i'm a fixture over at WOXY---streaming and posting daily for a couple years---so, this is a fan's take.
as mentioned before, it's all about the DJs, who've not only got a great sensibility, but have also created this aforementioned sense of community, which is what's missing in other streams, or even on the dial with DJ-bots.
because WOXY started out as a terrestrial, there was a local listener-base that carried over to the online-only format along with the three surviving DJs. so you have the intimacy of the original local entity, but with listeners jumping in from all over the country, as well as from places like sao paulo, london, paris, sydney, glasgow. makes for an interesting mix of characters on the message boards.
i tried a lot of the DJ-less online streams when WOXY went down as a terrestrial, but it was hard for me to feel a personal connection to any of them. i'd got used to feeling that i was a part of something---all of us on the boards listening to the same stream, bantering, laughing, fighting, responding to the playlist. it's a very different experience than SOMA or RadioXY, for instance---both very good streams, but without that personal quality.
it's hard not to spam when we're fighting for our lives over there, but it'll be a sad, sad day for us when the site shuts down. really nothing else like it, and i've searched.
i'm a fixture over at WOXY---streaming and posting on the message boards daily---so, if anyone's interested in the opinion of a fan, this is my take.
what separates this station from the pack is the exceptional DJs, who've created a sense of community---partly 'cause it started out as terrestrial and there was a local listener-base, but also because some of these same radio personalities carried over into their online presence. so you have the intimacy of the original local entity, yet with listeners jumping in and posting from around the country, and from places like brazil, the UK, australia...an interesting mix of characters on the message boards.
I tried the DJ-less streams when woxy went down as a terrestrial, but it was hard for me to feel a personal connection to them...got used to feeling that i was a part of something, listening to the same stream and bantering, laughing, fighting, responding to the playlist. it's a very, very different feeling than SOMA, for instance.
it's hard not to sound like a spammer when we're all fighting for our lives over there...but check out the message boards and you'll see i'm real, woxy's unique, all that. free stream hasn't been downgraded yet (as it will monday), so now's the time to check it out, if you want to see what the fuss is about.
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i'm a fixture over at WOXY---streaming and posting daily for a couple years---so, this is a fan's take. as mentioned before, it's all about the DJs, who've not only got a great sensibility, but have also created this aforementioned sense of community, which is what's missing in other streams, or even on the dial with DJ-bots. because WOXY started out as a terrestrial, there was a local listener-base that carried over to the online-only format along with the three surviving DJs. so you have the intimacy of the original local entity, but with listeners jumping in from all over the country, as well as from places like sao paulo, london, paris, sydney, glasgow. makes for an interesting mix of characters on the message boards. i tried a lot of the DJ-less online streams when WOXY went down as a terrestrial, but it was hard for me to feel a personal connection to any of them. i'd got used to feeling that i was a part of something---all of us on the boards listening to the same stream, bantering, laughing, fighting, responding to the playlist. it's a very different experience than SOMA or RadioXY, for instance---both very good streams, but without that personal quality. it's hard not to spam when we're fighting for our lives over there, but it'll be a sad, sad day for us when the site shuts down. really nothing else like it, and i've searched.
i'm a fixture over at WOXY---streaming and posting on the message boards daily---so, if anyone's interested in the opinion of a fan, this is my take. what separates this station from the pack is the exceptional DJs, who've created a sense of community---partly 'cause it started out as terrestrial and there was a local listener-base, but also because some of these same radio personalities carried over into their online presence. so you have the intimacy of the original local entity, yet with listeners jumping in and posting from around the country, and from places like brazil, the UK, australia...an interesting mix of characters on the message boards. I tried the DJ-less streams when woxy went down as a terrestrial, but it was hard for me to feel a personal connection to them...got used to feeling that i was a part of something, listening to the same stream and bantering, laughing, fighting, responding to the playlist. it's a very, very different feeling than SOMA, for instance. it's hard not to sound like a spammer when we're all fighting for our lives over there...but check out the message boards and you'll see i'm real, woxy's unique, all that. free stream hasn't been downgraded yet (as it will monday), so now's the time to check it out, if you want to see what the fuss is about.