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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2005 ~ San Francisco, Calif. ~ BAGeL Radio (http://bagelradio.com), a San Francisco-based indie rock internet radio station, announced today that it has won the 2005 College Music Journal Specialty Music Director of the Year Award. BAGeL Radio became the first internet radio station to win a CMJ award at the annual CMJ Marathon Awards in New York City. Selected as the top Specialty Music Director out of hundreds of CMJ-reporting stations, this is BAGeL Radio’s second major honor of the year after collecting the Best Live Show Award at the 2005 Best Of Live365 Awards. On the air since February 2003, BAGeL Radio broadcasts the newest indie rock available along with alt-rock classics of the last four decades all day and every day. The award-winning live show, hosted by Music Director Ted Leibowitz, airs Fridays from 9a.m.-5p.m. Pacific Time. For a truly interactive experience, requests are taken in real time via e-mail and instant messenger from the show’s listeners who cover the globe in 192 U.S. municipalities and 89 countries. 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,” said Leibowitz. “I love sharing music – it’s the reason I do this – so hearing from listeners always makes my day. If BAGeL Radio inspires people to seek out new music, to buy albums that no one else is buying yet, I feel like I’ve accomplished something.” Listeners are treated to classic alternative acts like Bauhaus and New Order, current indie rock darlings like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! and Wolf Parade, pre-terrestrial radio acts like Silversun Pickups and Art Brut, and unsigned acts like Birdmonster 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, (http://www.bbc.co.uk/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!" "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. Current BAGeL Radio favorites include Brakes, Cloud Cult, I Am Kloot, Maximo Park, Bottom of the Hudson, Wolf Parade, and Chad VanGaalen. 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 Birdmonster, [the] caseworker, The Ex-Boyfriends, Hijack The Disco, Loquat, The Otherside, Film School, Elephone, Serene Lakes, and The Heavenly States. 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 (192 US municipalities) and the world over (89 countries). Ted’s BAGeL Radio podcasts are available at http://bagelradio.com. Contact Ted Leibowitz at ted@bagelradio.com for more information and interview requests. 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. Based in Foster City, California, Live365 pays royalties to labels, artists, songwriters and publishers.
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