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Posted on 11/02/2005 11:39:23 AM PST by apackof2
A California pet lover has founded an internet radio
station designed to ease the lives of lonely dogs and
cats around the world.
Styled as "the radio station all pets prefer",
DogCatRadio.com goes out live 17 hours each day from a
van in the car park of a Los Angeles recording studio.
DJs speak to pets directly, and ask "pet parents" to send in pictures.
Founder Adrian Martinez, 34, says the station aims to
keep pets company while their "parents" head out to work.
DogCatRadio's daily play list ranges from the soothing
sounds of wispy Irish singer Enya to Elvis Presley's classic anthem, Hound Dog.
In between tracks, Mr Martinez and his fellow DJs offer practical advice to pet owners, plus a liberal
sprinkling of the station's signature sound - barks and miaows.
Housebound hounds chewing their way through the family
furniture come in for an occasional ribbing.
Happy pets
Mr Martinez, an independent record producer, hopes that many of his audience will be listening in while at home
alone, albeit with a little help from their human friends.
"My cat, Snickers, asked me to do it," Mr Martinez told the New York Times.
Faced with a nervous, restless cat at home one day, Mr Martinez discovered that Snickers calmed down almost as
soon as he turned up the background music a little.
Quickly realising how happy Snickers was with a regular slice of 1980s rock, Mr Martinez set up DogCatRadio to
spread the message.
"I wanted to do something for the pet community," he said.
The station, which claims 8,000 listeners each week
through its website, currently makes no money.
But the US pet industry is worth an estimated $35m annually, and Mr Martinez eventually hopes to attract
advertising.
Oh by the way.......SAVE A LIFE ADOPT A PET
I've heard of everything now.....:>)
Advertising? If only the pets are listening and they don't speak English or have any money of their own, nor transportation to the store, who would bother advertising to them? :lol:
LQ
Well unless Kitty or Fido has learned to turn on the radio, mom/dad is listening at times and would hear all those ads for dog/cat foods, the latest and greates in doggie/cat toys, gear, vacations...yada, yada, yada
My Maddie isn't into TV!
Could out draw Air America.
Being gone all day, I have a couple pet CD's I used to leave on for my cats...it was soothing....birds, waterfalls.... I should start it again......
Gidget is the only dog I've ever had that paid it any attention.... and she's obsessive about it, watching for hours if there's good dog action :~D
My cat watches TV. Meerkats are his favorite.
Last night Coast played a clip of the mouse mating song. The dog found it fascinating.
Gidget loves most shows on Animal Planet, but especially Americas Funniest Pets and Crocodile Hunter...
She also loves parts of the Lord of the Rings Movies, One of the Harry Potter Movies, the Amazing Journey movie with the two dogs and the cat that find their way home, and Babe. :~D
Oh - and the commercial for Pierre Money Mart. :~D
I leave conservative talk radio on during the day for my Scruffy (dog) and Breezy. At night my kitten (Breezy) likes to go up to the TV and pat the screen.
Cooper watching Animal Planet.
Well, I am awaiting word from the shelter that "Max", a 2-yr old Boxer, is ready for pickup so I be mooched out of that last piece of chicken breast the next time I go to Pollo Loco.
This is cool. Arf.
My one cat Peaches loves Pavarotti. Actually, both cats like anything classical.
Same here. Any animal noises attract my dogs attention.
They love roosters crowing or ducks quacking.
They already have more listeners than Airhead America
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