As an avid listener of WOXY, I beg everyone to go over and support the station! I was lucky enough to have grown up with WOXY when it was still a terrestrial signal in southern Ohio, and I gotta tell you, the station pretty much made me the music fan I am today. Hands down, it's the best radio station I've ever been privileged to hear. Check it out, and if you like it, please support WOXY!!

PS: You should also check out their archive of live performances, which include Clap Your Hands, The National, Low and many others!

As an avid listener of WOXY, I beg everyone to go over and support the station! I was lucky enough to have grown up with WOXY when it was still a terrestrial signal in southern Ohio, and I gotta tell you, the station pretty much made me the music fan I am today. Hands down, it's the best radio station I've ever been privileged to hear. Check it out, and if you like it, please support WOXY!!

PS: You should also check out their archive of live performances, which include Clap Your Hands, The National, Low and many others!

I've been a listener since 1993. I'm really happy that you posted this.

I've been trying to recruit friends to become subscribers, even offering to buy them a free month just to let them get a taste in the hope that they'll like it and decide to keep up with it themselves.

Of course, I subscribed immediately.

WOXY is THE exemplar for the DIY ethic and for the way that radio should be.

Don't believe me? Go to their site and give them a chance. Subscribe if you like what you hear. This is one institution that should be saved. The indie community will be much worse off without them.

Thanks again for bringing this to your readership's attention.

a fantastic station and fantastic people. i subscribed immediately; i've been listening to them online and over the air as 97X for years and years, since 91 or so. if you love independent music and haven't already checked out woxy, head over and have a listen. if you like it and can, maybe you'll subscribe - our music world is better with Woxy in it.

Independent radio. Live DJs. New music. WOXY.com has everything a music lover could ever want. I have listened to WOXY starting in 1996 when it was 97X. I moved to Florida and was thrilled to find out I could still listen to great music and even better DJs online. Truly, if it wasn't for WOXY, I wouldn't know a quarter of the music that I do now.

I know that the idea of paying for radio is kind of an alien thing but there is that very well know phrase: "you get what you pay for" and when you listen to terrestrial, corporate radio, you get the same songs played over and over, commercials every five minutes and annoying DJs. WOXY has two channels: vintage (your favorite indie alternative classic favorites) and the main channel. The main channel focuses on new music and even music by unsigned bands.

WOXY is dedicated to bringing you the best new music out there. You can guarantee that you will have heard the next big single 6,8 even 12 months before (if ever) it hits the corporate station.

Check out WOXY if you haven't already. Give it a chance. If you like what you hear, consider joining. I haven't regretted the years I have listened to WOXY and I don't think you will either.

Thanks for giving WOXY a chance. We all have a lot to lose if WOXY goes away.

As an avid reader of this site, I thank you greatly for posting this!

As the morning DJ at WOXY I urge anyone reading this to sample the station and drop me a line or make a request Mon-Fri 9a-2p (dj@woxy.com). We TRULY need your support!

I used to listen to KEXp, but nobody does independent radio better than WOXY. Their DJ's get to know their listeners, they listen to their requests, and they are trying to start an amazing new way to listen to radio: the internet. KEXP gets millions of dollars from Microsoft since they are tax deductible, woxy is trying to do it a way that no other independent station has. I can't speak enough about how much I would hate to see woxy gone. It's more than a station not making it...it's also the independent music community supporting them when they need it most. Don't turn your back on someone who finally cares about real music and real listeners.

clearly i'm down with WOXY but i'm glad to see Brooklyn Vegan posting something about this too so that more people become aware of what's going on. i love listening to WOXY and don't want it to go away!

Another way to help support WOXY

4) Buy merchandise from their store. I have t-shirt, a mug, that back to school kit thingie, etc...

HUGE WOXY fan. As a native NYer, only started listening since they originaly started streaming on the net, at which point they were still going over the air waves too. Since then, it has been my main source for hearing new music. As has been stated, they play stuff way before you will hear it anywhere else. Mp3 blogs are great an all, but WOXY is a whole nother ball game. Unfortunately, my company has recently put a moritorium on listening to streaming music, and it felt like I was punched in the gut. Maybe it's time to find a new job if I can't listen to my WOXY.

: )

One thing's for sure: WOXY has a killer street team.

I am very passionate about this subject, being an addicted listener to KEXP and RadioParadise, and a former apostle of KCRW (still fantastic programming, but not as stream-friendly or responsive to user needs as the aforementioned stations). RadioParadise has managed to build a loyal user base and survives well with voluntary contributions. At the bottom of the 'Internet Radio Failing to Find Support?' link, there is a discussion of RP.

I think if WOXY is going to get this to work, they need an extensive free-trial period to the high-bandwidth stream, at least a month and maybe up to 3 months. Listeners need time to form a bond with an internet radio station and its DJs; I am a contributor to both RP and KEXP but I wasn't for the first several months I listened. I needed to feel the long-term impact on my music life that these stations were providing before making my own long-term commitment to them. WOXY will not get this commitment from new listeners without providing them with the means to form the bond.

As for KCRW: there is no better show out there for me than Sounds Eclectic, but I cannot pick up the RealPlayer archives at work and they have been unresponsive to my requests for feedback or MP3 streaming. This is why I never became a member. They are so close to getting that they are a national product, but they don't take it the extra mile to support the listener community. Very frustrating.

I hope WOXY can figure out the right model for survival.

KEXP has had the benefit of loads of Paul Allen's cash & the technological backbone of a university. Radio Paradise gets assloads of free bandwidth from AOL/Nullsoft.

I hope WOXY can figure out a model of survival too, but unfortunately most people don't seen to be interested in supporting genuinely independent media voices.

Hey birdboy -- WOXY does have a free stream! The $9.95/month membership gets you their 128k streams, but there is still a FREE 24k stream to be had! Go to www.woxy.com or listen through the radio page on iTunes.

Please give it a shot!

I don't doubt that WOXY's programming is excellent. The problem is -- and Bill Goldsmith from RadioParadise attests to this (see the RP forum topic about WOXY) -- that at low-bandwidth streams the emotional connection between the potential member (paying subscriber) and the music is all but lost. I don't bother with streams below 96, and really prefer 128. I think it's good that they are offering a free stream, but I wouldn't have the patience with the lower quality stream long enough to become attached to the programming. WOXY's vulnerability depends upon how many people fee the same way as I do. I stopped listening and being a member of WFUV for this same reason. Heavy music users on the web have committed to broadband service and expect broadband content. The long-term high-bandwidth free trial is a necessity imho.

One thing's for sure: WOXY has a killer street team.

you beat me to it.. roffles

But birdboy, the point is that at this current moment in time they don't have time to offer a long free trial - March 6th is the deadline to get 7,000 members. Sadly, a lot of listeners still seem to be sitting on the fence, but hopefully they'll take action soon.