Atomic New Wave Radio Blog

IMPORTANT NEWS

2007-04-12T12:50:00.000-07:00

Well, this sucks. This is not the kind of news that I was hoping to share on this blog, but, since it never really got off the ground, I guess that's how it goes:

The odds are good that we are either going to 1) shut down Atomic New Wave Radio, or 2) roll it back to a Live365 subscriber-only station. Whatever change happens, if it happens, will happen in the next few days.

This isn't something that I take lightly. My wife & I have been running this station for over five years. I don't have the time to put into it that I used to, and the playlists tend to stagnate, but that isn't the reason for hanging it up.

The real reason is: We pay to run this station -- not a ton of money, but it's another monthly payment and, for the most part, that's been ok, until recently. I've never been totally comfortable with the whole idea of paying to play (& promote) someone's music if there is no profit in it for us. Of course, there has never been profit for us; at best it was free for a while, but that ended years ago. Now, the RIAA is pushing through their new internet radio royalty rates, and they are HUGE! Eventually, it will come down to us having to pay EVEN MORE to promote their bands -- money that I am reasonably sure will not go to the bands, but rather stop dead with the RIAA. Right now, the result is many, many more commercials on our free stream, and that's no fun. The whole system is bullshit, and I really don't feel like playing with the RIAA anymore. The entire system is broken, probably beyond fixing, and.... tough shit, right? I don't want to fight the RIAA, I don't want to pay the RIAA, I just don't want to deal with this mess anymore. But, for some reason, the RIAA seems to wield unlimited power in this country, so, I guess they can continue to push their 'flavor of the week' and I hope they're happy with that.

That was a long rant. Sorry. The point was: I think we're done. We'll probably just roll it back to a members-only station, but we may just pull the plug completely. I don't know.

Regardless, I would like to thank everyone for all of the support we have had through the years -- I read all of the e-mails we get (with the exception of the ones that are just pumping some new release that we don't care about), and 95% are great! Even if I didn't reply to them (sorry!), I read them.

When we make a final decision, we'll let you know here.

Thanks for the five great years everyone!

derek.
Atomic New Wave Radio.

New Year, Old Music... but a New (Wave) Blog!

2007-01-02T00:34:00.000-08:00

It's a brand new year, and this is as good a time as any to get this off the ground. This is the blog, and official mouthpiece, FINALLY, for Atomic New Wave Radio, as heard on Live365 at http://www.live365.com/stations/80snewwaver.

What we want to do with this space is to give anyone interested an insight into why we play what we do. We get quite a few comments, both positive and negative, about our playlists. Some people like the obscure stuff, some want more mainstream pop-new-wave stuff, some really don't like the inclusion of anything that ever hit the pop charts. That's fine -- we love all of the opinions, and one of the things you will find here are some of those comments, and our answers to them. We'll also talk about various bands, songs, history, etc. If you would like to participate, you are more than welcome to leave comments on any post (we'll make sure that the commenting feature is set up correctly). We don't really expect much traffic, but we know there are a few fans out there, and sometimes there are things that we would like to say to them. This will be the place.

For now, just ignore the sidebar. It's a mess, but we'll fix it all up nice & pretty. Check in once in a while and see what we're up to!

M.

Watch this Space!

2006-10-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

No, seriously, watch this space....