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IOWorld Media's www.radioio.com Launches New Stations with Music Industry Legends; Grateful Dead and 70's-to-Today Formats Go OnlineTAMPA, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- April 20, 2006 -- IOWorld Media ("IOWorld" or "the Company") (Pink Sheets:IWDM) today announced that its wholly owned internet radio powerhouse subsidiary, Radioio.com again goes where terrestrial radio can't dream. Radioio.com today debuts two more genre-bending, steely-focused radioio stations on its online and wireless cluster, each hosted by industry legends. Unparalleled and impossible on terrestrial radio, it's all available at http://www.radioio.com. Take a look at what radioio.com is doing now... radioioDead with Rob Bleetstein -- Dedicated to Deadheads Worldwide radioio.com launches THE Grateful Dead Channel, All Dead All the Time, programmed by veteran Music Director Rob Bleetstein. Bleetstein, whose 25-year run in the music industry spans radio (KHIP, KPIG), music publishing, tour management and publicity, is a veteran of over 200 Grateful Dead concerts and hundreds more Jerry Garcia appearances. The passionate deadhead also programs and hosts radioioCountry and is operations manager for New Riders of the Purple Sage. Grateful Dead tape archivist David Lemieux assists Bleetstein with exclusive input, giving radioioDead a truly unique edge. "Let there be songs to fill the air" with the Grateful Dead 24/7/365. Only on radioioDead. radioioOne with Liz Opoka (as Molly Jameson) -- The "soundtrack of our lives" of the last 40 years. Radioio welcomes Liz Opoka as she takes over the duties of stream host and programmer for both radioioEclectic (the original radioio channel) as well as radioioOne, a recent addition to the radioio lineup. Liz brings over 15 years experience in programming, marketing and promotion to radioio.com. Prior to joining radioio, Opoka was the Senior Manager of Adult Programming for Music Choice, where she programmed nearly a dozen formats over her years there, including Adult Alternative, Blues, Country, New Age and Standards. Liz spent five years heading up promotions for two record labels, as Sr. Director of Promotion and Artist Development for KOCH Entertainment, and Director of Radio Promotion for Razor & Tie Entertainment. Opoka launched her career in music at WFUV-FM, one of the pre-eminent spots on the NYC dial for adult alternative music. As Music Director at WFUV, Liz helped to create the eclectic award-winning format, City Folk. A pioneer of the adult alternative music scene, Opoka has appeared as a spokesperson for the Adult Alternative radio format on CNN's "Showbiz Today," and has received numerous accolades and awards for her maverick approach to non-traditional radio. In addition to her duties at radioioOne, Opoka takes command of radioio.com's flagship station radioioEclectic. As the new stream host and programmer, the quintessential music maven blends her years of experience to pull together just the right combination of comfortably familiar and avant-garde. Try that on grounded radio. Radioio.com knows what listeners want and how to serve it up. Comments radioio.com Chairman and CEO John Stanton, "Nearly a million listeners worldwide tune in to one of radioio.com's 20 radio stations every day, and that number just keeps growing. We're attracting name talent and industry recognition. Radioio.com is the future of radio." Stay tuned for more Radioio.com news: -- Adults Only: New twists on RadioioBeat, RadioioPop and RadioioEdge -- New station launches: RadioioDISCO, RadioioUnlimited http://www.radioio.com offers both commercial free listening for a $4.99 monthly subscription and free listening that includes commercials. http://www.radioio.com is a genre-bending, cutting edge multi channel internet radio company, wholly owned by ioWorldMedia, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IWDM). Now reaching over 800-thousand listeners a month, radioio.com's channels are listed in major directories including Windows Media Guide, Apple iTunes and Real Media Guide. ioWorldMedia, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IWDM) is dedicated to identifying, testing and marketing innovative media alternatives to consumers. ioWorldMedia currently owns www.radioio.com and SearchPlay, LLC. SearchPlay(TM) technology moves the internet search engine inside the media player, revolutionizing the way listeners search while listening online. ioWorldMedia, Inc. is headquartered in Tampa, FL. Certain statements in this release could constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise stated in this news announcement, ioWorldMedia, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information or future events. |
