About

Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio (VCRa­dio) is a music and spo­ken word inter­net radio sta­tion, aimed at com­mu­ni­ties in vir­tu­al worlds, notably Sec­ond Life, as well as lis­ten­ers on the wider inter­net. The sta­tion was found­ed in ear­ly 2021 by for­mer Radio Riel DJ and co-host of the Design­ing Worlds TV series, Elrik Mer­lin, with the sup­port of Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er of Sean­chai Library and design­er Hon­ey Heart.

From its found­ing until the Fall of 2026, VCR streamed Light Clas­si­cal, Easy Lis­ten­ing, Clas­si­cal and Ear­ly Music 24/7. In the fall of 2026, the sta­tion refo­cused its efforts on its orig­i­nal pro­gram­ming, and pro­duc­ing pod­cast-like con­tent for post­ing on Mix­cloud. Pro­grams orig­i­nate with a live pre­sen­ta­tion in the vir­tu­al world of Sec­ond Life, and are then released in record­ed form on Mix­cloud short­ly there­after.

The month­ly sched­ule includes music on the first Sun­day of the month, at 2pm Pacif­ic, when we present an hour of music on a theme, curat­ed by Cale­do­nia or Elrik: First Sun­day. “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal”, host­ed by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er of the Sean­chai Library, explores the world of musi­cal the­atre dis­cussing the shows, the music and more on the third Sat­ur­day in the month at 2pm Pacif­ic.

The sta­tion has its head­quar­ters in the Not­thund region in Sec­ond Life, in the form of a cus­tom Art Deco-styled the­atre by Hon­ey Heart.

Past pro­grams that can be found on Mix­cloud include “The MOST”, “Tarot at Teatime”, and oth­er spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tions.