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Judge Crater said on Thursday October 18, 2007 17:50 PM

"Abide With Me" (1847) by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), sung at the wedding (1923) of King George VI, at the wedding (1947) of Queen Elizabeth II, and at the funeral (1997) of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Reply

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; / The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. / When other helpers fail and comforts flee, / Help of the helpless, O abide with me. //

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; / Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away; / Change and decay in all around I see; / O Thou who changest not, abide with me. //

Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word; / But as Thou dwell’st with Thy disciples, Lord, / Familiar, condescending, patient, free. / Come not to sojourn, but abide with me. //

Come not in terrors, as the King of kings, / But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings, / Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea— / Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me. //

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile; / And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, / Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee, / On to the close, O Lord, abide with me. //

I need Thy presence every passing hour. / What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? / Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? / Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. //

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; / Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. / Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory? / I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. //

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; / Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. / Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; / In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. //

edited on: Thursday October 18, 2007 17:27 PM

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Here station fans can tune in, discuss, tag the station, and join a station's group. Groups provides a closer connection with listeners and allows you to build a community around your station.

Tags are a way for listeners to bookmark your station and also provide a way to classify your station for searching. For instance, the more people that tag a station 'Alternative', the higher that station will appear when someone searches for or clicks an 'Alternative' tag.

new!When you purchase a broadcast package you are given a number of Listener Units. You divvy your Listener Units up among the four bit rate options: 32kbs, 64kbs, 96kbs, or 128kbs*. We came up with the idea of Listener Units so that you can re-allocate your bandwidth at any time.

For instance, let's say you start broadcasting thinking all your listeners will have a broadband connection. Eventually you start hearing from people that can't tune in because they're (unfortunately!) still on a dial up connection. All you have to do is re-allocate some Listener Units to the lower quality 32kbs stream!

*bit rates correspond to stream quality - a higher number means a higher quality stream

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Weekly spin charts are generated for your station. They contain the top 100 most heard songs you played during the week. Charts are often linked to by artists which drives traffic back to your station.

There are many ways for your station to be found on LoudCity

All active stations are randomly rotated and appear on the homepage as a featured station.

The most used tags appear on the homepage. Click next and you'll see what happens when someone clicks the 'Alternative' tag.

This is the search results for all stations tagged 'Alternative'. As mentioned earlier, the stations most tagged 'Atlernative' are listed first.

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Yet another way for listeners to find stations they're going to like.

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Whether you're a seasoned online broadcaster or just want to try it as a hobby, LoudCity provides a great set of tools and features for you to be successful. Give it a try!