Groovera

Infobox Radio Station
name = Groovera


area = Internet radio
slogan = "Web radio. Chilled grooves. True."
airdate = August 23, 2003 (as OverXposure)
location = Seattle
format = Chill-out
former_callsigns = OverXposure.FM
owner = Qaz Media LLC
affiliations = independent
website = http://groovera.com/

Groovera (aka. Groovera Chilled Web Radio) is an independent, multi-channel, commercial-free, and listener-supported Internet-only radio station dedicated to the loosely-typed genres of music "smooth electronica", "soft techno" and most commonly "chill-out music". Specifically, Groovera features mixes of downtempo, future lounge, nu-jazz (aka. "future jazz"), ambient pop, trip hop, psybient and neo-soul, as well as other related and contributing genres. Groovera is regarded as the first multiple-channel web radio station dedicated solely to the emerging genre of chill-out music.

History

Groovera, originally known as "OverXposure.FM", was founded by Tim Quigley in Seattle on August 23, 2003 on an old PC in his living room webcasting to only up to six concurrent listeners and featured a single web radio stream called "FrostByte Groove Lounge." OverXposure.FM underwent brand transition in September 2006 and became Groovera (pronounced "groov-AIR-ah"), a fanciful word combining the words "groove" and the Latin word "vera" meaning "true" or "pure". As part of the brand transition, the "FrostByte Groove Lounge" name was retired and the channel rotation divided into the currently existing channels "Jet City Lounge" and "Low Mercury". The foundations of "Ambient Popsicle" and forthcoming channel "Jazz ala Mode" were extracted from the "FrostByte Groove Lounge" rotation in April 2004. Groovera radio channels first appeared in iTunes Radio in February 2007.

Groovera music channels

Groovera currently features three distinct chillout-only music channels designed to appeal to the different, however popular interpretations of what is "chill-out music": "Jet City Lounge", "mbient Popsicle", and "Low Mercury". Five forthcoming channels have been in incubation since April 2004. The following are the current channel line-up descriptions according to the Groovera website:

*Jet City Lounge: A fine mix of chilled instrumental future lounge, downtempo, nu-jazz, groove jazz, and brokenbeat, with intermittent vocals. This is the latest evolution of our original, award-winning channel previously known as "FrostByte Groove Lounge".
*mbient Popsicle: An aficionado's mix of chilled adult alternative pop, future lounge, vocal downtempo, nu-jazz, ambient pop, trip-hop, neo-soul, synth pop, deep house, and a few surprise classics.
*Low Mercury: A deeply-chilled mix of instrumental downtempo, chill-out, psybient, illbient, mbient dub, mbient techno, nu-jazz, and IDM, featuring the occasional select vocal track. Formerly the evening rotation of our original, award-winning format "FrostByte Groove Lounge".

Accolades and awards

* Time Magazine Europe: "This nonstop mix of chill-out and mbient grooves form the perfect soundtrack to a long soak in the bath or a room-service déjeuner à deux." (as OverXposure.FM)

* 2005 Web Radio Awards: "Best Chilled / mbient Station" (as OverXposure.FM)

* 2005 Web Radio Awards: "Best Downtempo DJ" (as OverXposure.FM)

References

*cite news
first=Farhad
last=Heydari
url=http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060626-1203370,00.html
title=Sound Advice:Four free online stations for musical entertainment on the road
publisher=Time Magazine Europe
date=June 13, 2006
accessdate=2006-11-25

*cite web
date=September 25, 2006
url=http://www.prlog.org/10001443-award-winning-chillout-web-radio-station-overxposure-fm-is-now-groovera-more-channels.html
title=Award-winning Chillout Web Radio Station OverXposure.FM is now Groovera, More Channels
publisher=PRLog
accessdate=2006-11-25

External links

* [http://groovera.com/ Groovera.com]