Radio23

Radio 23
Broadcast area Worldwide
First air date April 23, 2009
Format Freeform[1]
Owner Cascade Community Radio, Inc Webcast[2]
Website www.radio23.org
Radio 23 Mirror

Radio23 was a non-commercial, freeform radio station[1] founded by Programming Director Jeff Hylton Simmons[3] and launched in 2009.[4] It was shut down in July 2015. The successor called Freeform Portland went on air in April 2016. Based out of Portland, Oregon, where it supported the local artists[5] and community,[1][6] the station's goal was to provide an international artistic platform for home broadcasters around the world,[7][8][9][10][11] and to teach anyone around the world how to create radio with a computer and an internet connection.[12] Radio23 is connected with radio stations that include Cascade Community Radio,[2][8][9][13] Hearth Music,[14] WFMU, KDVS, CKUT-FM, KZME, KBOO,[15] Error FM,[16] and Willamette Radio,[17] and also with the magazine War, Semen and Grooviness.[18]

Events

Since its official launch in May 2009, Radio 23 covered many festivals; some of these include the Primavera Festival,[19][20] NYC's No Fun Fest,[21] PDX Pop Now!, Lockstock,[22] North Side Festival,[11] the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival,[23] and Eye & Ear Fest. Radio23's shows include Cinema Terrorisme,[24][25] Ola's Kool Kitchen[26][20][22][27] and Nine 11 Thesaurus.[6]

Programming

Radio23's programming included types of popular music that include rock, indie, jazz, folk, R&B, experimental music, and hip-hop. It also featured band interviews and live broadcasts.[8][9][19][28][29]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Portland Radio: Questions, Answers, Links, Conversation, Willamette Week Blog
  2. 1 2 Reasonably Epic Cascade Community Radio Launch Party Announced, Willamette Week Blog
  3. Jeff Simmons (of Radio23) has an epic 6-hour broadcast! (video), Vokle's Blog
  4. Sonar Festival in NYC, the Radio23 launch party & MoMA Monday Nights (all Prefuse 73 shows, 1 tonight, win tix), BrooklynVegan
  5. Rachel Taylor Brown
  6. 1 2 Keepin' it real in BK, YourNabe
  7. "The Digital Divide | KBOO Community Radio". Kboo.fm. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  8. 1 2 3 Local Radio Series Part One: Free Radical, Willamette Week Blog
  9. 1 2 3 free radical: jeff simmons, pra, radio23 & cascade community radio, MediaMonarchy
  10. Radio Twenty Three (radio23), identi.ca
  11. 1 2 Introducing: Northside Radio, Northside Festival News
  12. About Radio23
  13. Cascade Community Radio Launch, the Portland Mercury
  14. Hearth Music Radio Playlist for 06/09/2010, Heart Music Blog
  15. KBOO: The Best Music You've Never Heard, Free Music Archive
  16. Grandaddy - Taster - ErrorFM LIVE, Error FM
  17. Willamette Radio Workshop
  18. War Semen and Grooviness
  19. 1 2 "Panda Bear Live at Primavera Sound « The life and times of a Flashflooder". Flashflooder.wordpress.com. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  20. 1 2 Ola's Kool Kitchen on Radio23 Dr Dog live and interview at Primavera 2010, from the Internet Archive
  21. Radio23.org to Stream Sonic Youth and Bardo Pond Tonight, nyctaper
  22. 1 2 Ola's Kool Kitchen on Radio 23 May 20 2009 Lockstock special, from the Internet Archive
  23. "W+K Portland • Wk Radio = Wke". WK Portland Blog. 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  24. O40M
  25. Music For Maniacs
  26. http://ilivextreme.com/independent-radio
  27. http://theundergroundecho.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-dj-ola.html
  28. Planet Manda
  29. Cinema Terrorisme, Public Sensory Radio
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