Popfreeradio.com

Popfreeradio.com is an alternative-format internet radio station based in Kansas City. The station uses the tag-line "The Antithesis of Top 40" and is hailed by The Pitch (newspaper) as "comparable to 96.5 (KRBZ, the station's in-market FM competition) but fresher."

History

The station launched a test stream in September 2006 and the official popfreeradio stream launched on October 31, 2006. The station hosted its first concert on May 12, 2007 at Davey's Uptown featuring Minneapolis-based band Cloud Cult and Kansas City acts "Shudder" and "Tripp Algiers". In September 2007 the station founder and flagship show DJ, Chronic The Hedgehog was awarded The Pitch (newspaper) Best of Kansas City 2007: Best Online Radio Personality. In October of 2007 the station hosted a charity event called "Smoking For Cancer" at the American Royal Barbecue cook-off and raised money for The American Cancer Society and hair for Locks of Love including over a foot and a half of station owner, Chronic The Hedgehog's hair. In January 2008 popfreeradio moved into a commercial office-space located in Overland Park, KS.

Concerts/Events

Popfreeradio's first show: Cloud Cult, Shudder, Tripp Algiers - May 12, 2007 (Davey's Uptown)
Smoking For Cancer: Rockesh, Select Five, Caesura 2012, Tripp Algiers - October 5-6, 2007 (American Royal)
Popfree Spring Break: Cloud Cult, Distance To Empty, The Belated - March 10, 2008 (Davey's Uptown)
Action Figure, Naydivz, and Sterling Witt - April 12, 2008 (Davey's Uptown)
The Never, Cody Ross - July 18, 2008 (Korruption)
Popwreckoning Showcase: Driver F, Sterling Witt, Andrew Conner - July 29, 2008 (Davey's Uptown)
Smoking For Cancer II: Caesura 2012, Orion Falls - October 3-4, 2008 (American Royal)- **Select Five was also scheduled to play, but went on hiatus shortly before the show date**

External links

* [http://popfreeradio.com/ Official Site]
* [http://myspace.com/popfreeradio Popfreeradio's Myspace page]
* [http://www.pitch.com/2007-10-04/calendar/meat-eaters-paradise/ The Pitch Weekly's report on Smoking For Cancer]
* [http://www.pitch.com/2007-04-19/music/no-static-at-all/ The Pitch's "No Static At All" article featuring Popfreeradio.com]