Elkhorn, WI October 12, 2004 -- Patrick and Aimee Conley began their online 80's music station, "Live from a Bonus Room Over the Garage" on Saturday, May 1 and five months later they are ranked in the top 15% of over 7,400 Shoutcast webcasters internationally. Mixing an ever expanding variety of music from the late 70's through the 1980's with soundbytes from 80's movies, TV shows and comedy bits, 80s Airwaves presents its listeners with a constantly changing
listening experience 24 hours a day.
The Conley's have amassed a collection of over 2,500 albums, 3,000 CDs, and
hundreds of videotapes and DVDs which they began preparing for online broadcast
a year prior to the launch. Currently, their on-air library boasts over 6,200
songs covering a wide range of musical styles, all of which are available for
request by the listeners at 80sAirwaves.com.
Because webcasting is not sanctioned by the FCC, 80s Airwaves plays music and
soundbytes in their original uncensored form.
"Traditional radio seems to be losing ground quickly because of increased
commercials, decreased creativity and now the FCC has increased fines for questionable
language and subject matter" stated 80s Airwaves owner Patrick Conley.
"This also explains the increasing popularity of iPods, online radio stations,
and satellite radio. These new stations are willing to take programming chances
that traditional broadcast corporations are clearly avoiding." Conley expects
that as wireless web connections become widespread, listeners will be able to
tune in 80s Airwaves from cell phones, PDAs or even laptops. "Even though
we've only been broadcasting for less than six months, we have already seen
people tune in from Spain, Portugal, Poland, and even Dubai in the United Arab
Emirates." The online guest book, found at www.80sAirwaves.com, has entries
from Germany, Liverpool and Italy, as well as many neighbors within Wisconsin
and Illinois.
With years of radio and club DJ experience, Patrick Conley expects 80s Airwaves
to appeal to adults who were in high school and college during the 1980's. The
wide-ranging variety of music, sound clips and other audio mixing techniques
have most of their dedicated listeners tuning in from their office computers
every day, usually for hours on end, to enjoy this new "mixed media"
format. 80s Airwaves is also the only radio station with a daily news break
at noon and midnight each weekday, featuring current news events surrounding
popular 80s artists. Twelve times each day the station plays new releases from
artists which came to prominence during the 80's. Artists currently in the new
releases rotation include U2, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Tears for Fears,
The Finn Brothers, David Byrne and more.
http://www.80sAirwaves.com
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