Woxy

While Pandora and Last. fm pay the same music royalties and bandwidth fees as Woxy, they don't have the additional cost of live disc jockeys.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

When Woxy. com kicked its terrestrial roots and went online-only in 2004 the first song played was "Opherus" by the Irish rock band Ash, a not-so-subtle reference to U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday," the first song ever played on Woxy's parent station, 97X, which had dubbed itself 'the future of rock and roll.'

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

Given a choice to financially back Lala. com or Woxy. com, Nguyen chose Lala and sold Woxy to Future Sounds, a company that specializes in discovering new bands.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

Albeit, Woxy did suffer a fitting end; it is the tragically romantic tale of a popular indie radio station's untimely death at the hands of a corporate deal gone wrong, mere days after the station's coming out party at SXSW where dozens of live sets were recorded that will likely never see the light of day.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

Nowadays Woxy's struggles and fateful signoff raises a bigger question: if Woxy. com, one of the first stations to move to an online-only broadcast, and arguably one of the most popular internet radio stations, isn't able to hack it even with commercial backing then what does the future of online radio hold?

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

Stand up and let your voice be heard, Nguyen has taken to the Woxy message boards to solicit advice from fans much like he did in 2006 before saving the radio station so go speak your mind and let potential investors know that you listen to Woxy and you want your indie rock station back.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

In the past Shiv has been at the front of the Save Woxy campaign, but Tuesday in his Facebook posts he seemed resigned to giving up.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

When Woxy went off the air in 2004 and again in 2006 people were asking the same questions then that they are now and the public outcry for Woxy was just as loud, but six years later it's difficult to justify supporting something that has failed before and seems destined to do so again.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

Before indie rock radio station Woxy. com suddenly went silent Tuesday morning, Matt Lamkin sang the last words delivered on air in The Soft Pack song "Answer to Yourself."

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010

The question now is whether a gloating return track will ever hit the airwaves or if Woxy is destined to continue on in silence.

Woxy.com's Failure Is Ours Too Mark R. Collins 2010