While we were having one of our daily iChat video sessions about the business today, Neil asked me what the word “WOXY” meant.  He kept seeing it pop up next to my name on iChat and had no idea what it meant.

If you haven’t heard of it, WOXY.com is one of the best radio stations around. WOXY used to be known as 97X, a terrestrial radio station based out of Oxford, Ohio (northwest of Cincinnati) that played “alternative” rock before “alternative” became cool. You may remember that, in the movie Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character kept repeating the phrase “97X. Bam! The future of rock and roll.” That was 97X he was talking about.

When the station’s owners decided to retire in 2004, they sold the terrestrial signal, and the station closed down. Soon thereafter, a few secretive angel investors showed up and helped the station come back as an internet-only station, and after a second brush with disaster a year and a half later, the station was purchased saved by Lala.com. WOXY’s been going strong ever since. Neil keeps seeing it in my iChat profile because I listen to WOXY constantly (and I have iChat set to display whatever music I’m listening to).

Anyway, if you like any of the music I’ve been posting here, be sure to take a listen to WOXY. You won’t be sorry. In addition to their incredible library of music, they also host a ton of live in-studio performances. In fact, they have several great shows coming up that you should be sure to check out:

Mon., 6/25, 3pm: The Eames Era
Wed., 6/27, 3pm: Palomar
Fri., 7/20, 1:30pm: Dirty on Purpose
Wed., 7/25, 4pm: Ra Ra Riot
Fri., 8/3, 3pm: Wussy (highly recommended)
Fri., 8/17, 12:30pm: The Rentals

And don’t worry if you happen to miss one or more performances. WOXY archives most of them (as long as the artist consents) for downloading as MP3 or podcast.