Influential Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 has been switched off.
The station, which was home to Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols program Jonesy Jukebox, turned its signal off without notice on Friday.A posting at the stations website reads:
“This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience -
Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option ?- to play the corporate radio game.
We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course.
This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives; be it grunge, punk, or alternative ? simply put, only the best music.
For those of you with a computer at home or at work, log on to www.indie1031.com and listen to the new Indie 103.1 - which is really the old Indie 103.1, not the version of Indie 103.1 we are removing from the broadcast airwaves.
We thank our listeners and advertisers for their support of the greatest radio station ever conceived, and look forward to continuing to deliver the famed Indie 103.1 music and spirit over the Internet to passionate music listeners around the world”.
Indie 103.1 was broadcast from their Santa Monica studio.
The station started in December 2003 as collaboration between Entravision and Clear Channel.
Jonesy’s Jukebox was broadcast Monday-Thursday between 12 noon and 2pm with Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols as host. On Friday he hosted Jonesy’s Jukebox Jury with guests talking about what they thought of the music they played.
Other star presenters on the station over the years have included Rob Zombie, Henry Rollins, Courtney Love and Crystal Method.
The station will continue online as an Internet radio station only.
The frequency in LA now broadcasts a Spanish music programming.
