Looking for New Age Radio Show

[theradiokid]

I am a programming consultant for an online radio station in Geneva, NY. We are in the process of launching a 247 schedule. We are a community access station with a public radio feel.

I am looking for a 1 hour or 2 hour New Age radio show to air on our station. Our station does not air commercials, and we do not pay for programming. If you know of a New Age radio show (or really good podcast) we can pick up, please email me at: [email protected], or email the station at: [email protected].

Thank you for your help.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Bob Baldwin produces a pretty good show, "NewUrbanJazz." May not be quite the flavor you're going for, and I'm unsure whether or not the program costs $$$. 2 hours weekly, I think.

 

[Bongwater]

Are you looking for the traditional Kitaro, Andreas Vollenwieder, Phillip Glass, Windham Hill, etc. stuff?

Wow.......The only traditional new age music show I know remaining is Music From The Hearts of Space.

http://www.hos.com/

It's a public radio program. So it might really fit in........

 

[AC Tones]

Bob Baldwin produces a pretty good show, "NewUrbanJazz." May not be quite the flavor you're going for, and I'm unsure whether or not the program costs $$$. 2 hours weekly, I think.

Bob Baldwin's show is far from New Age, IMO. If you are looking for a good New Age show in the spirit of what WAS New Age back in the 80s, take a look at Nick Francis' "Quiet Music."

 

[AC Tones]

Another thing I'll add about Baldwin's show, you better plan on becoming BIG TIME right out of the gate if you are thinking about picking it up, i.e., have several hundred listeners at a time for an online station or be on a stick somewhere. He approached me about carrying his show a couple years ago the station was young, and once he found out I was "just a hobbyist," I haven't heard from him since. Don't think for a minute I've forgotten about that. But I still spin his music...go figure! : But frankly speaking, there are better shows out there you can get with few if any strings attached, like Ted Hasiuk's Cafe Jazz or Mark Stanley's Soundtraxx. I wanted to pick up Nick's show, but at the time (and he still may), he had an exclusive arrangement with KYOT in Phoenix.

 

[wsbzjazzkat]

We at WSBZ (The Seabreeze) air Musical Starstreams Sunday nights on our station. It is a blend of chill and New Age and we have aired this show since 1994. It is a 2 Hour Show which should be an option for you. The website is www.starstreams.com. You should be able to sample the show from the website.

 

[jhguthlac]

You may want to contact the folks who do Sunday mornings at WVUD in Newark, Delaware. They do a good New Age show.

 

[theradiokid]

Thanks to everyone for their help. Unfortunatly, it wasn't much help, I'm sad to say.

Hearts Of Space is already caried in our market.

As for Nick Frances's show, the website is down, and from what I've seen, I wonder if he is still producing?

To the folks at WSBZ: First, great station. (I'm listening now as I type, actually.) I do appreciate the suggestion, however, Musical Starstreams isn't a New Age show. If you don't believe me, the next time you talk to Forest, ask him to play Yonni, Enya, Tangerine Dream, Zula, Mars Lazar, Pan Africa, or Libera, and see what his reaction is. We already carry Musical Starstreams here on Geneva Community Radio, but we file it under our Trance and Electronica programming.

If anyone has any suggestions of shows that come a little closer to what we are looking for that are still in production, please contact us. Thanks.

 

[mikedow]

Why do Internet stations program syndicated shows?

???I hate to be a spoil sport, but isn’t it counter productive to put syndicated programming on an Internet station? In a universe with only a half-dozen choices, variety programming made sense, but when there are 9,999 other choices, shouldn’t stations program to a very narrow niche? When I select a Smooth Jazz station, I’m looking for Smooth Jazz, not chill, New Age, or anything else. Am I unusual? I’ve been out of radio for almost a generation, so I cannot call on my recent experience. It seems to me that these specialty syndicated shows destroy the brand identity. Further, they run of the weekends when people have time to sample. What am I missing? Any thoughts?

Mike

 

[AC Tones]

Re: Why do Internet stations program syndicated shows?

???I hate to be a spoil sport, but isn’t it counter productive to put syndicated programming on an Internet station? In a universe with only a half-dozen choices, variety programming made sense, but when there are 9,999 other choices, shouldn’t stations program to a very narrow niche? When I select a Smooth Jazz station, I’m looking for Smooth Jazz, not chill, New Age, or anything else. Am I unusual? I’ve been out of radio for almost a generation, so I cannot call on my recent experience. It seems to me that these specialty syndicated shows destroy the brand identity. Further, they run of the weekends when people have time to sample. What am I missing? Any thoughts?

Mike

Interesting take, Mike, and something I have been mulling over myself with my own station. Here's where I believe they add value to an Internet radio station, particularly to a small outlet like myself that cannot afford on air talent. In addition to change of pace programming, the shows give something listeners don't usually get to hear on the other end---a voice, a connection, a human being who genuinely cares about what he or she is providing to listeners. Internet radio stations are often castigated by terrestrial apologists for essentially being massive iPods or mp3 players on shuffle play, which really cannot be further from the truth. Listen to Bill's station. Listen to mine. There is a logic behind the presentation, and a certain "vibe" or "feel" that listeners come to expect. Nonetheless, to help dispel some of this stereotyping, I give listeners well produced shows with human beings on the other end. My listeners are sharp enough to know I care about their listening experience, and that there is a human being who daily conducts QA on his product. But sometimes even that is not enough for Internet radio's staunchest critics.

 

[theradiokid]

Hi Michael,

Geneva Community Radio is an online community radio statioon that airs mostly syndicated programming to the Geneva Community and to the world. We do this because it is imposible to find a volunteer to host a show for every genera we wish to program on our station. Plus, since we air a lot of forign news programming, the best people to do this are foriegn and syndicated broadcasters. If you wish to check out the station, you can visit genevaradio.blogspot.com.