SAVAGE RADIO INFO
Welcome to Savage Radio - The Rock n' Roll Animal. You found the best rock on the planet! It's a unique blend of Hard Rock, Classic Rock and Metal. Playing today's greatest rock songs, yesterday's monster tracks, deeper album cuts as well as tunes by lesser known artists. Savage Radio is committed to bringing you the finest rock radio experience over the internet. Not knowing what you are going to hear next, as well as anticipating favorite songs and new tracks being played, has always been part of the magic of listening to the radio. It's a formula that you just don't get with your personal playlist or on your current radio dial. Savage Radio keeps it interesting and should not disappoint. If you remember the great days of terrestrial rock radio then what you will find is that excitement lives here. If you are new to this kind of thing, it's well past time you experience it for yourself. This is a real rock station with a mission to be on top and rock your world. It's about the music, the artists and the fans. Crank it up, enjoy and thanks for listening.
STATION MASTER PROFILE
FRED "rock n' roll" SAVAGE
FRED "rock n' roll" SAVAGE
I am originally from Norfolk, Virginia and have been a huge fan of rock n' roll since 1977. That was the year I received the first vinyl rock record I ever owned from my sister for my birthday, Boston's first album. Growing up I was most content sitting at a turntable spinning my favorite tunes. It was only natural that my dream was to become a rock radio dj. And, it became a reality in a grand way!
While working in music retail and taking broadcasting courses in college, I landed an internship with the #1 morning show at my favorite and biggest rock station in the Hampton Roads area. It was the Jimmy and the Bull show at FM99 WNOR! That was back in '88. At the end of the internship, I begged the program director Brian Jeffries for a chance to dj and it worked! I started doing one overnight weekend shift, and ended up doing three shifts per weekend and subing for the regular overnight dj, Liz Gillette, as she needed me. It was surreal and incredible to be working alongside several of my radio mentors growing up including Wynn Evers and Les Wooten. One day Les introduced me on air as Fred "rock n' roll" Savage and without knowing gave me a moniker that stuck. The hope was to stay at 'NOR for many years to come. That idea was cut off by a new program director who had issue with me and forced me to leave.
In August of '91, I left 'NOR and went to a small town 3,000 watt pure rock station, WXQR in Jacksonville, NC to do 7 - midnight Monday thru Friday, prime time for rock radio. I was living my dream with a near perfect rock format. I hosted a weekly Top 20 album countdown every Monday night which was a blast. Went to several great rock shows during that time and met a few artists along the way. Unfortunately, it all came to an end on September 30th, 1994 as the station was sold, automated and changed to classic rock only. My last show was on that night with the last two songs being "Spirit Of Radio" by Rush and "For Those About To Rock.." by AC/DC respectfully.
After that I returned to music retail selling cd's and was a store manager for 4 out of the 8 1/2 years employed until the store closed in February 2003. I currently work for a major home improvement retailer. My vision and dream is to establish Savage Radio as the most popular and successful internet rock radio station of all time. The journey continues! :)
While working in music retail and taking broadcasting courses in college, I landed an internship with the #1 morning show at my favorite and biggest rock station in the Hampton Roads area. It was the Jimmy and the Bull show at FM99 WNOR! That was back in '88. At the end of the internship, I begged the program director Brian Jeffries for a chance to dj and it worked! I started doing one overnight weekend shift, and ended up doing three shifts per weekend and subing for the regular overnight dj, Liz Gillette, as she needed me. It was surreal and incredible to be working alongside several of my radio mentors growing up including Wynn Evers and Les Wooten. One day Les introduced me on air as Fred "rock n' roll" Savage and without knowing gave me a moniker that stuck. The hope was to stay at 'NOR for many years to come. That idea was cut off by a new program director who had issue with me and forced me to leave.
In August of '91, I left 'NOR and went to a small town 3,000 watt pure rock station, WXQR in Jacksonville, NC to do 7 - midnight Monday thru Friday, prime time for rock radio. I was living my dream with a near perfect rock format. I hosted a weekly Top 20 album countdown every Monday night which was a blast. Went to several great rock shows during that time and met a few artists along the way. Unfortunately, it all came to an end on September 30th, 1994 as the station was sold, automated and changed to classic rock only. My last show was on that night with the last two songs being "Spirit Of Radio" by Rush and "For Those About To Rock.." by AC/DC respectfully.
After that I returned to music retail selling cd's and was a store manager for 4 out of the 8 1/2 years employed until the store closed in February 2003. I currently work for a major home improvement retailer. My vision and dream is to establish Savage Radio as the most popular and successful internet rock radio station of all time. The journey continues! :)
STATION TIMELINE
- January 2000 - Started creating music mp3 files for playlist.
- July 4th, 2000 - Basic webcast on Live365 is launched.
- July 4th, 2008 - 'Live' webcast stream from Animal Studio begins.
- November 23rd, 2012 - 50,000 streams launched since inception.
- March 13th, 2013 - Mandatory Maiden premiere.
- January 24th, 2014 - Noize In The Attic w/ Greg Schmitt debuts.
- January 30th, 2014 - Hair Metal Mansion w/ Andrew the Axeman debuts.
- July 27th, 2014 - Replay Sunday begins.
- January 30th, 2016 - New website launched on Weebly.
- January 31st, 2016 - Final day on Live365. Over 80,000 streams launched total.
- February 2016 - New stream launched thru Radionomy.
- April 2016 - Mobile Apps available for Android, iOS and Blackberry.
- October 30th, 2016 - Radionomy station stream goes dark.
- December 3rd, 2016 - New Savage Radio graphics debut.
- February 8th, 2017 - New stream launched thru resurrected Live365.
- October 10th, 2018 - Hard, Heavy & Hair with Pariah Burke debuts.
- July 4th, 2020 - 20th Anniversary of SAVAGE RADIO!
- August 11th, 2020 - Back To The Arena with DC the DJ debuts.
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