Intergalactic FM
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Intergalactic FM
| logo = Intergalactic FM logo.png
| city = The Hague
| area =
| owner = Stichting Hotmix
| language = mainly English, some Dutch
| airdate = {{Start date|2008|08|22}}
| webcast = [https://www.intergalactic.fm/main/ Intergalactic FM Main]
[https://www.intergalactic.fm/discofetish/ Intergalactic FM Classix]
[https://www.intergalactic.fm/dream_machine/ Intergalactic FM Dream Machine]
| website = {{official URL}}
}}
Intergalactic FM (IFM) is an online multichannel cult radio station playing 24/7.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/apr/17/radio-intergalactic-fm |title=Intergalactic FM: a hotbed of 80s electro |author=The Guardian |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 April 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2009/11/25/interview-i-f/ |title=Electro stalwart I-f talks pirate radio and movie hitmen |author=FACT Magazine |date=25 November 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/01/16/were-being-raped-cult-dutch-radio-station-intergalactic-fm-under-financial-threat/ |title="We're being raped": cult Dutch radio station Intergalactic FM under financial threat |author=FACT Magazine |date=16 January 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.teshno.com/2014/01/intergalactic-fm-is-saved.html |title=intergalactic.fm is saved! |author=teshno |year=2014}}{{cite web |url=http://pause.fm/q3-2014/interview_i_f_on_the_hague_and_fundamentalist_record_collectors |title=Interview: I-f on The Hague and Fundamentalist Record Collectors |author=Pause |year=2014 |access-date=2015-10-11 |archive-date=2015-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126173706/http://pause.fm/q3-2014/interview_i_f_on_the_hague_and_fundamentalist_record_collectors |url-status=dead }}
List of channels
The following channels are on Intergalactic FM:
- Cybernetic Broadcasting System
- Disco Fetish: Italo, Disco and Oldschool
- The Dream Machine: Soundtracks and exotica
IFM3 was temporarily discontinued on November 20, 2015, and Murder Capital FM was promoted to Intergalactic FM Main for IFM1. In September 2016 IFM3/ABC was reinstated.
In September 2017, The Garden (space and ambient music) was discontinued.{{cite web
|url= https://www.intergalactic.fm/blog/979-The-Garden-is-out-for-the-count.html
|title= The Garden is out for the count
|publisher= Intergalactic FM
|date= September 23, 2017
|accessdate= September 25, 2017
|archive-date= September 26, 2017
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170926100417/https://www.intergalactic.fm/blog/979-The-Garden-is-out-for-the-count.html
|url-status= dead
}}
IFM also has a live video plds audio stream for broadcasting DJ sets.
Slogans
A selection of current, previous and ad hoc slogans:
- Music Pro Galaxy
- No Station Such Dedication
- Nothing Beyond Our Reach
- Don't Run – We Are Your Friends or We Are Friends
- You Are Not Alone
- We Play This Shit All The Time
- Robots For Robots or Robots4Robots
- Welcome Alien Visitor!
Festivals
The yearly festivals for Intergalactic FM were held in the Hague on:
- 2023, 18-21 May
- 2022, 26-29 May
- 2021, streaming edition
- 2020, 21–25 May,{{cite web
|url= https://www.intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2020/
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210218133638/https://www.intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2020/
|url-status= dead
|archive-date= February 18, 2021
|title= Intergalactic FM Streaming Fest 2020
|publisher= Intergalactic FM
|date= 2020
|accessdate= July 29, 2020
}} streaming edition
- 2019, 6–9 June{{cite web
|url= https://www.intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2019/
|title= Intergalactic FM Fest 2019
|publisher= Intergalactic FM
|date= 2019
|accessdate= July 29, 2020
|archive-date= September 26, 2020
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200926161354/https://www.intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2019/
|url-status= dead
}}
- 2018, 17–20 May,{{cite web
|url= https://www.intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2018/
|title= Intergalactic FM Fest 2018
|publisher= Intergalactic FM
|date= 2018
|accessdate= July 29, 2020
|archive-date= February 3, 2020
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200203220039/http://intergalactic.fm/ifmfestvisitors2018/
|url-status= dead
}} 10 year anniversary
- 2017, 13–16 April,{{cite web
|url= https://octopus-agents.com/build/cache/static/uploads/3310/Intergalactic-FM-event_W1200_Mfit.jpg
|title= Intergalactic FM Fest 2017
|publisher= Intergalactic FM
|date= 2017
|accessdate= July 29, 2020}} featuring Magic Waves