In the fall of 2013, while working for the software company that designs and supports the radio automation systems of IHeartMedia, Cumulus and other broadcast corporations, the concept of a internet radio station network was conceived.
While working the late evening and overnight shifts helping test a new software addition, a technical support engineer started thinking about all of the regional and local bands he had met since he was kid. Thoughts of his father and the family band he had spent over 30 years preforming with made him realize that corporate radio was trying to change music and not in a good way.
Since the hours he worked weren’t the busiest as far as taking calls, he started learning more about how to operate the latest generation of radio automation software as well as researching what was involved with getting this project off the ground. He also started searching the internet sites for music and discovered a whole new world of indie artists with the same desire – to get heard on the radio and maybe get discovered.
That Technical Support Engineer was Cliff Broyhill and today, 6 years later, BWNR averages 15,000 listeners every month on the BEST 24/7 Independent Radio Station on the planet.
Facts About BWNR
- Concept conceived & developed in Ogallala, NE USA in late 2013 by technical support engineer working for radio automation software company
- Network officially born on February 1, 2014
- Premiered on May 23, 2014 in Pueblo, CO
- First broadcast only had 25 Indie artists
- Network moved to Ash Grove, MO in September 2014
- BWNR becomes station’s official “call letters” on January 1, 2016 after becoming licensed by Sound Exchange
- Over 1,000,000 songs have been aired on the station as of May 23, 2020
- In 2020, BWNR reached over 200,000 listeners worldwide
Congratulations to the entire team! This is incredible. Hope to keep listening to this station another 6 years from now!