Live 95.5 Debuts ‘A.I. Ashley”
• UPDATED: Alpha Media Top 40 KBFF (Live 95.5)/Portland, OR, has become the first radio station in the world to employ an A.I. DJ. The A.I. /synthetic version of current Live 95.5 midday talent “Ashley Z” Elzinga — dubbed “A.I. Ashley” was created is using Futuri Media’s Radio GPT software to bring a new style of content to their listeners. Listen to Ashley’s A.I. demo here.
Live 95.5 Content Director Dylan Salisbury expressed excitement for this groundbreaking approach, commenting, “To put it simply, I’m ecstatic to be one of the trailblazers at Alpha Media helping to build an innovative and unique listening experience for our audience. We have been working hard to ensure that A.I. Ashley is just as live, local, engaging, and entertaining as the traditional version, and I can’t wait for our fans to hear both versions of Ashley in action.”
Ashley Z explains, “I’m honored to be at the forefront of this evolved version of radio broadcasting. As the world’s first A.I. DJ, I will fully embrace the power of synthetic voice software and artificial intelligence; in doing so, I can ensure that my audience has a compelling listening experience.”
Alpha Media EVP of Content, Phil Becker remarked, “At Alpha Media, we strive to release high-quality products, improve processes and optimize the use of our talent. Adding A.I. to operations will allow us to be more agile than ever. Radio GPT allows us to showcase our content creators in more instances, with more frequency, and curate more timely, topical, and robust information for Alpha audiences and clients than previously possible.”
Becker later told RAMP, “As you see, this is additive to Ashley, not in place of Ashley. She is SO on our team! It’s a mix and match of traditional and A.I.”
• Ashley Z is one of the many air personalities on the roster of Jason Kidd‘s VirtualJock.com, which provides programming localization and customization for multiple formats. Kidd notes: “Ashley is our first talent to go A.I. via Alpha Media and Futuri. She’s been on LIVE through us for about a year now and we couldn’t be more excited to have one of our talents chosen as the very first on-air A.I. in the world!”
