Podcasting is a service which enables its users to automatically receive either audio or video files directly to the computer of the user.

Radio 101 is offering this service free of charge, whereby with a simple subscription one can receive the 7am Radio 101 news directly to his/her computer. Together with this news bulletin, which is normally available after 9am, one can also subscribe to receive the editorial of the same Radio 101 news. From time to time, the subscriber can also receive other audio files used during the news.

One should mention that this subscription can be cancelled whenever the subscriber wants.

To subscribe to the podcasting service, one must need an Internet connection and an appropriate software which is able to receive podcasts. Such a program can be easily downloaded for free from various Internet websites. The aim of this software is that of downloading those programs which the individual subscribed to receive on his/her computer.

How can you subscribe to this service?

1. Download an appropriate software needed for Podcasting.

Such software can be downloaded for free from sites such as Juice, Doppler and iTunes.

2. Subscribe to the service.

This will normally depend according to the software that you have downloaded. In the case of Juice, Doppler and any other podcast software used, one must include the feed of the podcast wished to be received. The feed is the address from where the software will check if any new programs are available.

In the case of iTunes, the subscription must be made from the iTunes Podcast Directory. If the feed of the wanted program is not there, one must do the above explained procedure.

The feed address to receive all the news from Radio 101 is: http://www.media.link.com.mt/pod.

This address should be copied in the podcasting software after the ‘Add' or ‘Subscribe' button is activated.

3. The final thing left to do is that of listening to the media file.

Every time a new audio file is added to the subscribed feed, the software will automatically download it once it's operating. The media file can be heard either on the computer itself or else by downloading it on an MP3 player.