*Thank you for your continued support! With recent donations, the radio is secured through -March 14th, 2010-
Updates:
*Update Time!*Posted by: Valkan on 2010-02-16 09:53:11
Well here I am, stuck in BCIS class at school, and one of our assignments is to 'blog' about some custom radio station site called Pandora, OR something similar. Hey...I run a radio station...that's similar right? XD
Anyway, as for updates, here's the situation. Anime Academy Radio has been around for quite some time, and since I took over the station, I've tried to implement changes to the site, most of which have backfired in my face. At the moment, I have lost communication with our Web Designers, and in the mean time Sukaru_Kiddo, one of the admins since Astys, has said he is working on a newer and better system. In the meantime, we will do our best to keep our site up and running.
Next up comes the forums. The forums as of right now...well they're practically dead. But there's an old code that some of you may remember involving a store tied into the forums. To re-implement this system however, a forum reset will be required. I'm still toying with the idea, but if you are against it, drop me a line in the IRC.
Also, we draw many more listeners during Live DJ shows, but my current staff is becoming more busy with life. I have about 7 DJs, but in order to bring in more listeners as well as open new opportunities to our listeners, I will reopen DJ applications under a revised set of requirements this Friday. Those requirements will be posted after the staff meeting on Wednesday.
On a topic less relevant to update news, we did barely scrape by with our donations last month. We are safe for the moment, but that doesn't mean that we are safe forever. Our bills are lower than most other Anime radio sites because of great deals we have with our providers, but we still need help paying the bills. Believe it or not, that line we give about "every person donating a dollar" is very true. We average about 100+ listeners at any given time, and even if only 100 people listened, 100x1 still equals $100 toward our $150. So if you can, please help out with anything you can spare.
That's about all I have to say for this week, Thanks again for all the help we got to pay for the station!
Thanks for Listening!
Valkan
Anime Academy Radio is a 'purely' non-profit organization (meaning nobody here is paid). In fact, in addition to donations we still extra pay out of our own pockets to provide this service at a loss. We do this from heart for the fans and in an effort to open up other parts of the world to Asian music. We hope everyone can understand this and will continue to support us and help us grow.
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