Designing phase of e-radio  

E-radio is also software. Since then, e-radio designing phase is also same with designing phase in software engineering. There are five steps that should be passed in software engineering : Requirement Analysis and Specification, Design, Coding, Testing, and Maintenance.

Let us discuss then :

1. Requirement Analysis and Specification
System analysis is done to know required things that will be needed in the system.

2. Design
System design will be explained in flow chart and context diagrams.

3. Coding
Coding is a process to translate the system design into application form.

4. Testing
The application must be test to check bugs that might be there in the application.

5. Maintenance
The application have to be maintained; so that the application is always in the good condition.

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Mara Bandung e-radio  

Mara Bandung Radio is one of the Indonesian radio stations which has used internet radio (e-radio) as tool of broadcasting. But the e-radio is not been maximize yet. The use of this e-radio is only to relay the frequency of radio station for several towns in West Java.

In the other side, some e-radio (such as MQ FM, Prambors radio, and Radio Tarbiyah), are used as a tool to maintain (or to get) the listeners who live outside radio-conventional service area.

Several method have been conducted -such as advertise it in Mara Bandung Radio (conventional) Station, put the website link at letterhead, and advertise it in mass media, but it did not give significant result. The site traffic has shown it. There are less than ten users that access the e-radio a day. This is not good condition.

The popularity of marabandung radio is also in bad condition. Chart below will show how poor is Marabandung's popularity in Internet based on Google Search result. The data took in April 19 2007, 11:26 AM (GMT +7)

(Radio Name, Google Search Result, Color) MQ FM-3,620-Green; Prambors -832-Orange; Radio Tarbiyah-9,540-Blue; Marabandung-293-Red.

You know what? I am trying to solve this problem(s). :) . Give me your prayer, hehhhe

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