KGNU to launch internet-only music channel, AfterFM

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From The Denver Post:


On Oct. 21, KGNU Community Radio will launch AfterFM, an internet-only music channel available at http://www.afterfm.com (currently in testing mode).
The 24/7 channel will be a mix of the live, on-air music programming from KGNU blended with new musical offerings that exist only online, according to KGNU music director John Schaefer.
“70 percent or our programming is music. We’re not moving anything away from the AM-FM music schedules,” Schaefer said. The idea is to create a space specifically devoted to music (for those who have trouble sitting through newscasts). New shows like Mile High Soul Club, Turnstyles, Submission electronic show are on tap. Ritmos Latinos and New Orleans Rising are due next month.
Among the familiar offerings are “Dr. Martin’s Medicine Show,” an Americana show slated for Sunday mornings following “Roots & Branches” on AfterFM. Bayou Stomp and The Skavenger will also be part of the launch.
Per the station’s release:

“The initial list of contributors reads like a who’s who of the Denver and Boulder music scene: the classic and Northern Soul collective The Mile High Soul Club, local Dubstep advocates Sub.Mission, the beats and crate-digging gems of DJs K-Nee, Low Key, and Big Styles of the So What! crew, the Boulder electronic institution that is Communikey, the lost classics of The Denver Vintage Reggae Society.”

They’ll have some advertising on the site although it would be a stretch to say the channel is advertiser supported. “It’s really just an extension of the support we get during our pledge drives that allows us to expand,” Schaefer said.


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