It all began because there was nothing good to listen to on the radio…Rusty Hodge, SomaFM’s founder, had been experimenting with online radio since 1995. After helping other companies with their streaming media operations, he decided that no one was going to create the online radio station he wanted to listen to, so he did it himself.
He and his team started planning the station in 1999, and officially launched SomaFM.com in February 2000. Drone Zone was our first station, Groove Salad our second, Secret Agent our third. Over time they would add more channels…
Now Soma is up to 11 unique channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio broadcasting from San Francisco around the world in high quality MP3.
SomaFM is entirely listener supported.
Hodge lately has gained additional fame leading a group of Internet radio webcasters who oppose the recent Copyright Royalty Board decision on royalty pay outs.
That fight rages on. In the meantime, for some excellent variety in music, surf on over to SomaFM.com and hear what you’re missing.
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