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Monday, January 26, 2009

G-Rock Radio is dead. Long Live Altrok's G-Aid!

And so, here's the teaser, hereafter known as Altrok's G-Aid (longtime fans will see what I did there.) It's totally bereft of identifiers and things that say we are who we are; it's simply a loop of the kind of music G-Rock was playing when it disappeared.

So it's up to you now. I'tll only take up to 10 listeners at a time, but if those get completely maxed out, I'll start bumping up the number (that costs money, but it'll be worth it.) If nobody shows up, well...perhaps Press Broadcasting made the right decision. (I'm depending on you to prove that's not true.)

I'll spend the next week growing the library and researching where it should go from here. If things look good by next Saturday, I"ll grow it further. My goal is 2000 listener hours, so you're really going to have to nail up those connections - if it's full, make sure you remember to come back later (and while you're waiting, tune in to Altrok Radio or Altrok Radio SD for a glimpse of the bleeding edge of Alternative Rock.)

So, in short, it's up to you now. Press Broadcasting may not be able to service the "niche" that represents Alternative Radio, but we can, and you can help. Don't let the crowd gathering in Neptune today down.

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Welcome to Altrok.com, also available at AltrokRadio.com and AltrockRadio.com. Here's where the remaining listeners of several fine radio stations have retreated, regrouped, and built a replacement strong enough to stand on its own. It builds on the independent legacy of New Jersey's FM106.3, New York's WPIX and WLIR, Oklahoma's 105.3 The Spy, the pre-buyout mindset of KROQ, WBCN and WHFS and of every other alternative station that was destroyed at a moment's notice - not because they weren't making money, but because there was bigger money to be found elsewhere.

We've stood by as truly independent alternative rock radio died. Sure, something called "alternative" took its place, but we know for sure that anything that "tests well" with soccer moms just ain't alternative. (Even if some of us happen to be soccer moms.) So we've taken matters into our own hands.

This really is independent alternative rock radio, visible here at Altrok.com and audible at our web radio station. It has the classic music that fired our passions back in the day - or that we maybe only heard about from our elders - but it's mostly made of the new music that does precisely the same for us now. We're paying attention to scenes all over the world, watching the energy build, and waiting to see what it creates. Wherever it happens, we'll make sure you can hear about it here. We've been slowly building all this since 2001, and now that you've noticed us, we're glad you're here.

Of course, it's only here because you want it to be here, and it can only stay if you help it along - especially by checking out our advertisers (they support us) and by listening (the more that listen, the more visible we are.) Please use the "feedback" link above to let us know whether it works for you, and what you want it to be as the future unfolds. (And if you need help hearing it, let us know that, too.)