I guess that the commercial free debut for a radio station was a popular tactic to attract listeners. There was a rock music station out of New York City back in the mid 1970’s that was commercial free with no blathering DJ’s for their first summer. It called itself Big Apple Radio or something like that. I was commuting from Dutchess County to Westchester, NY that summer and I had a commercial free 2 hour round trip commute. It was probably 1974 or 1975. Try to remember, if you were cognizant or alive at the time, how we had to listen to music in cars then.tooluser wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:19 pmI tuned into this, excellent. The "No Commercials" reminds me of my 80's teenage years with one FM station that we referred to as "We Love Led Zeppelin". It would often have "commercial-free marathons". It was definitely the station we had on for gatherings/parties.eddot98 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:35 pm Talking Heads on https://play.exclusive.radio/station/18/467
I’m not sure what this service is, who owns it, or how they make money.
Just found out that they are owned by Aroha Ltd based in the UAE. My
Adding: If I remember correctly, the first 6 weeks of broadcasting were not only commercial-free, but DJ-free as well. It was just good music playing over the radio 24/7 with only the call letters being announced every hour. A mystery. Late at night they would play unusual classics such as Rush's 2112 album in its entirety. Magical times.
We have SiriusXM radio in the car and the DJ’s really ruin the music listening experience for us.