Meet the Future of Radio Right Now: An AI-Powered Version of Radio Personality Ashley Z hosts Middays on Portland's Live 95.5
The weirdest thing here is that a station called "Live 95.5" is the first to use an AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice to host. Artificial intelligence has made significant advancements in recent years and its public awareness seems to have exploded over the last few weeks. Now the radio industry has embraced the potential of AI to enhance the listener experience. Some may say this spells the death of the on-air radio personality. Technological advances will eventually be able to create a voice that will one day not sound robotic and not sourced from a human being for sure.
Check out Ashley Z's experience with AI on her post below. She joked that she had the day off today.
Alpha Media’s KBFF, Live 95.5, has made history as it became the first radio station in the world to have an AI DJ. The AI /synthetic version of the current Live 95.5 midday host, Ashley Elzinga, is using Futuri Media’s Radio GPT software to bring a new style of content to their listeners.
Live 95.5 Content Director Dylan Salisbury expressed his excitement for this groundbreaking approach: “To put it simply, I am ecstatic to be one of the trailblazers at Alpha Media helping to build an innovative and unique listening experience for our audience. We have been working hard to ensure that AI Ashley is just as live, local, engaging, and entertaining as the traditional version, and I can’t wait for our fans to hear both versions of Ashley in action.”
Ashley ‘AI Ashley’ Elzinga explains, “I am honored to be at the forefront of this evolved version of radio broadcasting. As the world’s first AI DJ, I will fully embrace the power of synthetic voice software and artificial intelligence; in doing so, I can ensure that my audience has a compelling listening experience.”
Alpha Media EVP of Content, Phil Becker, shared his enthusiasm for the project, saying, “At Alpha Media, we strive to release high-quality products, improve processes and optimize the use of our talent. Adding AI to operations will allow us to be more agile than ever. Radio GPT allows us to showcase our content creators in more instances, with more frequency, and curate more timely, topical, and robust information for Alpha audiences and clients than previously possible.”
Listeners interested in this cutting-edge technology may tune in to Live 95.5 on any smart speaker location from 10 am to 3 pm Pacific Daylight Time to hear AI Ashley, the world’s first artificial intelligence DJ.
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