Acquired a radio station, suggestions?

[MetalAges]

Heya,

So...I've acquired a friend of mine's radio station. It used to max out his 100 listener cap until he scaled down and went to a set playlist (no requests, etc.) now it doesn't get but around 13-16 people.

The format will be prog, metal, power, etc. (I know, I know, sorry to your doomers/blackheads!).

When it comes to online radio, what do you all look for most besides good tunes? Anything you miss, would like to see, either on the actual web site or in the feed itself?

What also are some of the stations you currently listen to and go back to a lot ?

Looking for feedback while I am brainstorming how I want to do this. Thanks!

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Don't listen to radio, but I think besides good tunes I like to hear interviews, reviews, maybe talk about good shows coming to your area...

 

[cookiecutter]

Have a knowledgable DJ that can give interesting facts about the artists etc.

Will there be death metal?

 

[Wires & Waves]

blackheads

 

[MetalAges]

Have a knowledgable DJ that can give interesting facts about the artists etc.

Will there be death metal?

Since I have no clue on who fits what genre any more, I will have more along the lines of stuff like (closest to deathy stuff) Battlelore, Mercenary, Opeth, November's Doom, stuff like that. I will have to be careful since the listener base will be a bit versatile (sensitive?) and some don't get into stuff like that.

 

[Hamock]

best bet would be to take requests and have different types of music at different points in the day and through the week

if you have a dj it should be some mumbly 15 year old kid on black metal night

maybe have guest djs and let them play what they want

this is a webcast right

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Have a poll on the website each week or something for new songs to introduce into the mix maybe. Or have polls voting which songs were people's favorite maybe to get a good idea of the kind of content people like the most.

 

[Wires & Waves]

if you have a dj it should be some mumbly 15 year old kid on black metal night

it should be prozak hes excellent at the nerdy pretentious but ultimately laughable dj role

 

[ohiogrinder]

sounds pretty gay...playing ONLY that type of music will guarantee that I wont tune in

 

[audiophileguy]

i def will tune in cause theres no black and death :>
what's the url?

 

[ohiogrinder]

i def will tune in cause theres no black and death :>
what's the url?

congratulations on coming out of the closet!

 

[Hamock]

oh wtf no death or black why not

 

[audiophileguy]

congratulations on coming out of the closet!

you're a moron

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

congratulations on coming out of the closet!

If you have 13 listeners right now, why don't you just start off from scratch and play whatever the fuck you want. I would definetly listen if you guys did some reviews and interviews.

 

[Zephyrus]

sounds nice but I've got my own music library wherever i go.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

sounds nice but I've got my own music library wherever i go.

Ahhh, the beuty of the MP3 player.

 

[Zephyrus]

Ahhh, the beuty of the MP3 player.

greatest invention since sliced bread

 

[Hamock]

itd only be good for lesser known bands which is another reason to go for death and black

 

[MetalAges]

I'm just not into the black/death thing so.... there's others that can handle that end of the spectrum.

Thanks for the feedback!

The station is Progged Radio. www.proggedradio.com

 

[skeptik]

Hey Deron, why don't you create Ultimate Metal Radio? You like...run Ultimate Metal. And you can have guest users host the show once in a while and play whatever they want. UM has a huge userbase, so if you market it that way, I don't see how you can't get 100 people. You can thank me through PayPal. My e-mail is in my profile.