I couldn’t believe it either. Online only? Is it because of all the NPR I’ve been listening to?
From Indie1031.com:
BYE INDIE, HELLO DIGITAL INDIE !!
This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience -
Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option — to play the corporate radio game.
We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course.
This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives; be it grunge, punk, or alternative � simply put, only the best music.
For those of you with a computer at home or at work, log on to www.indie1031.com and listen to the new Indie 103.1 – which is really the old Indie 103.1, not the version of Indie 103.1 we are removing from the broadcast airwaves.
We thank our listeners and advertisers for their support of the greatest radio station ever conceived, and look forward to continuing to deliver the famed Indie 103.1 music and spirit over the Internet to passionate music listeners around the world.
What affect will this have on Indie 103.1 listeners? Will you continue to listen online? What will lunchtime alone in my car be like without the sweet sniffles of Jonesy to accompany my Ralphs Greek Wrap? Indie 103.1 broadcasters, why have you forsaken me?
on Jan 16th, 2009
Good. Maybe that means less commercials too. Or better commercials. Or more relevant commercial programming. The reason I wouldn’t listen to Indie was all the freaking commercials. Too much like the other clear channel crap out there. Too much advertising per content per hour. Yawn. Why bother when I can go to the internet and program what I want to hear, the way I want to hear it. Ya know?