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Groovera
Broadcast area	Internet radio
Slogan	"Web radio. Chilled grooves. True."
First air date	August 23, 2003 (as OverXposure)
Format	Chill-out
Former callsigns	OverXposure.FM
Affiliations	independent
Owner	Qaz Media LLC
Website	http://groovera.com/

Groovera (aka. Groovera Chilled Web Radio) is an independent, multi-channel, commercial-free, and listener-supported Internet-only radio station dedicated to "chill-out music", featuring mixes of downtempo, nu-jazz (aka. "future jazz"), and future lounge, as well as other related and contributing genres.

Contents 1 History 2 Groovera music channels 3 Accolades and awards 4 References 5 External links

Founded in Seattle on August 23, 2003 by Tim Quigley, Groovera was originally known as "OverXposure.FM" and featured a single web radio stream called FrostByte Groove Lounge. OverXposure.FM underwent brand transition in September 2006 and became Groovera (pronounced "groov-AIR-ah"), a fanciful word combining the words "groove" and the Latin word "vera" meaning "true" or "pure". As part of the brand transition, the FrostByte Groove Lounge name was retired and the channel rotation divided into the currently existing channels Jet City Lounge and Low Mercury. The foundations of Ambient Popsicle and forthcoming channel Jazz ala Mode were extracted from the FrostByte Groove Lounge rotation in April 2004. Groovera radio channels first appeared in iTunes Radio in February 2007.

Groovera currently features three distinct chillout-only music channels designed to appeal to the different, however popular interpretations of what is "chill-out music": Jet City Lounge, Ambient Popsicle, and Low Mercury. Five forthcoming channels have been in incubation since April 2004. The following are the current channel line-up descriptions according to the Groovera website:

• Jet City Lounge: A fine mix of chilled instrumental future lounge, downtempo, nu-jazz, groove jazz, and brokenbeat, with intermittent vocals. This is the latest evolution of our original, award-winning channel previously known as FrostByte Groove Lounge.

• Ambient Popsicle: An aficionado's mix of chilled adult alternative pop, future lounge, vocal downtempo, nu-jazz, ambient pop, trip-hop, neo-soul, synth pop, deep house, and a few surprise classics.

• Low Mercury: A deeply-chilled mix of instrumental downtempo, chill-out, psybient, illbient, ambient dub, ambient techno, nu-jazz, and IDM, featuring the occasional select vocal track. Formerly the evening rotation of our original, award-winning format FrostByte Groove Lounge.

• Time Magazine Europe: "This nonstop mix of chill-out and ambient grooves form the perfect soundtrack to a long soak in the bath or a room-service déjeuner à deux." (as OverXposure.FM)

• 2005 Web Radio Awards: "Best Chilled / Ambient Station" (as OverXposure.FM)

• 2005 Web Radio Awards: "Best Downtempo DJ" (as OverXposure.FM)

• Heydari, Farhad. "Sound Advice:Four free online stations for musical entertainment on the road", Time Magazine Europe, June 13, 2006. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.

• Award-winning Chillout Web Radio Station OverXposure.FM is now Groovera, More Channels. PRLog (September 25, 2006). Retrieved on November 25, 2006.

• Groovera.com

Dance formatted radio stations in the United States  view • talk • edit
Terrestrial
KNGY (San Francisco) · KNHC (Seattle) · KNRJ (Payson/Phoenix) · WBZC (Suburban Philadelphia) · WDRE (Long Island) · WDVW (New Orleans) · WMPH (Wilmington, DE) · XHTO (El Paso) · KXRG (Honolulu) · KPMW (Maui) • KLBU (Santa Fe; Electronica/Chill)
HD Radio
Format Lab: Classic Dance · Club Phusion · Pride Radio · Trancid · WiLD en Espanol (KYLD-HD) · Workout Channel
Other: Star 93.7 (WMKK-HD) · HD-D2 (WPOW-HD & WRDW-HD2) · WBBM-HD2 · KRSK-HD2 · Orbital 93.1 · Club Ben
Satellite
Sirius: The Beat· Boombox · Strobe · Area 33 · Chill
XM: The Move · BPM · The System · Chrome · XM Chill
Audio/Cable
Music Choice: Dance · Electronica
DMX Music: DMX Dance · DMX Lounge
Internet
Energy 98 · Groovera (Chill) · Groove Radio · IPartyRadio · MusicOne · Party107 · The Pulse · United Djs Radio