Thursday, February 9, 2012

Behind the Scenes

So we've been up and running for a couple weeks. I'm still tweaking the sound of the Krypt, mostly adding music and playing around with the order of things. I've added a couple of great shows that you can only find in a handful of other places. So if you haven't been listening, you probably should, even if it is just for a few.

The feedback that I have been getting back is great, and I want to thank everyone who's taken a listen and want to hear even more feedback (I'll post an hour sample later). If you're wondering where my idea for the Krypt came from, here it goes:

There was a local classic rock station I worked at for a couple years, .left and came back part time for a couple after that. It was programmed off satellite with the goal of bringing it local and having more control over it than we already did. While working there the decision was finally made to bring it local, make the classic rock edgier and bring in a more well known radio guy to run things (At this point I was working out of the industry full time and not there for the day to day operations of things). So the company had a real kick ass classic rock station that I loved and was making some money with it. Money that I had hoped was going to get me back in to the biz. Somewhere along the lines, the wheels fell off. People did things they shouldn't have and management wasn't happy, listeners were unhappy and the powers that be decided to flip formats to something older and safer. Something that, as a broadcaster, I was okay with. Disappointed with, but I understood their explanation.

So I had my format for the Krypt. Classic rock with an Edge. The Krypt is basically what an FM classic rock station would sound like if I had the controls. I don't, so the internet radio world has Kent's Krypt.

Rock on Krypters!