TalkShoe

TalkShoe is a Web 2.0 Internet radio/podcasting site that uses a Java chat client in conjunction with a conference call bridge to allow users to host or participate in live on-line talk radio shows called "community calls" or simply a "call" for short. A call can be syndicated and downloaded after the live show ends as a podcast. Community call hosts were paid a monthly fee based on the quantity of listeners their shows received until the abrupt end of the revenue sharing in May 2008.

TalkShoe's name is a play on "talk show," using Ed Sullivan's pronunciation of the word "show" as "shoe."

Administration

TalkShoe was founded in April 2005. It is currently privately owned.

The TalkShoe headquarters and the dial-in access point for its conference call bridge are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Calls

All TalkShoe hosts are required to register at the TalkShoe.com site in order to participate, however guests can listen to a show via the web client without registration. Through the registration process, a user chooses a screen name and a 10-digit unique PIN. TalkShoe suggests the registrant use his own phone number for ease of remembering, but registrants with privacy concerns may use any number they wish as long as it has not been taken. The purpose of registration is so that the chat client can display the correct screen name to represent each dialed-in user.