WOXY, RIP?

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WOXY

WOXY Listeners, Fans and Friends...

Due to current economic realities and the lack of ongoing funding for WOXY's operations, we've been forced to suspend our live broadcasts as of March 23rd. We're continuing to explore options to keep The Future of Rock and Roll alive. For business inquiries, please contact Bryan Jay (bryan@woxy.com) or John at Future Sounds (john@futuresounds.com).

Thanks for your years of dedicated support.

- Mike, Shiv, Joe, Paige, Brian and Bryan Jay

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posted at 12:06 PM on March 23, 2010 in music | radio | Comments (24)

Comments (24)

I imagine, given the degree to which BV commenters hate music, that this is good news?

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 12:12 PM

oh yes, great news

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 12:13 PM

This was the only way I could get through my work day...

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 12:15 PM

this really blows
the only radio station that gets me through the day...

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 12:24 PM

Looks like I'll go back to streaming www.CD101.com

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 12:44 PM

i remember having to deal with this back on 2004. at least back then they knew in advance that they were closing up and had time to reflect on air. this was so sudden, and right after all their sxsw coverage. very sad, but something tells me they'll be back.

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:04 PM

this really, really sucks. by far the best streaming radio station out there.

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:05 PM

i just bought an iphone for the woxy app to listen at work after my company blocked it last week ... this is so sad, it was the first radio station i listened to where i discovered new bands every day ... hopefully this isn't the end of woxy, they made my world better

Posted by giselle | March 23, 2010 1:09 PM

is there anything listeners can do to help bring it back?? if only we'd known this was at risk of happening, we could've pitched in more. seriously sucks.

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:16 PM

this is unfortunate for woxy but I recommend kexp for the time being. john in the morning rules!

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:16 PM

more info on the situation can be found at http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/72616/woxy-goes-dark-after-27-years?ref=sitemap

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:22 PM

xmu 4eva

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:23 PM

The end of how many eras now?

It should be salvaged somewhere as a brand within public radio - like XPN did with Y-Rock in Philadelphia.

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 1:47 PM

this is such a disappointment.

Posted by mp77 | March 23, 2010 2:00 PM

The future of Rock n Roll is now part of Rock N Rolls past...

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 2:26 PM

I've listened to this station everyday the last 5 years at work. I've never found another station that promotes new bands and plays genuinely good music like they do. If Austin has such an awesome scene, then why can't they invest in the station?

Posted by Genius of the Crowd | March 23, 2010 3:07 PM

The worst part is the newly unemployed is there are probably no music-related jobs in Austin.

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2010 4:22 PM

What a shame.

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Posted by دردشه | September 28, 2010 6:21 AM

Some really great photos here. I'd never even heard of 8-bit music before so thanks for enlightening me! Jim.

will be fresh in my ears as long as i live.

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