CADRadio

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CADRadio is a SHOUTcast based internet radio station, at one time the official radio station of the Ctrl+Alt+Del webcomic by Tim Buckley. It was started by Insomniac and Aliendragon, two of the CAD forum members. Originally started on a simple rented SHOUTcast server that provided 8 concurrent listener slots at 24 kbit/s mp3. Starting off relatively unpopular, it soon gathered quite a following and soon the 8 person server was no longer adequate and a series of relay servers were setup by listeners who volunteered to help. An integral part of the CADRadio shows was the IRC channel, originally found on XNet. This was the main hub of operations for CADRadio, and a meeting place for listeners, both at times when shows were being broadcast and when the station was off-air.

After a period of success, Absath (the artist of Ctrl+Alt+Del) gave the station "official" status, and even appeared on a show hosted by DJ FIRE|STARTER in the form of a phone interview.

Creative differences and personal disagreements caused problems within the management of CADRadio as time went on though, and led to the resignation of Insomniac and, at a later date, Aliendragon.

The station was taken over, and remains in the control of, FalconX and MZXGiant.

The station now has two larger capacity servers, one running SHOUTcast and the other running IceCast. The IRC channel can now be found on the CADNet network.