Posted by
Torgen
on Apr 04 7:06 pm
Welcome to the new home of Rat Patrol Radio!
Rat Patrol Radio- Wartime Tunes! is a webcasting radio station hosted on the Live 365 network. We specialize in Big Band and Swing music, and authentic WWII radio shows and news excerpts. We literally scour the globe to find rare tracks to bring to you, our listeners. Groove to the beat of little-known but hard-swinging service bands like the Squadronaires and the Blue Rockets, in addition to famous favorites such as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and the Dorseys. Listen as FDR proclaims a "Day of Infamy" and Churchill lauds the RAF in "their Finest Hour." We have bond drives by Tommy Dorsey and Bing crooning in the ol' Kraft Music Hall. We even have message boards where you can discuss swing music, old time radio, and your favorite WWII tunes.
So tune in, sit back, and be transported back to those times when "The Greatest Generation" fought to save the world in the greatest conflict ever known.
Thanks for visiting, and come back often!
-Torgen
Rat Patrol Radio is honored to have been chosen the 2005 "Best Old Time Radio Station" on the Live 365 Radio Network
Even though I'm up to my eyeballs in work, I *had* to stop and get a new playlist up! The new playlist has 467 tracks, lasting over 23 hours!
For a change of pace, I pulled all the long depressing news reports about the Nazi conquest of Europe and the Lord Haw Haw shows, and just have some short clips scattered throughout.
I hope you enjoy!
REMEMBER: Monthly station fees have gone up, and free listener caps have decreased, thanks to the record labels and the RIAA. You can help this station tremendously by purchasing a VIP membership to Live 365, using the link on the lower left of the page, and listening as a VIP. Remember also, that you not only get RPR commercial-free and can access the station even when it's full, but that also goes for EVERY Live 365 station!
I know I usually start the Christmas playlist the day after Thanksgiving, but my computer is slowly dying and has decided that my second hard drive (which holds all the music and WWII radio clips) isn't formatted any more. I'm praying that it's just the motherboard acting up (it doesn't see the last two PCI slots any more! ) and that I haven't lost all those files.
In any case, I can't buy or build a new system right now, so I"ll have to rip all the Christmas music again and build the playlist. I'm trying to get a new business off the ground, and am on the computer all day, so it doesn't have much "idle time" to rip CDs.
This extra time cushion should help me get everything up and running before Dec 1. I just wanted to let you guys know ahead of time!
Webserver Upgrade
Posted by
Torgen
on Oct 09 9:21 pm
Hey folks, just got this from my webhost provider:
Quote:
Dear Customer,
You are receiving this e-mail because you are currently located on our cpanel51 server. Beginning at approximately 5:00PM CDT on October 12th, we will be migrating this server to completely new hardware. DNS changes may be required in order to avoid downtime.
So, if the RPR website disappears Friday night US time, don't fret. We haven't gone anywhere, and we'll be back online ASAP.
Rat Patrol Hero!
Posted by
Torgen
on Oct 01 6:56 pm
Everyone give a big thanks to Robert van der Drift, whose donation paid RPR's bills for October!
SALUTE!
Thank you Robert! Tell your friends that Torgen said they all had to buy you a beer this weekend!
Rat Patrol Radio
) and that I haven't lost all those files.
