EAFB LAUNCHES PODCASTING SERVICE SITE IS FIRST U.S. BASE TO OFFER TECHNOLOGY.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Edwards became the first U.S. military base to offer news updates through podcasting when it launched on the public Web site last week. Podcasting, a method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet, allows users to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; a feed of MP3 files. These feeds deliver audio broadcasts to a computer desktop, and people can listen to them on their computer or load them on to a portable MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. . Second Lt. Brad Kimberly, 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. chief of community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. , said he came up with the idea to offer podcasts while he was downloading a commentary podcast of a TV show he enjoys. He said he thought it would be a good idea to utilize the same technology to bring Edwards newscasts to a wider audience. ``First, we are going to offer our newscasts on a weekly basis via the podcast,'' Kimberly said. ``In the future, we plan to offer video podcasts and also podcasts for special events like the Edwards open house and air show.'' Capt. Catie Hague, 95th ABW ABW Aruba ABW Air Base Wing ABW Air Base Wing (USAF squadron type) ABW ABestWeb (marketing forum website) ABW Available Bandwidth ABW A Better Way ABW Alcohol By Weight ABW Angry Black Woman Public Affairs chief, said she was excited to bring Edwards' story to a new, technologically-minded audience. ``We are using new media to reach an unprecedented audience, with an emphasis on our younger listeners and viewers,'' Hague said. ``Podcasting is just one more way for Edwards to share its unique, flight test mission with the American people.'' To take advantage of podcasts, people must first obtain an application that can manage podcast subscriptions. Some of the more widely available podcast application software can be found by going to the Web site www.edwards.af.mil/news/ and clicking on the ``podcasts'' button. A list of software is located on the bottom right-hand-side of this page. To subscribe to the Edwards newscasts, users must type the Web site URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. www.edwards.af.mil/archive/podcasts/podcast.xml into the podcasting software. The software will automatically check the podcast for updates and download any new content. |
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