wightFM still there?
Watchman
did anyone buy a wi-fi radio?
kj
> Where have all the presenters gone? I thought this was the future!
> did anyone buy a wi-fi radio?
just Glynn and Jamie...even the owner has had to take over a chat show
on Sundays.
Apparently they have just had a re think and have all new music policy
now.....
Steve
vforven...@googlemail.com (kj) wrote:
> *Subject:* Re: wightFM still there?
> *From:* kj <vforven...@googlemail.com>
> *Date:* Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:28:40 +0100
Was this the one that Alex Dyke moved to? I must admit, that put me off
trying to listen to it. I do have a wifi radio of sorts anyway, it's a
Philips Streamium, and have it connected to the hifi in the lounge to
stream the mp3s from my pc. I already have IOW radio set up as a channel
on there, if WightFM reappears I'll give it a go.
- Steve
kj
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> "kj" <vforven...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> There are no presenters left... apart from the two you mention.
> Not that any of the old lot were here on the Island very much anyway... just
> presenting from their homes via the internet, etc...
> So, Alex went off to the US but what happened after that...?
> I'm surprised the CP (..ok, I've been away in France a fair bit so might
> easily have missed it) hasn't got hold of any adverse news, especially as
> the Gazette is a direct challenge by martin potter to the CP market.
> I'm afraid that a music only station on the internet is not going to survive
> for very long... to be of any use whatsoever, locally, it's going to have
> to get local news, local people and local conversation going to be of any
> interest to a local listener audience...
> Maybe alex has also had enough of what appears to be, at times, an Isle of
> Wight parochial mentality.
> By the way, does anyone listen to IOW Radio at all anymore..?
> I'm convinced there's a space for an IOW *community* type radio station but
> not sure how it gets funded sufficiently to make any sense.. if you run it
> as a charity, like Angel Radio, you can't take sponsership from commercial
> interests (adverts!, for example) so need volunteers and some money as a
> start up cost.. and not even sure you'd be granted an operating licence.
> The gazette has also slimmed down a bit, it seems....... maybe all is not
> well in the MP camp
>
>
> mark
>
>
>
Angel does carry adds...but not many, which probably reflects the nature
of the station rather than any restrictions.
I don't know of any Internet only radio station that has been a success
( and told them so several times) Internet Radio survives to put out
specialised music and info to a select audience nationwide (or
worldwide) not to compete with the local FM station.
I listen to IOW Radio, it is far better now than it has been, I also
listen to AngelFM and The Coast (ex-OriginalFM)
Martin Potter is hosting the Sunday daytime show so maybe we could ask
him direct how things are going. My guess is that all the presenters
thought (were led to beleive) that they would be the successful
purchasers of IOW Radio...when this didn't happen they fled
kj
>
>> Angel does carry adds...but not many, which probably reflects the nature
>> of the station rather than any restrictions.
>
> accept ANY commercial funding whatsoever.
> I know this, as I tried to sponser the station about 6 months ago, and also
> tried to get paid advertising carried.
> Strangely, my wife is being interviewed, live this week in their studio,
> for one of their broadcasts..
>
>
>
>> I don't know of any Internet only radio station that has been a success
>> ( and told them so several times) Internet Radio survives to put out
>> specialised music and info to a select audience nationwide (or worldwide)
>> not to compete with the local FM station.
>
>
>> I listen to IOW Radio, it is far better now than it has been, I also
>> listen to AngelFM and The Coast (ex-OriginalFM)
>
> in Cowes.
> That explains the comments above you made..
>
>
>
>> Martin Potter is hosting the Sunday daytime show so maybe we could ask him
>> direct how things are going. My guess is that all the presenters thought
>> (were led to beleive) that they would be the successful purchasers of IOW
>> Radio...when this didn't happen they fled
>
> You're right, though I'm sure someone will beat me to it...asking him during
> the phone in might elicit some response but I doubt that he'll come over all
> truthfully gushing live on air...
>
> mark
>
>
>
>
Angel Fm (on 101.6 I beleive ) is the community radio station that
broadcats pre 1960's music for an 'older' audience. They are also on
Wight Cable
I Listen to a chap on about 4 O'Clock every day who plays early Blues
and Soul and they do have adverts..but they do all seem to be for small
local shops
Mike
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> I Listen to a chap on about 4 O'Clock every day who plays early Blues and
> Soul and they do have adverts..but they do all seem to be for small local
> shops
Are they 'adverts' in the true sense of the word or more recommendations?
--
Mike
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kj
> "kj" <vforven...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>> I Listen to a chap on about 4 O'Clock every day who plays early Blues and
>> Soul and they do have adverts..but they do all seem to be for small local
>> shops
>
> Are they 'adverts' in the true sense of the word or more recommendations?
>
Brian Gregory [UK]
> Angel Fm (on 101.6 I beleive ) is the community radio station that
> broadcats pre 1960's music for an 'older' audience. They are also on
> Wight Cable
They were called Angel Radio and were on 91.5MHz last weekend.
--
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kj
> "kj" <vforven...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>> Angel Fm (on 101.6 I beleive ) is the community radio station that
>> broadcats pre 1960's music for an 'older' audience. They are also on
>> Wight Cable
>
> They were called Angel Radio and were on 91.5MHz last weekend.
>
kj
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> "Brian Gregory [UK]" <n...@bgdsv.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "kj" <vforven...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:k-WdnQej1rD7gCjX...@bt.com...
>>> Angel Fm (on 101.6 I beleive ) is the community radio station that
>>> broadcats pre 1960's music for an 'older' audience. They are also on
>>> Wight Cable
>
>
>> They were called Angel Radio and were on 91.5MHz last weekend.
>
> This is a *community* radio station playing music from the 30's - 50's,
> aimed at the 'older' listener.
> Staffed and run by volunteers, they have a small studio space in the Wight
> Cable building in Love Lane, Cowes.
> Broadcasting, as you say, on 91.5MHz, but also on cable and the internet.
> Now, wight cable is interesting. Big office space, some stores and
> equipment, receptionist, but only two people working in their entire
> offices, it appears.
> How do they function these days...?
>
>
> mark
>
>
>
still see their vans out and about