Have you ever been in a radio station on it's last day?
I don't mean the day before it flips format or morphs into something new.
I mean - the very last day.
Today is the final day for TXfm in Dublin. From tomorrow, 105.2 FM wll be silent.
The radio station was staffed by enthusiastic, knowledgeble, friendy, talented people.
That's what I will miss.
Yes, it was the only place in the market where you could catch the likes of Talking Heads, LCD Sound System or Catatonia...that was enough to make it unique. But the presenters truly sounded like they cared. They sounded honest and passionate. They sounded like a bunch of friends sharing their music with their other friends.
I know in this cut throat radio industry they probaby needed more friends to make it a viable business blah blah blah...doesn't change the fact that a radio station has to close.
And that's a shame.
Thanks Claire Beck for the story telling in the afternoon.
Thanks Phantom FM (and Spectrum) for making it possible.
And the station I am the imaging voice for, Non-Stop 90's at 107.1 in Dublin, is being forced off the air on Oct 31st. That will be a lot less variety to go around.
ReplyDeleteTrue enough James. I guess the difference is that TX was a licenced station and 90s is a pirate. The pirates will always be under pressure to close abruptly.
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