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About Radio Free Abattoir
Since 1999, the award-winning Radio Free Abattoir (RFA)
has featured the best new dark alternative music from
artists around the world. Specializing in music from the
gothic, industrial, darkwave, EBM, synthpop and related
genres, RFA is the oldest and most-popular on-demand,
Internet-only, dark alternative web cast on the planet.
RFA has been the recipient of numerous award
and honors over its history, including:
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Microsoft: RFA has been on the
Windows Media Radio Tuner since the show's inception in
May, 1999.
(And that's not long after the tuner's inception!)
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Microsoft: In April, 2005, RFA was one of
ten "featured stations" on the Windows Media
Radio Tuner, alongside
"piddly" broadcasts like NPR & MSNBC.
That's the shit, baby. Can you handel 4000 listeners
a day? We can. :-)
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Microsoft: In November, 2005, RFA
was listed as an "Editor's Pick" on the Windows Media
Radio Tuner.
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iM Networks: They may not be
around any longer, but they were one of the leaders in
channeling Internet radio to home audio equipment. They
honored us with their "Best of Planet" award. We miss
you iM!
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SoMusical.Com: Even though they
can't sort out our listing on their web site, they think
that we're the "Top Site" in the Gothic genre across the
entire Internet. Damn straight we are!
RFA's history originates in London, England,
where Sam Bradford ('SamSam') founded the show. An American
abroad, a longtime club DJ and a lifelong geek, Sam left the
London gothic club scene to focus on presenting new
gothic and dark alternative artists from around the world to
the world. RFA was more of a hobby than an institution until
2004 when Sam returned to the USA after 10 years of being an
expatriate.
In 2005 Sam incorporated "The SlagHuis" and
RFA became a commercial enterprise with compilation CD
releases, a members' area, an MP3 download service,
merchandise and more. Unfortunately, Sam couldn't do it all
in the summer of 2005, RFA expanded yet again. But this
time... as a family. Read more about our staff by clicking
their names below.
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