{{short description|Podcast network}} {{Third-party|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Relay | logo = Relay podcast network logo.png | caption = | type = Private | genre = | foundation = {{Start date|2014}} | founder = {{ubl|Myke Hurley|Stephen Hackett}} | location_city = | location_country = {{ubl|United States|United Kingdom}} | location = | industry = Podcast | products = | services = | num_employees = 4<ref name="About Relay FM" group="‡">{{cite web |url=https://www.relay.fm/about |title=About Relay FM |year= |publisher=Relay FM |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> | homepage = {{URL|1=http://relay.fm}} }} '''Relay''', formerly known as '''Relay FM''', is a podcast network covering a diverse range of subjects including consumer technology, productivity, entrepreneurship, creativity, and art. It was founded in 2014 by Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett.<ref name="techcrunch-20150818">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/relay-fm-and-the-podcast-renaissance-that-never-was/|title=How Relay FM Proves That Podcasts Aren't An Overnight Success|author=Dillet|first=Romain|website=TechCrunch|date=18 August 2015 |publisher=Verizon Communications Inc.|access-date=2016-02-16}}</ref> Starting in 2019, the network has raised money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital each year during the month of September.
==History== The network launched on August 18, 2014<ref group="‡">{{cite web|url=http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/8/4/a-year-of-relay|title=A year of Relay|website=Relay FM Blog|date=4 August 2015 }}</ref> with five podcasts: ''Analog(ue)'', ''Connected'', ''Inquisitive'', ''The Pen Addict'', and ''Virtual''.<ref name="techcrunch-20150818"/> Eventually the company expanded to 31 active podcasts on the network (including the extra ''B-Sides'' podcast consisting of before and after podcast snippets and ''Departures'', an audio feed of live events), nine paid members only podcasts, and 17 inactive podcasts.<ref name="techcrunch-20150818"/><ref name="forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2015/08/25/9-tech-podcasts-so-addictive-your-friends-should-start-planning-the-intervention/|title=9 Tech Podcasts So Addictive, Your Friends Should Start Planning The Intervention|date=2015-08-25|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-02-15}}</ref>
In October 2015, Relay FM launched its mobile application on iOS,<ref name="TC">{{cite journal|last=Dillet|first=Romain|date=2015-10-09|title=Relay FM Launches iOS App To Discover New Podcast Shows|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/09/relay-fm-launches-ios-app-to-discover-new-podcast-shows/|journal=TechCrunch|publisher=Verizon Communications Inc.|access-date=2015-11-03}}</ref><ref group="‡">{{cite web|url=http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/10/7/relay-fm-for-ios-is-here|title=Relay FM for iOS is here|website=Relay FM Blog|date=9 October 2015 |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> allowing users to discover new podcasts, listen to the latest podcasts, and be notified when a podcast is broadcasting live. Users of the app can also subscribe to a podcast in their app of choice from the Relay FM app.
In September 2019, Relay FM became the first St. Jude Children's Research Hospital podcast partner.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stjude.org/inspire/series/selfless/stephen-hackett-relay-fm-podcast.html|title=Relay FM Plans Podcast Fundraiser for St. Jude|last=Charlier|first=Thomas|website=www.stjude.org|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> On the 20th, Hurley and Hackett hosted a 6 hour "podcastathon" to help raise money for the hospital. By the end of the month, the network had raised over $300,000.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web|url=https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app223a?fr_id=116186&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=0088EE268EEAD946F4900F2719DF2920|title=Events for St. Jude|website=Events for St. Jude|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> In September 2020 the network again held a fundraiser for St. Jude, bringing in $456,000.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web|title=Relay FM for St. Jude 2020|url=https://tiltify.com/@relay-fm/relay-fm-for-st-jude|access-date=2021-02-22|website=tiltify.com}}</ref>
In January 2025, the network dropped "FM" from its name, becoming known simply as Relay.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Hackett |first1=Stephen |title=A New Look for 2025 and Beyond |url=https://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2025/1/24/a-new-look |website=Relay |access-date=29 January 2025 |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Primary reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://relay.fm}}
Category:American broadcasters Category:Podcasting companies Category:American companies established in 2014