On November 7, 1994, WXYC (89.3 FM Chapel Hill, Internet Radio NC USA) became the first traditional radio station to announce broadcasting on the Internet. WXYC pre-owned an FM radio connected to a orderliness at SunSite, later known as Ibiblio, running Cornell's CU-SeeMe software. WXYC had begun essay broadcasts and bandwidth testing as antecedent as August, 1994. WREK (91.1 FM, Atlanta, GA USA) started streaming on the same day using their own custom software called CyberRadio1. However, unlike WXYC, this was WREK's beta launch and the stream was not advertised until a later date.
On 26 April 2007, the Internet Radio Equality Achievement (HR 2060) was proposed to reverse the CRB's decision. This bill was naturalized in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL). Its Senate counterpart was introduced on 10 May 2007 by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kansas). As of June 25 the legislation old hat over 100 Congressional co-sponsors.