Max Tolkoff joined Indie 103.1 in April 2007 as program director, brought on board to help drive up listenership for the underdog alternative station. The Huffington Post recently asked him to write up his take on the critical success and commercial failure of Indie 103.1, and what eventually led to...

The big commercial radio story making the rounds this week is news of Los Angeles’ Indie 103.1 going off the air to being online only in order to “save” its “integrity.” While it’s romantic to believe the notion of a commercial radio station suffering for its art ...

Battlestar Galactica is back on! Woo! And the season premier blew our minds. No spoilers here - either you're not following the show (but you should be - it's awesome), so you probably don't care or you are and need to go to Hulu and watch it right now. Which is much easier now than it was on Friday...

The late Indie 103.1 -- original logo above -- first appeared on L.A.'s radio waves during Christmas 2003, replacing the short-lived dance format "KDL 103.1." Indie launched with a few days of punk and alternative Christmas music, before adopting its music format. If you remember, the station broadc...

More on the shutter of Los Angeles freeishform radio station Indie 103.1, which had its format go online-only earlier today: The semi-bewildering goodbye notice running on the terrestrial station, which bemoans their having to "play the corporate radio game," is apparently at least somewhat rooted i...

If you have any kind of commute in the Los Angeles area at all, and spend any part of that commute listening to old-school FM radio — and I’m guilty on both counts, especially in the morning, when I want to be plugged into the universe — then you’ve probably noticed Indie 103...

After a little more than five years on the air, Indie 103.1 is dead. Owner Entravision has replaced the station with a format called "El Gato" -- playing regional Mexican rhythmic and cumbia music. The "Indie" format will continue to be streamed online... but the radio station called the best in the...

The good news: L.A.'s low-rated but much-acclaimed radio outlet Indie 103.1 (KDLD-FM) continues on broadcast, and is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary. That's a longer lifespan than anything else that has been programmed on the frequency over the past decade and a half (Mars FM, Jazz FM, CD 1...

Joe Escalante has left the KDLD-FM ("Indie 103.1") morning show. Escalante's departure comes as station owner Entravision makes some budget trims (as everyone seems to be doing these days). Ted Roman is hosting the show for now, at least on an interim basis. No word if Roman will permanently replace...

Does playing someone’s music on the radio hurt them or help them? And is it a “form of piracy”? I’m a lifelong radio listener. Not like I once was, of course, but I still listen, especially during my morning commute. A couple of weeks ago I happened to hear “The Step an...