Max FM
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| Max FM | |
 Max FM Logo |
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| Location: | Stoke on Trent, UK |
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| Broadcast information: | Reciva 15266
Nokia Internet Radio aacPlus 32k via iTunes and Shoutcast MP3 80k via iTunes and Shoutcast Online Streaming on max-fm.co.uk |
| Listener Peak: | 8,564 |
| Website: http://www.max-fm.co.uk
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Max FM came back on air in 2007 and is streams continuously in MP3 and aacPlus on Shoutcast and Icecast.
[edit] Broadcast Information
Many people believe the stations downfall is its not available on any type of terrestrial radio form like FM or DAB, its been reported the station was offered deal to broadcast on Virgin Media but Max FM declined and stated it wanted to stay an Internet-only radio station and that internet radio may not be most popular way of listening to radio at the moment but it is the fastest growing platform. Max FM is available to listen online on its website but most of its listeners listen Max FM on a Reciva Radio which dominates the UK internet radio market with over 100 different brands and models including Pure, Intempo, Roberts, Bush and Dixon’s own brand, Logik. Max FM is also 1 of only 21 radio stations currently trailing the new Nokia Internet radio allowing people to listen to Max FM along with other digital stations from the BBC, Gcap and Global Radio whilst on the move using either 3G or Wi-Fi and is available on most of the new Nokia Phones like the n95.
[edit] History
Max FM is a dance radio station in the UK broadcasting from Stoke on Trent, It was a radio station with a bit of a difference. Max FM first started as Fresh FM back in 2004 but this never took off well and they had major problems with there streaming service and leaving listeners not been able to tune in.
In 2005 Fresh FM went with no press release beforehand or anything and no one really knew why it shut down and stopped broadcasting, there website was just displaying the logo and nothing else, a few weeks later they but up a message with logo saying they had ceased broadcasting and that was it.
A few months after the shutdown of Fresh FM they changed there home page with a new logo which was Max FM and stated 'We are working on a new and exciting radio station'
Max FM didn't launch until 2006, when it did they had a poor under 2,000 listerners for there first week of broadcasting but it soon started getting higher and higher and within months became one of the uk's biggest internet radio stations, Max FM was also supporting a new and upcoming dj DJ Scrivo and playing his live gigs back on air in prime time broadcasting.
In June 2006 Max FM disappeared, they were just broadcasting no sound and there whole website was down, it took weeks to find out what was going on and then they only had a message saying they were having major faults and give a telephone number. This message was shown for months and only changed in April 2006.
In September 2006 Max FM's Website changed, but all they did was remove all the text and kept the Max FM Logo, no one really knows what happened and knows if they will ever resume broadcasting.
In December 2006 Max FM's Changed its website again with a new logo and a simple message 'New Year New Look.'
