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A digital radio broadcast station which includes a single on-line digital database having stored therein a plurality of at least several hundred (preferably at least 1800) different selections of music to be played and broadcast by the radio station. A processor system is provided for programming th

A digital radio broadcast station which includes a single on-line digital database having stored therein a plurality of at least several hundred (preferably at least 1800) different selections of music to be played and broadcast by the radio station. A processor system is provided for programming the operation of the digital radio broadcast station with a sequence of music selections, which are subsequently retrieved in order from the common digital database and played over the digital radio broadcast station. The single on-line digital database comprises a disk array storage, preferably a dual port RAID disk array. The digital radio broadcast station also includes a plurality of work station consoles for use by personnel responsible for operating the radio station such as disc jockeys and engineers. A bridge network such as a modem is also provided for connecting the radio station to a further digital database for music selections not stored in the common digital database. The processor system is provided with a connection to a telephone network, such that radio station callers can communicate with the radio station by a touch tone telephone, and is also provided with a connection to an interactive cable television network, such that cable television viewers can communicate with the radio station over the interactive cable television network.

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A method for operating a digital radio broadcast station comprising: a. digitally storing in a single on-line database, of a computer system, a plurality of at least several hundred different selections of music which is to be played and broadcast by the radio station; b. programming the computer sy

A method for operating a digital radio broadcast station comprising: a. digitally storing in a single on-line database, of a computer system, a plurality of at least several hundred different selections of music which is to be played and broadcast by the radio station; b. programming the computer system with a sequence of music selections to be played by the radio station; c. retrieving from the single on-line digital database and broadcasting over the radio station the programmed sequence of music selections; and d. providing a bridged network for connecting the radio station to a further digital database for music selections not stored in the single on-line digital database.