Locast

Locast.org is a public service to Americans that provides over the Internet the local broadcast signals of select markets. All you have to do is sign up online, provide your name and email address, and certify that you live in, and are logging on from, an available city ("Designated Market Area"). Then, you can select among local broadcasters and stream your favorite local station.

Locast.org is a "digital translator," meaning that Locast.org operates just like a traditional broadcast translator service, except instead of using an over-the-air signal to boost a broadcaster's reach, we stream the signal over the Internet to consumers located within select markets.

Ever since the dawn of TV broadcasting in the mid-20th Century, non-profit organizations have provided "translator" TV stations as a public service. Where a primary broadcaster cannot reach a receiver with a strong enough signal, the translator amplifies that signal with another transmitter, allowing consumers who otherwise could not get the over-the-air signal to receive important programming, including local news, weather and of course, sports. Locast.org provides the same public service, except instead of an over-the-air signal transmitter, we provide the local broadcast signal via online streaming.

You need a broadband Internet connection for optimal performance. Using a laptop, smartphone, or computer connected to the Internet, point your browser to www.Locast.org to sign up. You then can choose which local broadcast station to watch from your Internet-enabled device.

Locast.org是对美国人的公共服务，通过互联网提供特定市场的本地广播信号。您所要做的就是在线注册，提供您的姓名和电子邮件地址，并证明您居住在并且正在从可用城市（“指定市场区域”）登录。然后，您可以在本地广播公司中进行选择，并流式传输您最喜爱的本地电台。

Locast.org是一个“数字翻译器”，意味着Locast.org就像传统的广播翻译服务一样，除了使用无线信号来提升广播公司的覆盖范围，我们通过互联网将信号传输给消费者位于特定市场内。

自20世纪中期电视广播开始以来，非营利组织一直将“翻译”电视台作为公共服务提供。如果主要广播公司无法接收到具有足够强信号的接收器，则翻译器会使用另一个发射器放大该信号，从而允许无法获得无线信号的消费者接收重要的节目，包括当地新闻，天气等当然，运动。 Locast.org提供相同的公共服务，除了通过无线信号发射器，我们通过在线流媒体提供本地广播信号。

您需要宽带Internet连接才能获得最佳性能。使用连接到Internet的笔记本电脑，智能手机或计算机，将浏览器指向www.Locast.org进行注册。然后，您可以从启用Internet的设备中选择要观看的本地广播电台。