225 - Did live scanner feeds hurt the hobby?

Do live scanner feeds have hurt the hobby? There are many different ways to get scanner radios onto the internet, and it's just a matter of the way of developing or delivering the content.

What You Need To Know

Many stream to:

• Their own websites
• Broadcastify
• Twitch
• Zello
• Private in house systems and applications

Live streams are used by:

• News media
• Other public safety agencies
• Hobby

How can you listen to live feeds?

• Host's website on your computer
• Smart phone apps like "Scanner Radio" or "5 0 Radio"
• Broadcastify
• Zello
• Discord Servers

Pros:

• Allow you to listen to events outside your coverage area
• Can tap into major events
• Hear breaking news as it happens

Cons:

• Can be used to coordinate civil disobedience
• Used as a reason by agencies to push for encryption
• Can be used in a negative way if media wants to scrutinize how emergency services responded

Final Thoughts:

• Hobby has more attention to it thanks to live feeds and use of live feeds in news reports
• It has allowed more to experience a scanner radio over an app, and those may never have understood what a scanner was or can do.
• Allowed agencies to realize they can co-exist with scanner radio users

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