Disrupt Radio will return after brief disruption, boss claims
Disrupt Radio will be back on air live from next month, according to founder Benjamin Roberts.
This comes after a tumultuous few months for the radio start-up; a “significant investment” fell through in early August, and staffers have been unpaid for three months.
The station was removed from the DAB+ format in August, and the station hasn’t produced any new, or live content since then. But Roberts tells The Australian that Disrupt is set to mount a “comeback”.
I liked the concept of it and did listen and do hope it returns.
In my opinion they did not let people know they existed, too many repeated sound bites, little advertising from suppliers and they needed more ‘helpful’ advice for how to become a startup. They also needed to widen their concept of a startup. For example what to watch out for when buying a franchise etc.
What a waste of time and money. No one listened. That was the station’s number one problem!
It’s important that this kind of media survives. Lots of interesting content and lots of job creation in an industry only barely hanging on. Honestly don’t care about ad agencies. They’re big and ugly enough to open and close when they win and lose business. The more new media we have, the better.