The Goal of CatholicJukebox.com
CatholicJukebox.com brings people closer to Jesus Christ through music that is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church. As a hub for Contemporary Catholic Music, CatholicJukeBox.com provides musicians with a presence on the web. Through CatholicJukebox.com, the music and their message of faithful Catholic artists reaches larger audiences via our searchable database, radio services, streaming online audio, and downloadable podcasts.
History of CatholicJukebox.com
In the mid 90's Mark Muretisch maintained a list of Catholic musician names on the Internet. With the help of Susan Bailey, that list became the Contemporary Catholic Artist Network (CCAN). Joining the list in 1997, George Leite decided that the list needed links to sound files so interested people could hear examples. Using the technology available, George created song examples using Real® audio files. George created CatholicJukebox.com from this new list in cooperation with CCAN. A year later, the CCAN list was incorporated into CatholicJukebox.com. The website changed to be database driven with over 100 names. Needing to expand how music was delivered, in January of 2000, CatholicJukebox.com began broadcasting via a Live365.com radio station. Broadcasting in AM quality sound, this allowed Catholic music to be heard 24/7 on the Internet. With the advent of podcasting, CatholicJukebox.com began The Catholic Rockers podcast in November of 2005. Now in 2007, there are over 700 entries in the directory, radio listeners have totaled over 37,000 hours of listening, and podcast listeners have downloaded over 45,000 shows.
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