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RadioBostonDotCom rebrands as Indie617

raccoonradio said:
Alternative music with some WFNX veterans, who got aboard after the demise of Boston Phoenix Radio to what was then RadioBoston dot com
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Does this mean the Globe has pulled their financial support?

The Globe also stopped sponsoring WRKO's "The Boston Globe Morning Show" a while back... nobody mentioned that.

I predict that this will go the way of Sam Kopper's attempt to keep WBCN afloat online

and speaking of extinction, Don Imus's career is heading for the glue factory on 3/29
 
Indie617 formerly RadioBostonDotCom is said to be a spinoff from the Globe..so the Herald will have online radio (plus one hr on WCRN 830) and the Globe won't?

Tai involved with WUMB and other projects.He has worked at 3 stations that all eventually went to iHeart--WFNX (WBWL), WZLX, and WRKO.

RadioInsight:"RadioBDC, the Alternative webcaster launched by The Boston Globe and former 101.7 WFNX staffers in 2012 following the sale of WFNX to iHeartMedia, is being spun-off to founding staffers Paul Driscoll and John LaVasseur and will relaunch as Indie617 on Monday, April 2.
Driscoll, the former Program Director of WFNX and PD of RadioBDC will serve as President/Managing Partner of the new operating company while LaVasseur will be General Sales Manager/Managing Partner. "
 
Interesting, we shall see! I noticed WRKO did lots of changes to programming when iHeart took over. They no longer have the Saturday Night Oldies show either with Jeff Lawrence!
 
promixcuous said:
Can a local online radio station generate at least half a million dollars in revenue?
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Right now the web site has no ads on it. So I don't know their business plan. Maybe subscription? If so, you need 10,000 subscribers paying $50 a year to make a half million. That's pretty tough to do if the focus is only Boston.

Then you turn around and give 65% of it back to SoundExchange for music royalties.
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It’ll be a good fight. They operate like an event marketing company in some respects-Ski Season, Beer/Liquor appearances.

They have the sales connections but losing Globe digital to include in pitches may (or may not at all) hurt.

Great product. Strong sales with Johnny L. Globe should have embraced it, when I was there, they felt like an island on their own.

Personally... I’d work Beasley to syndicate Adam 12 (at least). Then talk with Spotify about some form of a partnership.
 
DaveCullinane said:
Then talk with Spotify about some form of a partnership.
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Good luck with that. They don't do those kinds of partnerships. They build & own those kinds of stations themselves.

They need to be on a local platform that gets traffic. No traffic, no advertising. The entire single station website business has changed in the last six months.
 
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