death experiences, and wondering to myself, 'who IS this guy?' 'What group does he represent?'

Radio can be a fun hobby as well as source of vital information. It's rather mind- boggling and exciting to now be witnessing the evolution of a truly wireless worldwide web, especially web radio with unlimited potential. "You choose. Programs you want, never anything you don't. The way radio should be: HealthyLife.net."

Listen to Julia Roberts on HRN News@7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 AT 7am & 7pm PT & ARCHIVED ALL WEEKEND.
TUNE IN TO HEALTHYLIFE.NET News@7
http://www.healthylife.net/HRNnews7.html

Every week on the HRN News@7 A& E segment Gayl Murphy interviews the stars and tells you the scoop on what's happening with who in the Entertainment industry this week! This week listen to actress Julia Roberts talk about her new movie "EAT LOVE PRAY"!

ABOUT JULIA ROBERTS
Julia Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia. Her parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces. While her mother was pregnant with Roberts, she and her husband ran an acting school for children in Decatur, Georgia. The children of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King attended the school. As a thank-you for their service, Mrs. King paid the hospital bill when Roberts' mother gave birth to Julia.

She has been nominated for many Golden Globe awards and has won 2 and as for the Oscars she has been nominated several times and won an Oscar for Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts was one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2006. Roberts was the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue and she has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times.
In 2001 Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America. Her production company is called Red Om Films.

Want to find the best web talk radio?

Visit HealthyLife.net Radio Network - a respected leader in the internet radio industry. Unlike other radio stations HealthyLife.Net Radio is not just about talk radio, they look to provide you with a wonderful and interactive experience. Filled with positive information they have the topics you want to hear and their experienced expert hosts give you information you can use to help gear you towards success and happiness in life. The hosts even answer your call-in questions live on air or by email. From business, cars and comedy to health, love and relationships and more...HealthyLife.net Radio is an unforgettable experience that leaves you coming back for more. Join the over 3 million and growing listeners to get tips on a healthy, happy life, 24/7, on HealthyLife.Net Radio Network.

HealthyLife.Net NEWS@7 Proves: Good News DOES Sell...And Then Some

Summary: Exploding Popularity of Innovative HealthyLife.net News@7 Show Attracts New Listeners, Syndication, Commercial Sales and Show Hosts on Internet Radio


Los Angeles, CA, March 4, 2010….The fresh broadcast model of the weekday, all-positive news show, HealthyLife.net NEWS@7 (HRN NEWS@7), has already brought to fruition the anticipated rewards to HealthyLife.net Radio Network (http://www.healthylife.net)and its cadre of loyal and new listeners.

Exactly 2 full months after implementation of the pioneering news broadcast, which helps make news more palatable for listeners, Linda Mackenzie, HRN NEWS@7 'architect', network President and GM, can hardly contain her enthusiasm for all of the benefits the ground-breaking news show has garnered for the Internet's original all-positive talk radio network. And in the wake of all this success, she applauds the giant, dinosaur-like broadcast entities such as NBC who have followed suit as evidenced by their adding positive news elements to their news broadcasts.

When asked about the wide-ranging rewards following the implementation of HRN NEWS@7, Linda states, "The visions I had for HRN NEWS@7 and the successes it would bring to HealthyLife.net are now realities. I'm receiving syndication requests from all kinds of stations and several new syndication deals will be in place within the next 30 - 60 days."

Advertising sales also increased dramatically for the network as a direct result of providing something completely different, vibrant and 100% satisfying including being totally in sync with HealthyLife.net's GIVE BACK Program which provides advertisers and selected charities with a win-win situation. In addition to their current popular programming and the sweeping draw of HRN NEWS@7, HealthyLife.net is also attracting a new cache of prestigious show hosts.

New premier shows on HealthyLife.net include THE ODE SHOW, hosted by Jurriaan Kamp, owner/editor of ODE Magazine, which delves into the world of intelligent optimists and how people can make a positive impact in the world. And High-gloss humor hits the HealthyLife.net line-up beginning March 15th at 11 a.m. PT with THIS IS LIFE, hosted by an uplifting trio of stage and TV personalities whose personal triumphs over daunting challenges provides a never-ending wealth of amazing stories, experiences and humor that will naturally motivate listeners to confront their own challenges and triumph! "America's First Hearing-Impaired Comedienne" Kathy Buckley, a five-time American Comedy Award Nominee takes the microphone along with Geri Jewell, well-known as the first hearing impaired actress afflicted with cerebral palsy to have a steady role on a prime time TV series (HBO's DEADWOOD, NBC's THE FACTS OF LIFE). And joining these amazing women is Tobias Forrest, a competitive athlete whose athletic career was cut short due to a diving accident, leaving him a quadriplegic. Tobias' fate didn't stop him; he changed the direction of his life to succeed as an actor (HBO's SIX FEET UNDER, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE on FOX), a lyricist, comedian, artist and writer.

The overwhelming demand to extend listening time for the broadcast was met by archiving the program. Listeners to all of HealthyLife.net's archived shows sky-rocketed, proving that in this over-stressed, multi-tasking world, the growing number of listeners are taking full advantage of the network's listen-on-demand opportunities.


About HealthyLife.net
Since 2002 HealthyLife.net, syndicated and simulcast on over 26 distribution channels is available 24/7 on internet, WiFi, PDAs, Smartphones, mobile, private radio networks (for the blind, prison systems, retail stores, etc.) and is one of the 300 content providers for Microsoft®Windows Media Player® Radio Tuner. A member of NAB, its listeners come from 108 countries and 1,240 cities in all 50 states. All live call-in and pre-recorded programs are hosted by recognized TV, film, radio and national speaker personalities including, Bernie Siegel, MD, Golden Globe Winner Sally Kirkland and Dr. Jane Greer.


Contact: Kelly Despal (310) 371-5444, email:

HealthyLife.Net thru RadioTime on BMW In-Car Radio

BMW’s MINI has integrated the RadioTime web radio service (and HealthyLife.Net Radio is simulcast 24/7 on RadioTime) into its MINI Connected option. The Mini Connected system will be available in the 2011 BMW Mini Countryman and additional models will be coming out with it this later this year.

According to RadioTime the MINI Connected option features a web radio function based on the RadioTime directory that leverages the iPhone’s Internet connection via a USB port and then uses the audio and infotainment system to tune to thousands of Internet-only and AM/FM radio stations, like HealthyLife.Net, worldwide. This is a safer and easier way to access Internet Radio while driving.

“Drivers love radio because it’s free and requires no registration or setup, but accessing Internet radio used to require patching a smartphone into a car’s existing sound system, and fiddling with a smartphone’s controls,” said Bill Moore, CEO, RadioTime. “Now, instead of looking at your smartphone screen, you can use the dash display and MINI Joystick to tune to web radio. Radio has always been an integral part of our cars, and we’re opening up the world of music, news, talk, sports and entertainment that only web radio can offer.”

A driver can tune into HealthyLife.Net Radio and other web radio stations airing anywhere in the world, regardless of the driver's current location. However, it does depend on the driver's Internet connection and network coverage.

In addition to being in cars through RadioTime.com...RadioTime.com allows HealthyLife.Net RadioNetwork to be available on many smartphones. All you have to do is download an App (many are free such as Moodio.fm) and search for HealthyLife.net Radio and you can listen to HealthyLife.Net's all positive news and talk 24/7 from your smartphone. These are some of Apps that supports HealthyLife.net through RadioTime.com's directory...

Apps for the iPhone: TuneIn Radio --TimeTuner--Spark--Radioshift Touch--WunderRadio --and Ministry of Sound

Apps for the Android: RadioTime

Apps for the Blackberry: WunderRadio--Radio Companion

Nokia:Nokia has selected RadioTime to power their internet radio handset application.

Apps for Windows Mobile: WunderRadio-- RadioTime

Now...HealthyLife.net Loyal Listeners and Growing New Listeners...How COOL is That!

HealthyLife.Net News & Views - July 2009

We just got an email from Iran saying they banned our radio player and what could she do to listen - because she missed our positive programs. Luckily I had several options to give her--like Receiva, RadioTime and to download our broadcasts via our podcasts on our site – she was happy!


Blackberry’s and other Smartphones can now listen to us via our new and 25th 24/7 channel provider – Moodio.com

VIZIO TVs joined a growing list of consumer device manufacturers such as Kodak, Logitech, Cisco and Sonos that use RadioTime.com to provide customers with an easy means of finding local, national, or global radio programming and yup! HealthyLife.Net is on RadioTime!