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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Keeping Altrok Healthy - A Periodic Reminder

As you know, you can depend on Altrok every day for a great mix of new music and classic alternative - dipping into today's selection, I can see we've got tracks queued up from The Temper Trap, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Wombats, Thomas Dolby, King Crimson (the later, funkier version), The National, Emma Pollock, Peter Doherty, Kid British, The Bouncing Souls, The Sea And Cake, La Roux, Ex-Lion Tamer, The Thompson Twins (the earlier, more anarchic version), Good Shoes, The Shout Out Louds and 110 other bands...

...and that's just today. Tomorrow, we'll pull out another eight hours that'll be just as good. Hey, it's what we do.

So what can you do to keep us doing it? Funny you should ask...

It all comes down to money. (Doesn't it always?)

We're not passing the bucket directly, of course, but it's always helpful if there's a bit of money coming in, and that's why there's advertisements here on the page. There's one just before the first post on the page, and then there's a small collection of them at the bottom.

When you show your interest (assuming you're interested, of course) by clicking on those ads, those sponsors throw a little cash our way. Not a great pile, mind you, but enough to keep us thinking this isn't such a bad idea to keep running.

Also, if you happen to shop at Amazon.com, doing so through this affiliate link tosses us a bit of change whenever you use it to buy something. That's kinda helpful, too. (By the way, it doesn't matter what you buy, as long as you head to Amazon through the link.)

In short, we can always use a little help, and you can be the source of that help. Check out the advertisers, and you'll be doing your part.

Alrighty, enough begging. Click into the web radio stations above and enjoy the music. We enjoy bringing it to you.

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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.)