Further to another recent thread about local vs. network comes word that a Kitchener area man is planning to launch his own digital radio station. But this one won't be just another music outlet that anyone might want to listen to. Instead, it may be the first one aimed solely at a single neighbourhood. 

From the Waterloo Record:

"...the project aims to run a digital radio station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, focused on issues, events, people and music in the Midtown area of Kitchener — roughly defined as the area just northwest of the downtown, between Victoria and Union streets.

"The group is still working out the details about what the radio station will broadcast, [Kitchener resident David] Harmes said. "It'll be commercial-free, it will play music, there'll be little bits of community information, hyperlocal type of stuff about development, activities and events that are happening in Midtown."

I've heard that radio should be local, but this might be a bit much. I really wonder how many residents of its intended audience will actually ever listen to it when it launches in the fall?

A really, really local radio station