I was doing a search on WebArchive for some material when I clicked on a link and bam, up popped this little treasure from the late 1990s.

CRiSP (Christian Radio Start Panel)

All I can say is, “Wow.” You see, I created this little program shortly after I left my job with KLYT radio in Albuquerque. This was the first Internet radio tuner dedicated specifically to Christian radio. It even had it’s own little web browser window (back in the day when most of use were running 800×600 screens.

If I remember correctly CNET gave me a 3-1/2 star review on the program. But I lost half a star because of some little word reference in the install routine (“publication” instead of “program”) which they took me to task on. Still, it was a fairly popular little program and I remember it seemed to eat up some CPUs on my server back then. I really should have found a a company to buy it off me back then. Oh well. Lost opportunties.

I maintained CRiSP as a personal project all during my stay with Campus Crusade in Orlando. But I had to abandon it shortly before moving to Mongolia. There was just no way to keep up the maintenance.

Anyway, when I found this little personal memento on the archive I downloaded it, booted it up on Windows and ya know what? It still runs like a charm! Not bad for a 10 year old piece of software.

There’s no audio of course. The stream references are nearly 10 years old and most were dependent upon Real Audio. Does anyone even use that anymore? Still, it was kind of a cool little personal stroke. It makes me think about recreating it all over again.

Like I have the time.