Radio23

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] and to teach anyone around the world how to create radio with a computer and an internet connection.[11] Radio23 is connected with radio stations that include Cascade Community Radio,[2][8][9][12] Hearth Music,[13] WFMU, KDVS, CKUT-FM, KZME, KBOO,[14] Error FM,[15] and Willamette Radio,[16] and also with the magazine War, Semen and Grooviness.[17]

Radio 23
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Programming
FormatFreeform[1]
Ownership
OwnerCascade Community Radio, Inc Webcast[2]
History
First air dateApril 23, 2009
Links
Websitewww.radio23.org
Radio 23 Mirror

Events

Since its official launch in May 2009, Radio 23 covered many festivals; some of these include the Primavera Festival,[18][19] NYC's No Fun Fest,[20] PDX Pop Now!, Lockstock,[21] North Side Festival,[10] the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival,[22] and Eye & Ear Fest. Radio23's shows include Cinema Terrorisme,[23][24] Ola's Kool Kitchen[19][21][25] 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][18][26][27]

See also

References
  1. Portland Radio: Questions, Answers, Links, Conversation Archived 2010-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Willamette Week Blog
  2. Reasonably Epic Cascade Community Radio Launch Party Announced Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Willamette Week Blog
  3. Jeff Simmons (of Radio23) has an epic 6-hour broadcast! (video) Archived 2012-07-10 at Archive.today, 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. Keepin' it real in BK, YourNabe
  7. "The Digital Divide | KBOO Community Radio". Kboo.fm. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  8. Local Radio Series Part One: Free Radical Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Willamette Week Blog
  9. free radical: jeff simmons, pra, radio23 & cascade community radio, MediaMonarchy
  10. Introducing: Northside Radio, Northside Festival News
  11. About Radio23
  12. Cascade Community Radio Launch, the Portland Mercury
  13. Hearth Music Radio Playlist for 06/09/2010 Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Heart Music Blog
  14. KBOO: The Best Music You've Never Heard, Free Music Archive
  15. Grandaddy - Taster - ErrorFM LIVE, Error FM
  16. Willamette Radio Workshop
  17. War Semen and Grooviness Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Panda Bear Live at Primavera Sound « The life and times of a Flashflooder". Flashflooder.wordpress.com. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  19. Ola's Kool Kitchen on Radio23 Dr Dog live and interview at Primavera 2010, from the Internet Archive
  20. Radio23.org to Stream Sonic Youth and Bardo Pond Tonight, nyctaper
  21. Ola's Kool Kitchen on Radio 23 May 20 2009 Lockstock special, from the Internet Archive
  22. "W+K Portland • Wk Radio = Wke". WK Portland Blog. 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  23. O40M
  24. Music For Maniacs
  25. Interview with DJ Ola
  26. Planet Manda
  27. Cinema Terrorisme, Public Sensory Radio
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