Indie 103.1, the LA radio station that broadcasts Henry Rollins radio show Harmony In My Head, is no longer broadcasting on the 103.1 frequency. Their website reports they will continue to broadcast online, so one assumes HIMH will continue to broadcast as normal until we hear otherwise. No doubt there will be a number of changes taking place as the station transforms into an entirely online enterprise. Visit the Indie 103.1 website to read their statement. You might also like to check out Indie DJ Tedd Roman on Twitter – he’s been tweeting about the news throughout the day. Cheers to Minerbabe on Team Rollins to alerting us to the news.
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Writing a constructive email to Indie 103
November 24th, 2008
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Hey everyone, I just want to take a moment today to suggest a few pointers to those planning on writing Indie 103 to express their disappointment about the station’s decision to move HIMH to Saturday nights. I know many of you have been loyal listeners for many years and are disappointed that you can no longer check out the show live because you’re working or doing your regular weekend thang.
The main thing I want to say is – Smart ass letters are fun, but they aren’t going to help your cause, in fact, they could hurt it. It’s counterproductive to annoy and insult the people whose decisions you wish to influence.
Why do I know this? Because I used to be involved in managing a radio station years ago (not Indie!), and before that I was an advocate. In other words, I know a thing or two about radio, and about effective lobbying.
The best way to express your disappointment is by doing so in a manner that provides constructive, polite feedback that will be useful to the station.
Let them know where you tune in from, if you listen via stream or radio. How long you’ve been listening to HIMH, how regularly you tune in to the show and the station (ie, is HIMH the only show you listen to on Indie? Did you start listening to other shows on Indie after tuning into HIMH?). Tell them how the move to Saturday nights will effect your ability to listen to the show. If you’re aware of others who have stopped listening to HIMH or do so less often since the move, let them know that as well. And of course, let them know how much you enjoy HIMH and appreciate Indie’s continued support for the show.
Support Harmony In My Head!
November 17th, 2008
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Hey fanatics, today’s post is written by guntattoogirl. If you’re a fan of Henry’s radio show, please take a moment to read this post
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Hello my fellow fanatics. I guess everyone saw Henry’s latest dispatch, but for those who didn’t here is a link:
http://www.henryrollins.com/website/dispatch_beta/2008/11/16/11-16-08/
Henry seems pretty upset over the way Indie 103 moved Harmony In My Head to Saturday nights, from its original time slot on Tuesdays. This show seems to be Henry’s passion, since music is his first love. And it sounds like he thinks this is some sort of demotion. I guess ultimately the ratings will tell the tale, but in the mean time we can do something to help Henry.
It’s not often we get to give something back to Henry. He gives a lot to us, answering emails, talking post-show, etc that 99.9% of other artists don’t take the time to do. So I would suggest we all contact Indie 103 to voice our displeasure. I think if enough of us get together to write, call, and generally make a pain of ourselves they might consider giving Henry his original time slot back. Maybe we could even come up with something to mail to the station, like Jericho fans and their “nuts” campaign to CBS, to make our presence even more well known. If anybody has any ideas as to what to send, please comment here we can decide together what would stand out to station management.
Here is Indy 103’s contact info:
http://www.indie1031.fm/contact.php
877.900.1031
Indie 103.1 / Entravision
5700 Wilshire Blvd #250
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Every email will make a difference. Thanks for your help.
Harmony In My Head Moves to Saturday Nights
September 25th, 2008
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Henry Rollins in the Rock Mosque, photo by DeadAir.*
Just a note to let you guys know that Henry’s radio show, Harmony In My Head, has been kicked off Tuesday nights and moved to Saturday, due to a shake up of Indie 103’s programming. The next show will be broadcast on Saturday October 4 from 8-10pm (same time, different day). This means Harmony fanatics will have to survive a whole ten days without the show! I guess the broadcast change won’t matter too much for those of us with no lives and no where to be or be with on a Saturday night (maybe the new timeslot is kinda apt for Henry after all!), but for those of you who are out on Saturday nights checking out bands and the like, you can always download the show the next day from the awesome Rollins Archive.
If you’re in a different time zone to LA, try using the meeting planner at TimeandDate.com to calculate when the show will be streamed live on the web in your local time.
I’m thinkin’ if the show gets demoted again, someone will have to introduce Henry to the wonderful world of podcasting. It won’t be live… but at least there won’t be any damn ads!
* Note on the photo… seeing as you all loved the snake pic so much, this is another shot taken by the same photographer, Chuck, who hosts DeadAir on Indie 103. You can check out his other photos on his flickr account including this one of Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina of The Evens!
