Traxx Radio
Encyclopedia
Traxx Radio, stylised as traxx, is an independent, listener supported internet radio
station based in Brisbane
, Australia
. Its mission statement is "to support independent artists by connecting listeners to music that has meaning for them." It first started broadcasting in March
2008.
The station's staff consists of only its Station Manager and Music Director. It is funded by donations from listeners, corporate entities and musicians.
, indie pop
and other indie sub-genres. It broadcasts live from its Brisbane studio 24 hours a day via two MP3
streams - 56kbps and 128kbps. It uses Icecast
streaming technology.
Its programming consists of one weekly, locally produced flagship programme and four pre-packaged programmes from podcast producers around the world. The remainder of its schedule is solely indie music with occasional live presentation by its staff.
The station is often credited by independent artists for supporting their career.
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
station based in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its mission statement is "to support independent artists by connecting listeners to music that has meaning for them." It first started broadcasting in March
March
March is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....
2008.
The station's staff consists of only its Station Manager and Music Director. It is funded by donations from listeners, corporate entities and musicians.
Programming and Content
The station primarily broadcasts indie rockIndie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
, indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
and other indie sub-genres. It broadcasts live from its Brisbane studio 24 hours a day via two MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
streams - 56kbps and 128kbps. It uses Icecast
Icecast
Icecast is a streaming media project released as free software maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation. It also refers specifically to the server program which is part of the project. Icecast was created in December 1998/January 1999 by Jack Moffitt and Barath Raghavan to provide an open source...
streaming technology.
Its programming consists of one weekly, locally produced flagship programme and four pre-packaged programmes from podcast producers around the world. The remainder of its schedule is solely indie music with occasional live presentation by its staff.
The station is often credited by independent artists for supporting their career.