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Indie 103.1 Has Imploded, If You Did Not Get The Memo

By Ryan - Thursday January 15th 2009

indiegraveYep, it’s true. We should have some interesting takes on the Indie/Entravision station’s death soon. Meantime, Metblogs has posted what appears to be the twitter scoop here. Some kind soul (embittered staffer?) has already updated Wikipedia as well:

On August 19th, 2008, Station Manager Dawn Girocco announced her departure from the station.[2] Starting in October 2008, longtime specialty shows were either dropped (”Feel My Heat,” Community Service,” “Big Sonic Heaven,” “Camp Freddy Radio”) or moved to weekends (”Harmony in My Head”).[3] Upon the cancellation of his roots music show “Watusi Rodeo,” Chris Morris accused the station of “now being styled as KROQ Jr.” in an effort to increase the station’s ratings.[4]

In November 2008, Escalante stated he was giving up the morning show but would continue to host an expanded two-hour version of his legal-advice show, “Barely Legal Radio.”[1] He was replaced by longtime station DJ “TK.”

On January 15, 2009, Indie 103.1 announced on the air that it would soon be ending its run on the FM frequency. (source)

Those interested in purchasing my patented “solder-and-build-it-yourself iPod/GPS online streaming patch kit” so that you may enjoy dublab, little radio, killradio, novaplanet, KEXP, WFMU, KCRW’s “all music, no Olney” channel, the new “online only” indie103 when and if it surfaces, and, broader, any online streaming source whatsoever, txtmsg me for custom quotes. Nifty li’l box once you get it built, and it will certainly change the way you think about car radio. Brand name: CARSTREAMER™. Priced to sell.

» BREAKING: Indie 103.1 No More? (LA Metblogs)




What now?

6 Responses to “Indie 103.1 Has Imploded, If You Did Not Get The Memo”

  1. Posted by the daniel 1/15/09 at 12:55 pm # Reply

    Can I get a version that does KCRW with no music, all Olney?

  2. Posted by Ryan 1/15/09 at 1:08 pm # Reply

    the_d: I have one of those kits left. The dash conversion kit only fits late model chevy geos, though – what’s your ride?

  3. Posted by Jason 1/15/09 at 2:29 pm # Reply

    I’m curious what this means for scheduled Indie 103.1 hosted concerts? Ex. Cut Copy.

  4. Posted by warren olney 1/15/09 at 3:04 pm # Reply

    what is the fate of the henry rollins show and jonesy’s jukebox? wtf!!!!!!!!! i hate 2009 so far!

  5. [...] RECAP Lordy! What a week-or-so of sheer death we’ve had. Scenestar turned out the lights. Indie103 perished. KXLU said meh. Commenters discussed the response. We attended a touching, albeit unnecessarily [...]

  6. Posted by Happy 63rd Birthday David Lynch 1/20/09 at 1:06 pm # Reply

    [...] birthday to LA’s own David Lynch today, former Indie103.1 (RIP) weather reporter, probably my all-time favorite director, and surely one of the most unique voices [...]

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