The Tyler Woodward Project

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   Why Internet Radio Licensing Got Riskier

   Jul 28, 2026 ·18 min

   I ran my own internet radio station back in 2009, legally, through a licensing aggregator that later got caught skimming the royalties it was supposed to pay out. This episode looks at what happened to that station, and why the math on doing it again today is so much worse.

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   MySpace Taught Me Web Design

   Jul 21, 2026 ·19 min

   I dig into the MySpace About Me box bug, the one that let anyone override their entire profile with raw HTML and CSS, and make the case that this accidental hole taught a whole generation of teenagers how to build web pages. Then I trace what got lost when every platform after MySpace decided customization was a liability instead of a feature.

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   A Personal Update: Why The Show Is Changing

   Jul 14, 2026 ·14 min

   Quick heads up, this one's a personal update on where the show is headed. No guests, no explainer topic, just me talking through some changes.

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   The One Cable That Can Take Your Radio Station Off the Air

   Jul 7, 2026 ·19 min

   I’ve been thinking about the one cable that can take a whole station off the air, and it’s usually the cheapest fix that gets ignored. The studio to transmitter link. Everyone assumes it just works, until the day it doesn’t, and when it fails, none of your fancy equipment matters. I’ve seen systems from the 80s still humming along because nobody touched them, and when I ask about backup, there usually isn’t one, or there’s one nobody trusts enough to actually use.

   In this episode I get into what actually breaks that link, how licensed microwave stacks up against IP based options, and why running a second path isn’t a luxury anymore. Even a small internet circuit can work as real backup if you set it up right. I talk about the risks of going cheap on internet service, why diverse backhaul matters, and why losing that link doesn’t just cause a hiccup, it can put your whole station off air without anyone noticing until it’s too late. If you’re an engineer tired of gambling on your STL, or a manager who wants things to stay running when something breaks, this one’s for you.

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   The Hidden Cost of Self-Hosting Your Media in 2026

   Jun 30, 2026 ·15 min

   Plex changed its subscription model, and a lot of people who thought they owned their media server setup found out otherwise. This episode is about what actually owning your media costs in 2026: money, time, and patience.

   I walk through the real tradeoffs of self-hosting, why demand for actually owning your media keeps climbing, and I close with an install guide for anyone ready to take the plunge this year.

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Friday night meant driving to the video store and walking the aisles until something grabbed you, and if you were lucky a clerk who had actually seen everything on the shelf told you what to get. I get into what that ritual did that an infinite scroll of thumbnails can't, and why having every movie ever made somehow leaves me watching nothing. Streaming won on selection and lost on everything else.

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A free tool I built with Claude that turns audio-only podcast clips into shareable audiogram videos, inspired by the audiogram tool WNYC released years ago. Drop in a clip, get something you can actually post.

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For my fellow radio nerds

A plain-language breakdown of RDS/RBDS data, the codes riding along with every FM signal, from my appearance on TWiRT 804 with Kirk Harnack. Slide deck included.

Understanding RDS/RBDS