How to Start A Successful Independent Radio Station

[@Radiodotco]

Nice to hear from people who have walked the walk, so to speak. Good insight from Eddie, and on-point questions from Tony. Keep up the good work guys 👏

[@TheOfficialChannelofBobtown]

Hello

[@maryrafuse2297]

How refreshing is this. Someone who knows music playing music on an independent radio station of his own making. Wonderful!

[@tonyamiller4318]

Love Love this station. It’s like He said exactly . It’s my JAM … ❤

[@wsvmradio96.5]

Love, Love, love you too!

[@BloodySoup74]

Great interview Tony! This is inspiring to me as I'm about to embark on this journey of having my own independent radio station here in the Twin Cities.

[@johnobrien5440]

Eddie Jolly is spot-on about corporations. He has a great demeanor and a wealth of knowledge. I really enjoyed this.

[@MW.-.-]

This is awesome!! I’m looking into start my own station! This video is inspirational

[@Airwaves-Radio]

I frequently travel between Asheville and Raleigh, on I-40, and always tune in when I'm passing through Valdese. I know the AM frequency was dark for awhile. I'm glad the station has returned to the airwaves. BUZZ

[@venesmarie]

one of the original crow hill crows neighbour hood kids ,60s batch,lived on crow hill off and on all my life still here 3rd house down from the radio station,all the kids played ball about everyday untill dark and weekends always called in our request for a certain song to all us crows ,teen of the70s ,forgot radio around mid 70s ,and just rediscovered radio after all these years ,best station ever ,i mean ever ,music i love to my core,always a every day thing for me ,since 5 had my liltle box record player, and 45s ,and mommy kept me in supply of Elvis records,took it every where with me ,when we went visiting family,me and the kids would play my records and i was dancing the time away,love 60s-90s,its in my soul,love your station and all my memories you bring,thank you ,for choosing Valdese.

[@thebestmix96.5fmwsvm9]

Oh my! What a testimony! Thank you for the compliments and thank you for listening

[@immasoxfanbaby]

This brother has a wealth of knowledge. We need to pay him for his information. Nothing is free if u have golden information. Be wealthy sir. Im praying for you to

[@kevie3]

I wished I lived there in Valdese!! What an awesome place to work and I love Eddie!! Well done Tony 👍

[@realzneo]

Thank you for a great interview and a good story! I can't wait to tune in!

[@joymoody577]

Really enjoyed this information and y'all's back and forth between the two lol good Job. Now I've got to check out this station

[@MsHotSauce2u]

Launching an independent radio station in Boston and this was such an awesome interview. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@tonyleeglenn]

I hope you have great success. Send us some info when you get it going!

[@MsHotSauce2u]

@@tonyleeglenn thank you so much, and I definitely will!

[@wsvmradio96.5]

@@MsHotSauce2u How is your mission coming along?

[@Richcovephoto]

Really interesting interview Tony, I watched it to the end and really enjoyed it.. 👍🏻 I will now head to their website to listen! Thanks for putting this together. 👍🏻

[@Richcovephoto]

I have down loaded the app and listening now... first song playing was ABBA Dancing queen! Good to have a bit of Valdese in my life! 👍🏻

[@tonyleeglenn]

Ha - just woke up and saw your messages. That's cool about Dancing Queen - one of my favorite songs! Thanks for watching the interview. We gotta talk soon brother!

[@Richcovephoto]

I have send you a message on FB

[@1967HectorRivera]

Thank you for sharing this. I live in Hollywood Florida but will be moving to West Virginia after my daughter graduates from high school.

[@justinelliott3529]

Where you moving to in WV? I work near Parkersburg. It’s a great state

[@TheThoughtfulTraveler]

Thanks for this video… hoping to do this myself in the future and make it my career

[@TheCostOfLiving-]

Great interview really enjoyed it

[@elaineharrison5227]

I am 75 Eddy and I Love your mix don't forget Creedence ever

[@elaineharrison5227]

he is a thief

[@JerryAGreene]

Great interview!

[@oliviaonairwinsteard9922]

I love their accents

[@tushardutta118]

thank you Tony...for dis informative video...

[@DFDuck55]

I can identify with a lot that Eddie said. But I never went Pro, I've always just done it as a hobby and never made a dime doing it (it cost me money.) I got a 4 inch reel tape recorder in 1962 and started recording pretend radio shows. The only people that ever heard them were family members and a few friends from around the neighborhood. In the mid 1970's I started running a 2KW pirate station from a van, broadcasting from wire dipole antennas hung in trees on mountain tops around where I lived, never broadcasting from the same location more than one night. In 1987 the FCC caught up with me, so I moved my station to the internet (where FCC has no jurisdiction.) There was no software back then for doing that so I wrote my own. I could only have 2 listeners at a time, but I had regular listeners from all over the world. I too play only music from my personal collection, which I've been building for decades. I very rarely play anything from a commercially released album, for copyright reasons, especially if it is currently available to purchase. I like to find out what my listeners want to hear, then play something they've probably never heard before. Thirty-some years later I'm still running that little internet radio station :>

[@mrearlygold]

Once upon a time you needed a fcc series 3 broadcast license in order to get behind a microphone, has this all changed? I have a great interest in doing a radio show, if at all possible at my home location . Is this really possible to do a specialized radio show for 3 or 4 hours every friday night as an example? Can you help me fill this dream I've had for almost 55 years? ?

[@JordanService]

Great Video -- You remind me of Rev. Colgazer out first church LA.

[@DannyFyffe]

I just watched the whole thing Tony. Very interesting, but you pick Australia over Texas and Colorado? ;-) I may get his app and start listening. I like supporting the little guy against the corporate America types. Very well done interview. How did you get such good audio and what cameras did you use? Was it GoPro's? Give us some specs here.

[@tonyleeglenn]

Love it that you watched this Danny. I think you'd really like their music. About the audio. It was sort of a fail on my part. I had a Zoom H1 on Eddie (it worked). I had a Zoom H1 on me, but I think I just forgot to hit the record button, so no close mic on me. I had a Sony AX33 camcorder pointed at me, so some the audio from me came from that cam which was about 5 feet away. I had a Sony A6500 on Eddie - but it was only about 20 inches in front of me, so I mixed that audio with the audio from the AX33 to get my sound. It was a mess to do it that way, but was my best option. I had a GoPro Hero5 for the wide shot, but it sounded terrible. I just muted it. I had a different angle with a Hero4 - but for some reason the battery died within a few minutes. Thanks for asking about the tech stuff - and thanks for checking in on my channel!

[@DannyFyffe]

@@tonyleeglenn I am always happy to contribute to a good channel and great guy. I asked about the audio because I thought it was very well done. Sounds like you had a fight on your hands with it, but you beat it and came out on top. I love the back and forth angles and that really works too. My Hero 5 does not have great audio. I use a Tascam recorder for audio and it easily beats the GoPro audio by a 1,000 times. Thanks for sharing the video and the tech background. I could see me doing this type of thing in the future.

[@mRahman92]

Now we just need more people to start independent music stores.

[@beniti109]

How can I create a playlist for my streaming radio?

[@brettcooper3893]

Fun fact: Rita Coolidge actually recorded "The Closer You Get" before Alabama.

[@mrearlygold]

Do you still need an FCC Series 3 Broadcast license to do this in the USA?

[@NocturnosRockShow]

what software is he using in that computer??? looks like radio dj .... we use Radioboss however looking for other options, Thanks

[@NocturnosRockShow]

he said the name but I didn't understand it... sorry haha

[@wsvmradio96.5]

@@NocturnosRockShow Direttore is the automation I use at the moment but we've just about outgrown it.

[@hopeamongchaos]

That little station is AMAZING! Wsvmradio dot com.

[@dmknight08]

I live in Mississippi. I don’t believe there should be a city or town you can drive through without being able to find a decent blues/rock station. Oh man, what a waste of beautiful music culture. You know, music where people could make their instruments sing as well as the vocalist! I’ve been all over the state and can only really find that stuff on MPR...public radio. I donate to them but still... it’s not the same thing as having dedicated stations.

[@marchellpatalinghug6620]

Hello sir...may I know if what's the important documents for opening your own radio station?please read my comment...👃👃👃

[@immasoxfanbaby]

They build radio stations to control the programming

[@ErikHernandezPhotography]

I was excited till I realized the cost it would take...

[@rickybobby6301]

What’s it cost?

[@bappa8656]

I would love to start a radio station just like yours in Central Florida? Lets make it happen! Contact me to get the ball rolling! You have the knowledge and the edge to help me make it happen. I want to be a doctor of radio. You have the touch! I look forward to making this happen. I am not a millionaire but, I have the right attitude! Help me make it happen for this area- Please! Brad Page

[@christhenstudent5308]

Iam. Will. Be. Playing. Oldies. On. 92.8 fm. In. Minneapolis. Mn. On. The. Air. January 6? 2024. 50s 60s 70s. North east. By. Blaine. Mn.

[@jessymode]

theres no real radio stations in my city anymore they play the same !@#$ everyday cant listen to it for more than a day

[@diamondnova7598]

I agree they play the same music all the time like damn lol