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We had a record audience on Drone Zone for the Steve Roach live performance today! We will repeat the broadcst this Sunday evening, May 12th at 7pm Pacific (2:00GMT Monday), and again on Monday morning, May 13th 7am Pacific (14:00 GMT). Please tune in. 7-May-2013
STEVE ROACH LIVE on Drone Zone! Steve will visit the SomaFM studio in San Francisco to present an extended live concert transmission on Tuesday May 7th at 1pm PST right here on the Drone Zone. And in case you miss it, there will be two rebroadcasts: Sunday May 12th at 7pm PST and Monday May 13th 7am PST. 20-Apr-2013
Thank you for your support in March. We ran a little behind budget but we hope with your help we'll make it up in April. Thanks again for all your support and keeping SomaFM on the air. 31-Mar-2013
Last week of the month means we need you to help us meet our monthly budget again. We've been running a tiny bit behind the last couple months, so if you haven't supported SomaFM in the last year (or don't remember when the last time you supported us was!), please help us out a bit. Just click the support button on our website. 24-Mar-2013
At SXSW? Be sure to say "HI" if you see someone in a SomaFM shirt! 12-Mar-13
Don't forget to set those clocks ahead 1 hour in places where Daylight time is observed. 10-Mar-2013
We've updated our Android and iPhone apps for 2013. Make sure you have the latest updates. 17-Feb-13
Groove Salad was off the air for about 30 minutes a bit after midnight (pacific time) due to some equipment acting up. We smacked it and things are back. Hopefully there won't be any other issues with the equipment tonight. 16-Feb-2013
Be our valentine! SomaFM loves you! 14-Feb-2013
All promotional items (tshirts, mugs, hoodies, bottles) are in stock at this time. 8-Feb-13
A big thank you for all our January supporters. We came really close to hitting our goal, and hopefully we can make up the difference in February. We really, really appreciate all the support you give us and wouldn't be able to do this without you. 1-Feb-2013
Thanks for everyone who showed up for the SomaFM Presents: BAGeL Radio's 10th anniversary show at Bottom of the Hill. Packed house, great bands, couldn't have been better. We'll post pics soon. 2-Feb-2013
SomaFM Presents the BAGeL Radio 10th Birthday Party! Featuring Mister Loveless/ CHURCHES/ Birdmonster at Bottom of the Hill Friday 2/1/13, doors at 8:30pm. Buy Advance Tickets 20-Jan-2013
Happy New Year! We'd like to thank everyone for making 2012 a great year for SomaFM. We have a lot of exciting new stuff planned for 2013 that we hope you'll love. 30-Dec-2012
Xmas in Frisko will become Auld Lang Syne, All the Time on New Years Eve. 29-Dec-2012.
Holiday Programming will continue until at least Jan 7th, 2013. 28-Dec-2012
Get our new Free Christmas Holiday Radio App for iOS for iPhone/iOS and our Free Christmas Holiday Radio App for Android. Includes all three SomaFM holiday channels, commercial free in this special free app. Please tell your friends about it to introduce them to SomaFM. 7-Dec-2012
480 Minutes is now known officially as BAGeL Radio on SomaFM. Just in case you can't find it. 480 Minutes is still live and hosted by Ted every Friday, on BAGeL Radio on SomaFM. 8-Dec-2012
Our free Android holiday radio app is now available! 4-Dec-2012
Get our new Free SomaFM Holiday Radio App for iPhone/iOS. All three SomaFM holiday channels, commercial free in this special free app. (Android coming soon!) 20-Nove-2012
If you use a radio that relies on vTuner, they have an incorrect entry for Groove Salad currently. We've contacted them with an update and hope it will be fixed soon. 1-Dec-2012
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Pete Namlook. A most brilliant and prolific ambient composer, he will be sorely missed. 15-Nov-2012
Happy Halloween. Special programming tonight on our Doomed channel! 31-Oct-2012
We are experience some outaages today due to a flood at our studio. The main drain on our building's roof clogged; all the water came down the wall in our studio like a small waterfall; lot of computer and audio gear was damaged. 22-Oct-2012
Congratulations to SpaceX on the launch of their CRS-1 Mission to the International Space Station! 7-Oct-2012
Photos and coverage of the 2012 Decibel Festival in Seattle are on our Facebook Page. 28-Sep-2012
We now have really nice red SomaFM Water Bottles by Klean Kanteen. No BPA, phthalates, lead, or other toxins. 20-Sep-2012
Tag's Trip back on the air after some technical problems. 25-Aug-12
We will be carrying the Mars Curiosity landing on Mission Control starting tonight at 10pm pacific time (0500 GMT on Monday). The actual landing is scheduled for 0531 GMT on Monday. 5-Aug-2012
Some stream servers have been reconfigured. If you get a message when trying to listen that "Server has reached it's limit", try reconnecting either from our website or your app; this will make sure you get the latest list of servers to connect to. 29-Jul-2012
Mobile users: make sure you update to our latest Android and IOS apps. The updates are free to users of the 1.2 version. 28-Jun-2012
We are now fully moved into our new datacenter. 27-Jun-2012
If you are having problems connecting from your computer today, please make sure you're using the links from our website. (Mobile streams are unaffected). 26-Jun-2012
Lifehacker calls SomaFM "one of the Top 5 net radio services"! 11-Jun-12
We're continuing our technical upgrades over the next few days, there may be brief stream outages from time to time. Our twitter feed will have the most real time updates. 5-Jun-2012
We are doing maintenance today and some channels will be off the air for 15-30 minutes. 3-Jun-2012
We are relocating and expanding our data center over the next week and there will be periods where certain channels are off the air. We are striving to keep the disruptions to a minimum. 31-May-2012
Congratulations to SpaceX for a historic first commercial voyage to the International Space Station. We hope you enjoyed our coverage on Mission Control, and we look forward to covering more SpaceX missions in the future. 31-May-2012
Live coverage of the Undocking, Descent and Landing of the SpaceX Dragon on it's return from the International Space Station on Mission Control. Splashdown is 11:44am ET / 8:44am Pacific. 31-May-2012
Congratulations to SpaceX for the successful launch of the Falcon9/Dragon to the International Space Station. Mission Control will be interrupting historic Apollo missions with live Dragon coverage from time to time this week. 22-May-2012
Streaming problems caused by a server outage on Monday have been fixed. 21-May-2012
If you're in San Francisco and driving northbound on 101 near the 280 split, look for the TuneIn radio billboard featuring SomaFM! 10-May-2012
New channel: San Francisco 10-33: Ambient music mixed with the sounds of San Francisco public safety radio traffic. It's like our Mission Control channel, but with firemen and police instead of astronauts. 2-May-2012
Thanks to all our supporters in April for helping us meet our budget. Thanks for showing your support and putting your money where your mouth is! (Or is that where your ears are?) 30-Apr-2012
SomaFM's Elise Nordling (Indie Pop Rocks) will be hosting an intimate chat and performance with Release The Sunburd and Emily Jane White, this Wednesday, April 25th, in San Francisco. Free show, RSVP Required. We hope to see you there! 20-Apr-2012
New AAC and AACplus streams for Black Rock FM added. Also higher fidelity in low bandwidth on mobile apps. 3-Apr-2012
Tag's Trip back online after being temporarily off the air due to issues with Tag's home studio. 20-Mar-2012
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