Radio23
Encyclopedia
Radio23 is a non-commercial, freeform
radio station founded by Programming Director Jeff Hylton Simmons and launched in 2009. Based out of Portland, Oregon
, where it supports the local artists and community, the station's goal is to provide an international
artistic platform for home broadcasters around the world,, and to teach anyone around the world how to create radio with a computer and an internet connection. Every two hours, a new live broadcaster shows up from somewhere in the world. Radio23 is connected with radio stations that include Cascade Community Radio, Hearth Music, WFMU
, KDVS
, CKUT-FM
, KZME, KBOO
, Error FM, and Willamette Radio
, and also with the magazine War, Semen and Grooviness.
, NYC's No Fun Fest, PDX Pop Now!
, Lockstock, North Side Festival, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
's Time-Based Art Festival
, and Eye & Ear Fest. Radio23's shows include Cinema Terrorisme, Ola's Kool Kitchen, and Nine 11 Thesaurus.
, indie
, jazz
, folk
, R&B
, experimental music
, and hip-hop
. It also features band interviews and live broadcasts.
Freeform (radio format)
Freeform, or freeform radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. Freeform radio stands in contrast to most commercial radio stations, in which DJs have little or no...
radio station founded by Programming Director Jeff Hylton Simmons and launched in 2009. Based out of Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, where it supports the local artists and community, the station's goal is to provide an international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
artistic platform for home broadcasters around the world,, and to teach anyone around the world how to create radio with a computer and an internet connection. Every two hours, a new live broadcaster shows up from somewhere in the world. Radio23 is connected with radio stations that include Cascade Community Radio, Hearth Music, WFMU
WFMU
WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM, presenting a freeform radio format...
, KDVS
KDVS
KDVS is an American student and community radio station based in Davis, California. Featuring a freeform programming format, the station is owned by Regents of the University of California...
, CKUT-FM
CKUT-FM
CKUT-FM is the official campus community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal, 91.7 on cable, or on the . CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New York...
, KZME, KBOO
KBOO
KBOO is a non-profit organization, listener-funded FM Community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon. The station's mission is to serve groups in its listening area who are underrepresented on other local radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who have...
, Error FM, and Willamette Radio
Willamette University
Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States. Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, and is made up of an undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and...
, and also with the magazine War, Semen and Grooviness.
Events
Since its official launch in May 2009, Radio 23 has covered many festivals; some of these include the Primavera FestivalPrimavera Sound Festival
San Miguel Primavera Sound, commonly known as Primavera Sound or simply Primavera, is an annual music festival which takes place in Barcelona, Spain in late May and, in some years, early June...
, NYC's No Fun Fest, PDX Pop Now!
PDX Pop Now!
PDX Pop Now! is both a local annual music festival held in Portland, Oregon, and the non-profit music education organization that organizes and promotes the event...
, Lockstock, North Side Festival, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon, United States was founded in 1996 by Kristy Edmunds, formerly the Director of the Portland Art Museum's "Art on the Edge" program...
's Time-Based Art Festival
Time-Based Art Festival
The Time-Based Art Festival is an annual interdisciplinary art and performance festival presented by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art . It occurs over a ten-day period in September in Portland, Oregon in the United States...
, and Eye & Ear Fest. Radio23's shows include Cinema Terrorisme, Ola's Kool Kitchen, and Nine 11 Thesaurus.
Programming
Radio23's programming includes types of popular music that include rockRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, and hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
. It also features band interviews and live broadcasts.
See also
- WKEntertainmentWKE (WKEntertainment)WKE is an independently owned American production company and arts and culture delivery channel, a subsidiary of the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy...
- WFMUWFMUWFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM, presenting a freeform radio format...
- List of Internet radio stations