Arbitrary Deranged Digressions

Here are some details on what I want. I will probably keep editing this entry as I think of things.

1) Fully AppleScriptable. I want at least the following functionality to be applescriptable (and, of course, built into the app itself):
* Return the currently tuned station.
* Return the currently recording program, or that there isn't one.
* Return the next scheduled recording info (time & station).
* Return the list of presets (frequency, call letters, ?url?).
* Return the currently playing song (integration with www.yes.net).

* Tune to a particular station right now.
* Initiate/stop streaming audio
* Set/clear a preset
* Schedule a recording (with a return value for conflicts)

2) Timed Recordings
* Record station 1030AM from x:02 to x:05 every hour between 6am and 9pm M-F unless there is a higher priority recording (e.g. "save my traffic reports") to A SPECIFIC FILE. (I only care about the latest update...)
* Record station 1030AM from x:02 to x:05 every hour unless there is a higher priority recording (e.g. "save my traffic reports") to a NEW file named 2003-07-25-08-02-00-1030am. Keep old files before deleting the previous.
* Record station 98.5FM from 5am to 9am every M-F unless there is a higher priority recording.
* Record station 100.7 for 2 hours at 4pm on Thursdays

In an ideal world I'll be able to set up the sw to poll a web site (e.g. TiVo's online central) to set a remote recording. This isn't important for early revisions of the sw. :-)

3) Streaming Audio
* I should be able to stream the audio - live - to at least two remote sites.
* Being able to access it with iTunes would be great; with standard browser sw (e.g. quicktime streaming audio) is fine.
* It's perfectly acceptable for me to have to download and configure new sw to do this, but Griffin Technology should be able to tell me how. :)

4) Scan and Set 'all' strong enough stations.
* I want multiple 'sets'. If I bring my RadioShark from Boston to NYC I want to save the "Boston" presets and have it able to scan the NY stations.
* I'd like a ranking system similar to iTunes, where I can set the priority of the stations. E.g. 98.5 is *****, 100.7 is *****, 100.3 is ****, etc.

4.5) Self-setting ('know' what the call letters & format are for all strong stations)
* Some tuners are able to read the radio station data over the air. This is really important to me, though links to e.g. newspaper listings for metro areas that'll tell me what the stations are is acceptable. The radio data has frequency, call letters, and 'format'.
* I should be able to hit 'scan' and have the sw cycle through each of my top rated stations for seconds, then go to the next at that rating, and so on. I should be able to configure this so it ignores all stations ranked below where X is 0-5 (if 5 stars is the highest).
* I should be able to scan all stations of the same genre as the one I'm currently listening to.

Other neat features -
* If I hover over the icon in the dock it should tell me the current station.
* Context-clicking on the dock icon (when the app is running) should pop up a list of my top-ranked radio stations, OR a list of genres with the stations sorted (via a preference in the app) by ranking, alphabetical by call letters, or by frequency.
* Auto-compress to MP3 or AAC format after recording.
* Auto-entry of compressed file into iTunes playlist after recording.
* Auto-email of compressed file to me after recording (see "traffic reports") if I so desire.

What do you want to see in a computer-based radio? If anyone from Griffin Technology is reading this, I've already ordered my RadioShark and I hope to hear from you about some of these ideas... :-)