LiSTNR - Noughties

Australian streaming radio learned from successful international models, and LiSTNR exploits format obsession cleverly. Noughties focuses narrowly on music from the 2000s decade, which works because enough listeners now have nostalgia for that era to sustain an entire station. The format captures people who came of age then: Britney, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Radiohead's mid-period work, Interpol's urgency. At 130kbps the stream handles this era's production styles - heavy compression and electronic shaping meant to translate through car speakers and earbuds. Programming probably ru…