WAMU 88.5 Now Available on Any Mobile Phone

WAMU 88.5 Now Available on Any Mobile Phone

New partnership with AudioNow(TM) allows listeners to hear broadcasts on all mobile phones

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WAMU 88.5 announced today that it is now the first public radio station available through any mobile phone through a partnership with AudioNow(TM) for mobile phone broadcast distribution. By calling (202)885-7878, mobile phone listeners can listen live to their favorite WAMU 88.5 programs. No smart phones, downloads, or data plans are required, and any phone will work.

"I'm excited for WAMU 88.5 to partner with AudioNow and provide this service to our listeners," said Caryn Mathes, WAMU 88.5's general manager. "It allows them to listen to us anytime, anywhere -- and on any phone -- and continues the station's commitment to be everywhere our listeners are, on both existing and emerging platforms."

"Listening to radio on mobile phones needs to be as simple and reliable as turning on a radio, and that is what distinguishes our technology from the rest of the industry," said Elan Blutinger, a managing director of AudioNow(TM). "Why download radio when you can dial it direct?"

AudioNow(TM) is the leading provider of mobile phone broadcast radio distribution in the country. It uses proprietary, patent-pending technology that allows any fixed or mobile phone to access live audio programming without any downloads.

American University's radio station since 1961, WAMU 88.5 is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington, D.C., area. With more than 700,000 listeners in the region, WAMU 88.5 is "your NPR news station in the nation's capital." WAMU broadcasts three HD channels -- the flagship frequency at 88.5-1; WAMU's Bluegrass Country, a bluegrass and Americana station, at 88.5-2; and WAMU-3, at 88.5-3, a news and information station broadcasting international coverage from the BBC and offering public radio programs unavailable elsewhere in the Washington area.

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Source: WAMU 88.5

CONTACT: Lauren Zumpano, Communications Manager of WAMU 88.5,
+1-202-885-1571, lzumpano@wamu.org

Web Site: http://www.wamu.org/

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