mSpot Radio now available on Verizon Wireless

Verizon and mSpot have launched mSpot Radio, providing access to one of the widest selections of music – and most customized experiences – on mobile in the market, combining the best of all formats for radio. The service includes branded talk and commercial-free music radio, personal radio, live local stations across the United States, and Clear Channel’s iheartradio.

mSpot Radio is available on more than 60 3G Multimedia and Simple Feature phones from Verizon Wireless that use the Brew platform. mSpot delivers the best radio experience on each phone by matching different application platforms and audio encodings to individual handsets and networks. The application allows customers to easily browse content, including nationally recognized talk shows, access recently played stations, and bookmark favorite stations.

In addition, the Personal Radio function allows customers to create their own stations with music from their favorite artists. Within Personal Radio, customers can skip, ban or heart stations to further customize their stations. Users can also download songs that are available as full songs, ringtones and ringback tones straight to their handsets.

mSpot Radio offers more than 70 genre stations that include pop, urban, R&B, hip-hop and Latin, as well as more than 440 local radio stations from major markets, including Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and Austin, Texas. Stations are updated weekly to feature new releases and hits. In addition, the Ten Spot station, a mSpot exclusive, features the music of different new artists each week. mSpot content partners include ABC, FOX Sports, NPR, Disney, SportingNews, MarketWatch, PRI, Rooftop Comedy, and The Onion Radio News.

mSpot Radio is the latest major announcement from mSpot, which recently launched its first-to-market free cloud music service, www.mspot.com, giving customers instant access to their music collections via smartphones and computers.

In addition, mSpot launched its mobile movie service, www.mspotmovies.com, which allows customers to stream full-length feature films to smartphone devices. The mSpot Movies application is available on many Android devices in Android Market and other smartphones, including BlackBerry and Palm smartphones via the mobile Web.