Covid killed my career, then I reinvented it!!
 

Hi guys,
I haven’t been on in a long time, but in June I was let go from my gig at KOMP 92.3 in Vegas. I was a line item cut. I made too much money and the station was bleeding money, so Covid tried kill the Radio Star. A 30 year career...

And it almost did.

Until 3 weeks ago. I launched my own radio station.
Kilpop Radio.
It’s not a format
It’s an attitude

We play everything from Metallica, Slipknot, Tool, Korn, NIN, Beastie Boys, new artist like a ring Me the Horizon and Asking Alexandria with nuggets from artists like
The Clash, Sex Pistols, Prodigy and evening some Eminem and Tech Nine.

It’s a music App, free to download and commercial free.

Also 3 weeks ago, the day I launched the app, I suffered from the long haul effects from Covid ( I had in Nov) and almost died from Pnuemonia, Sepsis and a blot clot in my lung.

So Covid tried to kill my career and me as well...
But **** YOU RONA!

So if you like music with some teeth to
It, please download my app and listen up.
Support me in telling Rona to
**** off ??? 😎🤘

I hope everyone is well. This year has been insane!!!

KILPOP RADIO APP is now available in the app stores.

iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kilpop-radio/id1557479046

ANDROID:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...dio.m58ab7438d

Desktop: Kilpop.com
Alexa : enable skill - Kilpop radio

Any Nickelback?

That’s a BIG NO

I know I double posted
I can’t find the delete thread function

Long-haul effects from covid may include fatigue, sepsis, and the inability to recognize the power of Springsteen music.

Glad you're okay, and hopefully you get your Springsteen back.

That's a pisser. But good on you, and good luck in your second act! Sounds cool! I will download.

Glad you pulled through. I had a friend in ICU unconscious with the Covid for 23 days. He got home three weeks ago and is still re-learning how to do things like climb stairs. Glad you are OK and on to a new venture!

Hey Suga Booga, downloading now.

Glad you're back on your feet.

So is it just 24 hour music? Is there talking or “shows” at certain times?

Congrats on surviving both Covid and getting let go. Very cool that you started your own commercial free radio station online. I have been pondering doing something like for some time to get my radio fix. Do you need ASCAP and BMI licenses to play music? Was it affordable to purchase them? Just curious.

Good luck! I'll tune in!

There isn't one, but I can merge the threads for you.

Glad to hear you're doing okay. I'll check out the app.

There’s 24 hour music but with Djs and fun imaging between songs.
Looking at specialty shows on Sundays
Metal
Punk
Industrial
And overall fun shows

Thank you
I’d appreciate that 😇🤗

Done

Glad you made it through, girl. Will do, will listen.

Yeah I have all the licensing
It’s not cheap
Looking at getting my
License in 30 countries

You do on air work?

Tell me about the 69 in your name.

How about some Dropout Kings? They make the playlist?

And a big congrats! Radio's a tough business. I've had a few friends spend their careers in radio and it put them through the wringer. Kudos for kicking some ass.

No, but let me check them out

The beauty of my station is ITS MINE
So the freedom is super tasty.
I do what I want lol

I did many years ago down in Wichita.

I thought about starting my own streaming station after doing a podcast because I wanted to be able to play the music I liked but the licensing was expensive.

What’s your show idea?

I'm sure its been overdone but I would love to do an all 80's format but not just the standard 100 tunes that gets played in the ground.

If you go back to 1980, '81, and '82 there was quite a mix of songs in the Top 100.

So I would love to bring back that feel along with interesting music facts kind of like what Casey Kasem did as part of his AT40 countdown shows. You didnt just get music, you got a lot of neat facts and stats.

Just going off the top of my head here, but that would kind be the type of show I would do.

How do you make money without commercials?

Ok, gotcha
What genre of 80s? The top
40 artists? Or like hidden stuff? Goth, punk etc?

There’s a way once I have enough listeners

Yeah a mix of Top 40. Alternative music, punk, hair bands, hidden stuff or one hit wonders. Probably not Goth, I dont have any of that on hand.

I would pull from the Top 100 Billboard tracks and include b-sides and tunes that should have aired but didn't. It could really be an eclectic mix.

Right on!
Yeah licensing is not cheap and they hit you every couple of months.
And it takes 3 licenses now. Thieves lol

Well I might have to just check into it again.

Yeah I knew the licenses would be pricey. Wow, three now?

The way we tried to get around licensing on our podcast was to play local KC bands and get their written permission. We would also spotlight the band, they're upcoming shows and social media content.

The podcast became a lot of work for me, so we put it on pause.

Thanks for all the info!

You got it!!

I want to be an on air personality and dj. I come with my own wit and cassettes.

****ing A !!

FYI
IM ON AIR 12N-5Pm. KC time

They're a weird blend of hiphop and metal. I'm not a big "nu-metal" kind of guy, more mellow shit, but they have some energy and a killer vibe going on.

Thanks Carlota, I'll check it out. Good luck!

Nice to see you back Carlota. Hope you're feeling lots better. I'll check out the app. Thank you for the link. :thumb:

Please hire billay as an on air talent.

Your profits will increase by eleven billion percent when he does a live on air only fans session.

So metal, punk, hardcore, metalcore, and shit like that? I might give it a try too.

Play any Greta Van Fleet?

Good on you for turning a bad situation into a life change and doing what you love to do. I will download the app and share with my extensive network of metal head friends and family.

How fun would it be to have a classic redneck who still owns actual cassettes on a rock show? And, my wife laughs at me all the time.

That must count for something.

You should play Buckethead

Good luck with your endeavors, I will have to check it out.
Reinvention of careers always come with some pain but it sound like your working it out.

And obligatory F*** you Covid!

It’s a mix of all kinds of rock/metal/punk/industrial and some hipHop with strong rock leans

Hers the last hour

No, Greta sucks 😇😉
Lol

And thank you 😊 🤗

Glad to hear you are on the rebound!

Mrs. D said to tell you hi and congrats on the new gig.

I have a friend with the same
In The hospital For a couple of
Months and he had to relearn how to walk

Crazy shit

Interesting.

I've seen Rob Zombie and Ice Nine Kills live in the past few years. Can't say I'm into Slipknot or anything Corey Taylor plus rappers, but the rest of it is decent to good. :D

I'm in.

So far they have the chops
I’m looking for. Now I just gotta find the right song or 2 🤘

Cool
Take a listen and let me know what you think. To be fair, I don’t like everything I’m playing On here either, but it’s about an audience, not me. I’ve been in radio forever and I know I’m not going to like everything but, I really do like the mix I’ve come up with
Let me know your thoughts?

Thank you 😇🤘

That's awesome. I'm happy to hear your resiliency payed off. That's a pretty cool music lineup.

Yes hire me I'll be known as the corniest man in metal

I'm glad you got back on your feet sorry to hear about the job loss :(

You should play some grateful dead man. Like some of their 30 minute songs, people will dig it

Awesome! Glad you survived and bounced back on your feet!

I will give this a listen!

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Thanks man! I appreciate that

:eek: Carlota is back like a bad case of herpes?

That’s me!
Thank you 😊 🤘

Ya know... 😇

Payola?

Your app works in a browser, I didn't even have to download it. :D

Glad you’re back on your feet, kid! Health wise and professional. Just downloaded the app and listening during the royals game.

Might I interest you in some “weird al”? (:

So, you're on now. I've got it connected to my surround sound and you can be heard for 2 blocks away.

Can I make a donation if you call bearcat gay on air?

And now I’ve heard your voice!!!!! NOICE!!!

This is really kick ass.

Hahahha no.. but we don’t have to follow those rules 😉

Ha! I’ll do it for free 🤣

Thank you !🤘🤘

KDHX in St. Louis had a show called "Bob's Scratchy Records" where a guy named Bob Reuter played old 45s and 33s he had collected over the years of old R&B and 50's and 60's rock. He passed away a few years ago. There was another good show called "Fishin With Dynamite" with a dude named Fred Friction. Totally eclectic show.

I'm glad you survived your brush with Covid. People who poo-poo it as a hoax piss me off. I've had friends lose family members in the last year. Really glad you're back on your feet. Podcasting and apps are a tough gig. Hang in there.

The guy on the big rock station in my city was fired back in November. He'd been there for years. Lynn Hernandez from 97.5 KMOD. I assume it was for the same reason as your deal.

The station went to shit anyway. They used to play stuff like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, Jimi Hendrix. Stuff like that. A few years ago they had a format change of sorts. They cut out a huge amount of the classic rock and started playing more 90s rock and grunge and stuff.

A lot of current rock stations had to
Get more current and cut the classic rock out bc it doesn’t work for the younger demos
You have to let your audience grow old thru you not grow old with your audience 😇

This is almost my Pandora list to a tee without "Down with the Sickness".

Seems like when iHeartRadio came around, that's when it started changing. They didn't cut out the classic rock 100%. Just a good chunk of it. They still play Zeppelin and Pink Floyd on occasion, but when they do it's usually just Black Dog and Another Brick in the Wall. ZZ Top, Skynyrd, Tom Petty = gone. Other stuff like Hendrix, Molly Hatchet, George Thoroughgood and Thin Lizzy = gone. Maybe they still play that stuff once in a blue moon or by request.

Perfect
And now it’s free with no commercial! Welcome aboard!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

It's all about demographics man.

The audience for that kind of music is...well...dying. Literally.

The primary consumers now are Gen X'ers, so they're playing 80's and 90's mixes.

You've got a new fan and I just copy/pasted your post on a private message board with some pretty prominent posters.

This is a good thing.

Yeah I get why they changed. They cut most of that 70s stuff out and brought in Smashing Pumpkins, Puddle of Mudd, Beastie Boys, Papa Roach, Nirvana.
It doesn't really matter to me anymore though, since I lost my job where the FM radio was on all day. :(