For the past 8 and a half years, I’ve been running Grumpy Dingo Radio, a completely commercial-free streaming comedy radio station built around curated stand-up and what we call Comedy in Bytes. It has grown into something truly special and unique, and there really is nothing else like it. I love being able to provide this kind of listening experience and to keep the station independent, carefully curated, and free from outside control. For a long time, listener support covered about one-third of our operating costs, but recently that support has declined, likely because of the economy. At the same time, royalty rates are rising for 2027, and it has become much harder to keep the station going without more help from the people who value it.

I’m raising funds to help pay the royalties and the cost of keeping the stream online through 2027. This support will directly help Grumpy Dingo Radio continue doing what it has always done: bringing stand-up comedy to listeners without commercials and without corporate voices deciding what can and cannot be played. If Grumpy Dingo Radio has ever made you laugh, helped you through a hard day, or simply been a place you could count on, I’m asking for your support. Every contribution helps me keep this station running, independent, listener-supported, and streaming through 2027 for the people who love it.