Coming Jan 2006

Here at BUZZ ROCK we are very happy about our relaunch on January 2nd, 2006. We will become Philly's New Rock and alternative station. Playing the best new rock on the net. We are putting the final touches on our playlist. Adding some tracks to the playlist. BUZZ ROCK will always be adding new songs to our rotation. Stay with this blog for more and keep listening!

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

From everyone at BUZZ ROCK RADIO

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Indie Rock Tuesday/Classic Rock Thursday

Hey, Indie Rock Tuesday has been pretty successful so far. We are considering if we should pick up the program for 2006. We need your imput. If you would like to tell your opinion e-mail us at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com.

Classic Rock Thursday: It has been very succsesful since we launched it in April so e-mail buzzrockradio@yahoo.com if you could like any changes.

Happy Holidays,
Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Top 10

For December we are working on a list of the top 10 songs of 2005. We need to help so e-mail at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com to suggest a song. The show will air sometime in December.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

New site layout

Hey hope you all like the new homepage layout. We are going to be working on it in the next few weeks so don't worry. We are selling ad for the site so e-mail us at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com and we will give you a quote.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Valencia/Halloween

Hey, On Friday me and Nate interviewed our upcoming Artist of the Month for November Valencia. We interviewed Brendan about there new CD "This is a Possiblity". This week we will post the interview on our Artist of Month page.

Tommorow is halloween and me and Nate are going to be broadcasting our 2nd annual halloween special (last year it was on VRL ONLINE). So that is going to be very fun. So listen tommorow night from 5-6:30 pm.

Tom SofieldProgram Director/DJ

Indie Rock Tuesday / Playlist is now 24 hours long...

Hey, this is Tom we were having some problems so we could not run indie rock tuesday.

Now some good news our basic mode playlist is now over 24 hours long. But if you listen to our live shows you can hears 1000's of other songs that are not on our basic playlist. Just wanted to give you a short update.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Eagles Extra/Message Board

Hey, every Monday during the football season tune in to Eagles Extra Radio with Jim Williams. Good show listen. Eagles Extra Radio is our fastest growing weekly radio show.

Also we need you all to talk and post on our message board here is the link http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=3&mforum=buzzrockradio.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Best week ever/Support

This week has been the best ever for Buzz Rock we have launched more streams than ever before. We have grown in listening hours no up to 391 (9 away from 400). I would like to thank Bodykast for doing a live concert on-air on Friday. Also I would like to thank Jim Williams for getting tons of listeners with Eagles Extra which is on every night after an Eagles game and Mondays at 8pm.
We just added the graphic click on it an you can donate money to help Buzz Rock Radio get more music and improve the station. If you have problems donating e-mail us at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com. So please donate some money to Buzz Rock Radio.

Rock for Relief: 2

Tommorow at about this time I will be going on-air with Nate. we already have some live concerts tracks from some of our cool bands. remember to listen at 6pm tommorow, then at 8pm Eagles Extra with Jim Williams premiers.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Radio for Relief: 1

Hey, everyday on our TV monitors we see pictures of distruction and devistation is the New Orleans area. Buzz Rock and other LIVE 365 broadcasters are doing something about it. I am organising a broadcast where stations from diffrent genres get together to broadcast a message to there listeners donate to help the victims of Katrina. The show will start on Buzz Rock at 6pm on Friday. On rock station we will be calling it Rock for Relief but on other stations it will be called Radio for Relief so stay with Buzz Rock for more...

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Adding more music...

Hey, our playlist is now over 14 1/2 hours long! So listen see if you notice an impovement. E-mail us request at buzzrockradio@Yahoo.com.
Holloween is coming up fast, and we are working to get some cool holloween give aways. So stay tuned to Buzz Rock.
Have to go cya!

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Change the Pa state song.

Today when UPS showed up i knew it was some CDS from record lables. So i opened it up and it was 2 new songs from the Bloodhound Gang (get there new CD on September 13th). When i opened the box a post card was in there it says that a famous Pennsylvainan wants to change the Pa state song to the Bloodhound Gangs new singal Pennsylvania. They gave the site to sign a pettition at http://www.pennsylvaniastatesong.com. The man behind this is local resident Bam Margera. So sign the pettition today and listen to Buzz Rock!

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Go to the Seether Concert.

If you read this blog you know that i love Seether, Crossfade and Halestorm. All three bands are going to be playing in the area again. They are playing at the Electric Factory in Philly. A few Sundays ago I saw them at Musikfest in Bethelhem and they were great. They are and played with some other acts like Crossfade, Dark New Day, and Halestorm. Below you can by tickets for the show next Sunday at 8pm.
http://electricfactory.com/event_detail.html?eventID=212052

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Working on new promotions!

Hey, it Tom here. Its almost 9, i am really tired. But i am staying up for 2 reasons, 1 - Eagles football, 2 - Working on Buzz Rock. Right now I am working on new promotional idea for Buzz Rock. We are working on getting our promotional department up and running again. This week we are going to print up some Eagles signs with the Buzz Rock Radio logo on them.
I would like to wish our DJ Jim Williams a Happy Birthday! He is 21 today!
By Monday we will have our whole Fall line up ready, we just finished making up our new ad panflit. So hopefully that will get some more advertisers.
Tommorow we will post our plans for Classic Rock Thursday. Some new updating!

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

28 hours on the air

Hey, me and Nate have spent the past 7 days on air from 4pm-8pm. Which is 28 hours on-air. What were we thinking when we signed up for this. Tune in got more details.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

7 days

On-air now/CD

Hey, right now i am on-air, so tune in! Look for an announcement later this week about our mission. We are goning to expand Classic Rock Thursday and add more of a foucus on indie bands.
Talking about indie rock. We are working with some indie bands to have them on a CD we are working on. It would probly be about $2-3 bucks but all that would go to the cost of the CD and indie rock. Look for info on that to.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

7 Days, 56 Hours

Hey, This is Tom! This Thursday thru next Thursday me and Nate are going to do a live broadcast every night from 4pm - 8 pm EDT. Then after Alex M will take over duties as DJ. This exclusive event will be broadcast on only 2 station http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com and RADIO LIVE X. So tune in!

Tom Sofield
Promgram Director/DJ

Major changes coming soon...

Trust me this is not bad news this is really good news! We are flipping formats to RAP AND R&B. (!!NO JUST KIDDING!!) We are going to be adding more new rock to the playlist. Also we are adding more classic rock programing. This september classic rock thrusday is getting better than ever! Also we have a new show called Classic Rock Classic's thats on Saturday nights at 8pm.

Just a shoutout to Lava Records for sending us nine cds of new rock.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Seether/Crossfade w/ Halestorm and Dark New Day

Hey, the Seether/Crossfade concert was fricken great! Seether was the best. I always have love seether. Also the band halestorm was really good. there is a link to them on my myspace which is http://www.myspace.com/tomsofield so add as your friend! I would just like to thank Mark Demkus and Jon from musikfrest for hooking me up with the front row VIP tixs.

Tom Sofield
Promgram Director/DJ

MusikFest (Seether/Crossfade concert)

Hey guys. Just found out I am going to the Seether/Crossfade Concert! It looks like a great concert love both bands! So if you want to go you can go to http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=29672 and buy them today the show is Sunday at 6:30. MusikFest is always so cool. They also have a ton of free shows. I like to go up there and walk around.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

MusikFest,Contest

Hey! Can't wait to go to MusikFest (http://www.musikfest.org/) up in Bethlehem. We I might be going to the Seether/Crossfade Concert. They have over 300 artist. It is going to be so cool, i stop in every year it is really cool! Buzz Rock will be putting up flyers.

Also we have started a contest where you can win your own radio show. We are going to be changing the rules it will now be anything you desire. Here are the rules:
Have you ever want to be on the radio? Then this is the contest for you! You can host a internet radio that has a wide variety of indie rock artist and songs. Here are the steps to enter the contest.
- Write 2-5 sentences about yourself
- Please make and provide a 1 minute air check (a preview of the show, please don't add music)
- E-mail us a photo of yourself
(Remember that may post or air everything you e-mail us.)
Requirements:
- Must have a microphone
- Can't be afraid to talk on internet radio
!!Remember this is a volunteer position!!

To enter e-mail us at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Classic Rock Classics, Contest!

Coming this Saturday at 8 pm EST. The host is my dad. He will be playing all the classic rock hits that you love. Talking about new shows I would like to thank everyone who has been listening to Wired With Williams it is climbing in the ratings.

Also we just put on our website the details on our newest contest. If you like Indie Rock and would like to be on our internet radio station you should enter the contest. The contest end September 15th, so enter today. To enter go to our website http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Artist of the Month for August!

I know it is still July, but who gives a crap we have posted our August Artist of the Month who is Capitol Risk. You can donload one of the songs. You can do that by going to our Artist of the Month page. Which can be found at http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Podcasting?

We need you to help us! Besides listening to the station, we need you to help us deside on how to do our podcast. We want to do a weekly rock news podcast every friday. It will only be 5 miniutes long but what should we incorperate in the podcast? Leave your comments in the blog comment box below.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

The Indie Rock Show

Next week we are going start a contest where we look for a host for our newest radio show THE INDIE ROCK SHOW. Next week our website will have more info on that. Also the first week of August look on our homepage for our artist of the month. We are hoping the band we e-mailed accepts.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Wired with Williams

Thank you guys for listening to Wired with Williams. Jim will be very happy to hear he got 6 listeners. Hopefully this show will become a hit. Right now we are also working on some new show consepts so keep listening!

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Return of the Attack,"Beam me up Scotty!"

A breaking story out of London. More exposions. No reports of deaths or injurys. This looks to be the terrorist, yet once again. For more go to http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189833,00.html.
Also some more sad news.
Actor James Doohan has died. The man who played Scotty on the first Star Trek serise called "Star Trek".
BUZZ ROCK RADIO is welcoming its newest show this Sunday at 6pm Wired with Williams. Rember to tell all you friends about http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Toolbar

We just launched our BUZZ ROCK RADIO toolbar, I have had it for a few days. Its nice it comes with a link so you can listen live and then you add your own links. Its free too. Here is the link: http://buzzrock.ourtoolbar.com/.

-Tom
Program Director/DJ

Surreal Life

HOLY CRAP!!!! I just saw the first episode of the 5th season of the Surrreal Life. I was able to screen it online. It is so F***ing funny. This is the best cast so far. I say this every season the show just keeps getting better and better. So watch it tommorow night on Vh1. Cya on Thursday when I get back from vacaton.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Website and LIVE 8

Hey, we just redesigned our website. It kinda looks like the old one. We are trying to get out all the gliches. Also in the past few days we have got over 700 hits on out LIVE 8 page so thank you. I hope all of you go to LIVE 8. Me and Nate are going to record a show and reports for this station and other internet radio stations . Cya right now the BUZZ ROCK team is going to War of the Worlds to see it before our WOTW radio show at 6pm.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Live 8 page

Hey, its Tom! We just launched our newly redesigned LIVE 8 page. Plus a new address http://www.live8philly.cjb.net. Our site has been getting alot of hits due to LIVE 8. Stay with http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com for teh latest info.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

OUR LIVE 8 PLANS

Yo, this is Tom. This is our rough draft of our LIVE 8 plans. The official plans will be launch with-in the next 2 weeks. Me and Nate are planning to go the show. There might even be some other DJs at the show. Me and Nate are going to record a show from the LIVE 8 and it will be played the next morning. From July 1st to 4th we will hold Freedom 8 weekend with LIVE 8 reports running throughout the days and nights. We will still hold the Top 6@6 and THE BLOCK. The MORNING BLOCK will be replaced with a 20 mintute pre-recored show with all the LIVE 8 highlights. More coming soon...

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

LIVE AID 2 aka. LIVE 8

Twenty years after the LIVE AID concert, a follow up concert will be held here in Philadelphia and London on July 2nd. This concert will be held on the Ben Franklin Parkway. It will be part of the city's 4th of July Celebration. Tuesday May 31st there will be press conference held that will give all the details. Stay with Buzz Rock.2ya.com for all the latest.

I am 95% sure i am going, so exciting.

LISTEN TO BUZZ ROCK FOR MORE INFO.

Staff

We just put up a major announcment, we r planning to double our staff by July. If you want to become a member of our staff just shoot us an e-mail at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com.

Talking about staff, we think our DJ Jarrett Evans will host Classic Rock Thursday. We r also talking to Dave Hensel about his own show. Next Sunday Rob Devincent will offically join BUZZZ ROCK RADIO. Stay Tuned.

Tom Sofield
Program Director/DJ

Star Wars

Tune in this Friday night at 6 PM to hear our Star Wars show. It will be an 1 1/2 hours. So tune in and listen we will have soem new info on the movie.

-Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Fixed

Its Tom again! Thanks everyone we hit 218 listening hours! As u may know if u listened all the songs had bad sound quality but will have now fixed that. So everything sounds so much better. We added the new Audio Slave track, Be Ur Self. Last week we went to a CD release party for Pepper's Ghost, that was really fun I got my CD signed by all the band members. Coming Soon to the site CD giveaway.

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Great New Stuff

Yo, it is Tom here. We r working on some great new fetures. Look for our VIP sign up coming very soon. Everytime you listen BUZZ ROCK RADIO gets money. Also when u sign up we get money off our bill every month. We r also looking for volenters in the Philly are to hand out flyers. Also me and Nate will be at the Y 100rocks.com Peppers Ghost CD Release Party at the FYE at the King of Pressa Mall. So for more info go to http://www.peppersghost.net/ and come see us there. Thats all for now.

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/ DJ

Classic Rock Thursday

Hey, its Tom Sofield here!!! We have logged over 125 listening hours, u all rock! Coming this thursday starting at 7 am - 3:30 pm we will be playing all classic rock only on THURSDAY's it is called Classic Rock Thursday. So listen.

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Pick your Playlist

Buzz Rock Radio will be adding a new feture to THE BLOCK it is called Pick Your Playlist. U can pick any Rock songs u want then we will pick 1 play it live on-air. So e-mail us ur list to buzzrockradio@yahoo.com.

On Air

We are now ON-AIR so u can listen to our music libary now. Also our DJ's r doing lots of live shows. We are continuing to add music to our music libary with hundreds of songs. If you want us to add some song or artest e-mail me at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com.

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Tons of New Songs

Hey, its Tom Sofield here just added a ton of songs to the play list. Remember u can start listening saturday morning then at 12 noon we will do our first live broadcast. So listen and stay with Buzz Rock

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Songs

We have a ton of new songs that we are adding. Here at Buzz Rock we are so ready, April 2nd the big day that we launch. I just got our AIM s/n (buzzrockradio). Also we are going to make some website changes. if u have any questions or comments e-mail me at buzzrockradio@yahoo.com.

Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Promos

Hey everyone, its Tom again. Last night we starting taking photos for graphics and we recored promos for the station. Rember Aprill 2nd is the big day. We are going to have a party show starting at 3pm. Also we are going to talk to the DJ's about what they want to do at the station. Buzz Rock is also looking for DJ's all u need it the internet and a microphone. Before I go i want to say that we start the marcketing campain today.

Cya,
Tom Sofield
Program Directer/DJ

Almost there...

We at Buzz Rock r so excited about launching April 2nd. We will do our frist broadcast at about 3p.m. So tune in. Tell all ur friends about us and tell them about our website (http://www.buzzrock.2ya.com), plus tell them about our awsome CD GIVEAWAYS. Stay tuned...

Tom Sofield
DJ/Program Directer

Coming Soon...

We will blog soon...