East Village Radio

Music ranges from indie to new wave to coldwave to hip hop and post punk to vintage jazz, funk and soul to house, techno and ambient electronic.

[citation needed] We started out as a pirate FM station, broadcasting from an apartment above Lil' Frankie's, which was essentially the office for L.F. plus a tiny adjacent room.

[17]EVR first aired in August 2003, broadcasting from a small room in a walk-up building at 19 First Ave. (next door to the current location) to provide commercial-free music and a voice for the East Village community.

During transmission, EVR was broadcasting as a pirate station on 88.1FM and reached as far west as Varick Street (which also happened to be the location of one of the FCC headquarters!).

[1]East Village Radio was established in June 2003,[18] initially funded by the restaurants of Frank Prisinzano,[1] and broadcast on the airwaves at 88.1 FM.

[21][22][23] East Village Radio's DJ line-up included British multi-platinum artist and producer Mark Ronson.

— Mark Ronson – Host of Authentic Shit[5]One of its final guests before closing and relaunching was artist and Vector Gallery creator/curator JJ Brine on the AndrewAndrew show.