<s>
The	B-Application
Audience	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
is	O
announced	O
open-source	B-License
,	O
customizable	O
suite	O
of	O
fundraising	O
tools	O
for	O
public	O
radio	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Congera	O
Corporation	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
WFMU	O
Radio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
and	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
supervision	O
of	O
WFMU	O
management	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2020	O
no	O
product	O
has	O
been	O
announced	O
,	O
demoed	O
or	O
released	O
thus	O
rendering	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
effectively	O
vaporware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
explain	O
that	O
"	O
by	O
pairing	O
online	O
content	O
,	O
real-time	O
playlist	O
information	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
community	O
interaction	O
tools	O
directly	O
with	O
crowdfunding	O
campaigns	O
,	O
WFMU	O
has	O
not	O
only	O
built	O
a	O
positive	O
and	O
intelligent	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
sustainable	O
model	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
adopted	O
by	O
other	O
organizations.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
is	O
supposedly	O
being	O
built	O
in	O
modular	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
that	O
utilize	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
feeds	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
will	O
include	O
modules	O
that	O
integrate	O
into	O
Drupal	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
small	O
news	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Audience	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
's	O
philosophy	O
is	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
listener	O
's	O
or	O
reader	O
's	O
attention	O
on	O
the	O
station	O
website	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
redirect	O
them	O
to	O
external	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Community	O
based	O
radio	O
stations	O
have	O
to	O
start	O
thinking	O
about	O
online	O
platforms	O
that	O
do	O
n’t	O
effectively	O
abandon	O
discussion	O
and	O
networking	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
or	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
usual	O
suspects	O
,	O
"	O
said	O
Matthew	O
Lasar	O
at	O
Radio	O
Survivor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"[O]nce	O
your	O
listeners	O
and/or	O
website	O
readers	O
are	O
off	O
to	O
Twitter/Facebook	O
-land	O
,	O
they	O
’re	O
all	O
but	O
gone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
’re	O
not	O
commenting	O
on	O
your	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
or	O
stream	O
or	O
blog	O
post	O
in	O
your	O
house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
’s	O
proposed	O
first	O
module	O
,	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
app	B-Application
called	O
Mynte	O
,	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
launch	O
in	O
2018	O
but	O
nothing	O
has	O
appeared	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
development	O
of	O
Audience	O
Engine	O
was	O
undertaken	O
by	O
Bocoup	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
open-source	B-License
web	O
technologies	O
which	O
has	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Walmart	O
,	O
eBay	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordPress	B-Application
developers	O
Joey	O
Dehnert	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Nealon	O
at	O
InsertCulture	O
,	O
a	O
now	O
defunct	O
development	O
firm	O
,	O
have	O
helped	O
develop	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
Audience	O
Engine	O
’s	O
web	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Audience	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
project	O
has	O
received	O
$	O
500,000	O
in	O
grant	O
money	O
over	O
several	O
years	O
from	O
the	O
Geraldine	O
R	O
.	O
Dodge	O
Foundation	O
to	O
undertake	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
