New Year’s Eve Will Mark Debut Of ‘Radio Free Montclair’

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A community-led radio station in Montclair is getting ready for its New Year’s Eve debut.

Radio Free Montclair, a “freeform community-led radio station offering eclectic and original programming,” will be celebrating the new year by launching a weekend packed with “locally compelling idiosyncratic audio” as it debuts its new streaming platform on Friday.

Learn more or listen to Radio Free Montclair, the brainchild of DesignShed / Montclair Design Week founder, Petia Morozov, by clicking here.

Starting at noon, the station’s New Year's Launch Party will wring out the old and ring in the new with a variety of on-air segments that include performances of local music, programming by local high school students and conversations with “fascinating members of the community.”

According to a news release, the station seeks to provide listeners with an eclectic “Mixtape of Montclair” for people of all ages and backgrounds.

John Sullivan, one of the station's founding members, said he believes that it has the potential to fill “an increasingly growing void of hyper-locally relevant content” in the media.

“RFM hopes to celebrate, educate and engage listeners in the issues and questions that matter most to our community,” Sullivan said. “I cannot wait to see where the community I love takes this.”

Scott Gurian, an awarding-winning host and producer of his own podcast – as well as a principal at the station – said that Radio Free Montclair is just getting started, but they have already been blown away by the enthusiasm they’ve heard from members of the community.

“Montclair is such a creative place, and we hope to reflect that through the diversity of programming that will be on our airwaves,” Gurian said.

Anyone interested in lending their skill set to the “experiment in local listening” can contact radiofreemontclair@gmail.com.

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