Genre Day: Light Classical
Today on VCR, we’re pleased to present a programme of light classical music, in our first live playout broadcast.
The programme features a wide range of both artists and composers, some well-known and some, perhaps, who are seldom heard of. Listen out for the likes of Tomlinson, Ketelbey, Alwyn, Gunning and Addinsell, for example, to name but a few, and enjoy a day of tuneful, often relaxing orchestral music.
Photo: The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, by
Building a Virtual Home
We are currently in the process of building a headquarters location in Second Life as a base for our operations in-world. The “VCR Theatre” is being brought together by Honey Heart and will be completed soon.
It takes the form of an Art Deco theatre, with a stage, seating that can be overlaid for dancing, and a broadcast studio. In addition it will house administrative functions like the devices that will handle sponsorship payments and renewals to make that operation as smooth as possible.
We are also intending to hold live readings and other performances as well as dances and other activities in the auditorium. Here are a few pictures — though bear in mind that the build is not yet finished.
Coming Soon: The Black Mass
Coming shortly to Virtual Community Radio is the landmark radio drama series The Black Mass, created at the Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, CA, over fifty years ago. In 30 chilling tales of mystery, imagination and the human mind, The Black Mass brings you some of literature’s most haunting stories, by masters of the craft.
Realised with the minimum of audio equipment, the performances were quite remarkable and trod ground seldom covered by radio drama before — or since. Watch this space for details on when the shows will air. There are 30 episodes of up to 30 minutes each, and each weekly episode will be broadcast twice on the same day, once for UK/European listeners and the other for those in North America.
Get the App!
We are working with Patrick at Kaleidoscopic Creation to develop our own mobile apps, but in the meantime…
VCR is hosted by Live365, and they make iOS and Android mobile apps available so you can listen to member stations on the go.
Unfortunately these apps don’t automatically tune to VCR — you can use them to listen to any Live365 station — so you need to search for “Virtual Community Radio” to locate us and start listening. Click the heart icon to label it as a Favourite and off you go!
Due to music licensing agreements, these apps are available in the UK, US and Canada only at this time.
Remember that we are still doing test transmissions, so the stream may go off the air from time to time and you’ll hear a curious variety of music across the day.
Test Transmissions
We are now preparing to go on the air, and in advance of our official launch at the start of the year, we’re carrying out test transmissions, primarily fine-tuning the playout system to give us the right mix of music and other content. As a result you may find that the stream is not always present.
On the air soon!
We’re getting things ready for the turn of the year, when we go on the air.
Stay tuned!
