Radioseven
Radioseven was a Swedish Internet radio station, operated by the non-profit association Seven Broadcasting. Radioseven was concentrated on broadcasting mainly dance music, with appearances of live program hosts during peak hours. It stopped broadcasting in April 2017.[1]
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Internet Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Seven Broadcasting |
| History | |
First air date | August 8, 1999 |
Last air date | April 2017 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.radioseven.se www.radioseven.org |
The station, originally named 7UP-Radio, started broadcasting on August 8, 1999. It was a young Swede named Patrick Westerlund, who together with friends he had met on the IRC network DALnet, started the radio as a hobby project. Over the years the station has striven to become more serious and professional. Some of these steps are the renaming of 7UP-Radio to Radioseven in February 2002, and the establishment of the non-profit association Seven Broadcasting.
During the autumn of 2005, Seven Broadcasting launched two new online radio stations: the house and trance oriented Mysteria: The Club Experience, and ICE playing mostly hip hop and modern R'n'B. These two stations had to be shut down after about six months due to high license fees and the limited economic resources of Seven Broadcasting.
Radioseven has for several years been a partner of the LAN party Dreamhack. During Dreamhack Winter in 2006, the station broadcast over FM for the first time and could be heard all over Jönköping where Dreamhack is held, on 107.0 MHz. It was closed in 2017 because they did not have money.
The magazine Internetworld ranked Radioseven's website as one of the 100 best in Sweden during 2004 and 2005 . In 2006, The Swedish Radio Academy awarded its Special Award to Radioseven.[2]
Farewell Message
On, or around, April 25th, 2017, Radioseven posted a message on their site in English and Swedish:
After eighteen years, right about when this radio station is old enought to vote and to get a driver license, it''s time for us to step down and let someone else take the lead. In the past few years, donations and web page advertising revenue has not been enough to keep the radio station alive. We have also have had problems with finding volunteers who takes care of the day to day tasks with our station, and without the staff we've had so far, we would not have gotten as far as we have.
We would like to thank all listeners, sponsors and former as well as current staff member for the time we've had together, it has for sure been an incredible journey we've been on.
And, when the withdrawal symptoms will hit its peak, turn on any of the regular broadcast stations - the chance is quite high that one of the radio hosts you are listening to started their career on Radioseven, something we are immensely proud of!
Thank you for the time we have had together!
The coworkers on Radioseven
The members of the former association Seven Broadcasting
If you need to get in touch with us in the future, please send an email to <email address>, or to <persons name email address> if you want to contact a speficic person.[3]
References
- "Radiosevens historia" at www.radioseven.se, Retrieved on 2006-10-13.
- Arvidsson, Henrik. "Datorn är den nya radion", Dagens Nyheter, 2006-12-02. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
- "RADIOSEVEN - Nätets Bästa Musik". www.radioseven.se. Archived from the original on 18 July 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- "Vinnare 2006", radioakademin.org. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- "Radioseven Farewell Message - Internet Archive". 2017-04-25. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2023-09-30.