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BAGeL Radio Wins Best Live Show Award at 2005 Best of Live365 Awards

Prestigious Award for Local Internet Radio Show

May 5, 2005 ~ San Francisco, Calif. ~ BAGeL Radio, a San Francisco-based indie rock Internet radio station, won the award for Best Live Show at the 2005 ‘Best Of Live365’ Awards.

On the air since February 2003, BAGeL Radio was also nominated in the Best Indie Station category, and was nominated for the Best Live Show award in 2004.

Live365 Award winners are chosen by listener and broadcaster voting at the annual  awards ceremony, which was held on May 1, 2005, in Burlingame, CA.

BAGeL Radio broadcasts indie rock all day, every day to its listeners who cover the globe in 187 U.S. municipalities and 79 countries.  The award-winning live show airs Fridays from 9a.m.-5p.m. Pacific Time.  Hosted by BAGeL Radio Music Supervisor Ted Leibowitz, the show features the newest indie rock available along with recent playlist additions and alt-rock classics of the last four decades. 

Listeners are treated to classic alternative acts like Bauhaus and New Order, current indie rock darlings like The Arcade Fire and Bloc Party, pre-terrestrial radio acts like The Beauty Shop and The Girls, and unsigned acts like The Ex-Boyfriends and Hijack The Disco.  The show includes the newest BAGeL Radio playlist additions along with gems from a massive music collection that spans the last forty years.  

Commenting on BAGeL Radio’s live show, Music Manager Jon Myer of 6Music, the BBC’s newest cutting edge music station said, “This is very bizarre, sitting in London, listening to you in California, playing records by obscure British indie bands that I should be listening to for tomorrow's play list meeting!"
 
Requests are taken in real time by show host and Music Supervisor, Ted Leibowitz, via e-mail and instant messenger for a truly interactive radio event.  A recorded version of the show is rebroadcast over the weekend.

“I get e-mails and instant messages from people thanking me for turning them on to bands.  I love sharing music – it’s the reason I do this – so hearing from listeners always makes my day,” said Leibowitz.  “If BAGeL Radio inspires people to seek out new music, to boldly buy albums that no one else is buying yet, I feel like I’ve accomplished something.”

Current BAGeL Radio favorites include The Girls, The Beauty Shop, Xavier Floyd Firebird,  The Shout Out Louds, The Kills, and Autolux.  Long-time featured acts include The Pixies, PJ Harvey, The White Stripes, Death Cab For Cutie, Radiohead, The Smiths, and X. BAGeL Radio also spotlights local Bay Area talent including [the] caseworker, The Ex-Boyfriends, Hijack The Disco, Loquat, The Otherside, and The Heavenly States.

"We have the world's most vibrant network of digital radio stations representing the collective creativity of thousands of individuals, businesses and organizations,” said Live365 COO, Rags Gupta.  Live365 boasts an audience of more than 3 million listeners each month amongst its 20,000 stations.

“People like the live show because I really love the stuff I play,” said Leibowitz.  “There is almost no payola involved, aside from the occasional cookies sent along with promo CDs.”

ABOUT BAGEL RADIO

Launched in February of 2003, respected Internet radio station BAGeL Radio plays indie rock noise pop with doses of electronic music, hip hop, 60s psychedelia, some political commentary, band profiles, band interviews, and the occasional Serge Gainsbourg song.  BAGeL Radio is programmed by Ted Leibowitz, who after a decade of managing bands and running night clubs, got back to his roots in DJ-ing, bringing new music to the record-buying public via the Internet and live club work.  Ted launched BAGeL Radio to share his enviable record collection with the world all day, every day.  Since its inception BAGeL Radio has showcased thousands of independent artists, spurring sales to internet radio listeners across the country (187 US municipalities) and the world over (79 countries). Contact Ted Leibowitz at feedback@bagelradio.com for more information and interview requests or visit http://bagelradio.com.

ABOUT LIVE 365

With thousands of stations and more than 2.6 million listeners a month, Live365 is the world's largest Internet radio network. The Company gives individuals and organizations a "voice" to be able to reach a global audience, while offering radio listeners an unparalleled choice in music and other audio content. Through easy-to-use tools and services, anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create his or her own Internet radio station. As a result, Live365 offers the most diverse array of high-quality radio available today, with thousands of stations spanning myriad genres and representing over 150 countries.  Launched in July 1999, Live365 is a two-time winner of the Best Radio Website Award from the Web Marketing Association, a two-time winner of the People's Voice award for Best Music Site at the Webby Awards (2001, 2002), a winner of the Webby's People's Voice Award for Best Radio Site (2004), and has received Best-of-Web designations from Forbes.com and the San Francisco Chronicle.  It is completely legal to create, broadcast and listen to Live365 stations. All broadcasting stations adhere to rules set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA"). Live365 broadcasters are required to agree to and abide by these rules upon starting a station. Live365 also has licenses with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP"), Broadcast Music, Inc. ("BMI") and The Society of European Stage Authors and Composers ("SESAC"). These licenses allow broadcasters to stream licensed music on their stations. Live365 is a member of the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Association for Independent Music (AFIM), the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), and Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI). Based in Foster City, California, Live365 pays royalties to labels, artists, songwriters and publishers.