It used to be that to start a legit radio station, you needed everything from a studio to an FCC license. But these days you can get by with a microphone and a website and broadcast any kind of programming you’d like.
Of course, to make and maintain an internet radio station that is designed to sustain and grow listenership, a few more resources are often necessary.
That’s partially what the Inhailer Radio benefit INspired is all about — it’s the community minded, local-music-friendly media outlet’s inaugural fall fund drive. But it’s also a chance to have some fun, promote local music and explore the craft that Inhailer so lovingly boosts.
Inspired by late radio outlet WNKU’s Catfish Ball (during which local acts would pay tribute to artists who’d recently died), Inhailer’s INspired showcase will feature nearly two dozen Cincinnati acts who will play their own music as well as songs by the artists who’ve influenced them.
The event will take over the entire Southgate House Revival with music by the likes of (among others) Automagik, The Vims, Wonky Tonk, Knotts, Ronin Halloway, Quotah, Moonbeau, Beloved Youth, Carriers, Multimagic and Season Ten, who will also be celebrating their new album release, Nature.
5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. $15. Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport, southgatehouse.com.
This article appears in Oct 16-29, 2019.