Happy 10th anniversary to All WNY Radio

Ten years ago today, All WNY Radio was born with a concert in the UAW hall in Lockport.

Our kickoff concert had three bands and "cheap beer," as the newspaper advertisement so proudly displayed.

Over the years, we've had a lot of bands -- and a lot of cheap beer. But one thing that has not changed is our commitment to the local music scene.

Leading up to the 10th anniversary, we've been busy on a pretty major undertaking -- a brand new companion website to AllWNYRadio.com. The all-new AllWNYNews.com aims to do the same thing for local news that AllWNYRadio.com has done for local music -- give it an outlet.

The sites are pretty deeply engrained into one another, as is the new AllWNYAwards.com, which will serve as the landing pad for the All WNY Music Awards, as well as another annual awards campaign, which we'll discuss more later.

But for now, check out All WNY News ... and let us know what you think.

- Scott Leffler
- The Man With the Plan

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Beta test the new All WNY Radio Android app

There's plenty of cool things coming up from All WNY Radio.

We moved our music servers to a new streaming format on Friday and we'll be announcing the 2015 All WNY Music Award winners soon, as well as introducing a new talk show and more. And we're moving into our new office at ART247 in Lockport next week.

Today, we introduce a free (beta version) Android app available for download immediately. The app must be currently be "sideloaded" onto Android devices but once we are sure the app functions as we think it does (that's what makes it beta), we'll put it into the Google Play Store.

The functionality of the app is pretty simple. Listen to the live stream (and keep listening even after you move on to other tasks), check recent posts from AllWNYRadio.com, link to our Facebook and Twitter, download podcasts and visit the whole site. It also has notifications so we can send a message straight to your phone when we have a live show.

Please feel free to download the app and use it. But we ask that you send us an email to let us know what you think of it. Especially if everything doesn't work properly. And let us know what mobile device you're using so we can add it to the verified list of devices.

LINK: All WNY Radio Mobile

Of course, we're always looking for new music. If you're from Western New York (that's Jamestown to Rochester and everything in between), submit your tunes via our contact page.

We're also renewing our effort to raise funds for our operations. If everyone who has visited AllWNYRadio.com in the past month donated $1, it would pay our costs for the year. Consider throwing a dollar our way (even change adds up) via PayPal or make a recurring donation on Patreon.

For those of you who want something MORE for your money, consider display or audio advertising on All WNY Radio. Contact us for details.

We'll have more announcements in the near future. Keep your eyes here and your ears on the music.

-- Scott Leffler
-- Man with the plan

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Update on All WNY Music Awards ...

People have been asking us some questions about the All WNY Music Awards. We thought we should answer.

We ARE awarding the All WNY Music Awards this year. We're just a bit behind in our tallying. Like ... very behind. Although the vote page remained active, voting closed on Sept. 23 - the first day of fall. All votes cast since then will not be tallied.

We will not be able to host or hold an awards ceremony this year. Due to the recent transition at AllWNYRadio and general busy-ness of the All WNY Music Awards team, it's just not feasible. So instead let's plan on having an even bigger and better one in 2016.

Our apologies for not being more communicative recently. Everyone's been very busy.

Now ... I have to go back to counting votes.

- Scott Leffler
- The man with the plan
- All WNY Radio

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