SIMPLYRADIO HISTORY · CHAPTER

The deeper archive.

Use the chapter navigation below to return to the full history, move through the timeline, or open the archive.

THE WEBSITE DIAL · 1997 TO NOW

Turn through
the years.

Choose a stop to see how SimplyOutThere, DJ Land and SimplyRadio changed while the station kept playing.

SIMPLYOUTTHERE.COM · EARLY WEB HOME

SELECT A STOP ABOVE

HOW PEOPLE LISTENED

The players
kept changing.

RealPlayer, Winamp, BigRadio, Live365, iTunes, the web player and mobile apps. This is the technical path from dial-up to one-click listening.

01REALPLAYERDial-up eraThrowback player ↗
SimplyRadio Simply Electro Simply Irie Simply Top 40
02WINAMPMP3 stream eraThrowback player ↗
SimplyRadio Simply Electro Simply Irie Simply Top 40 Simply Disco
03BIGRADIONetwork radio eraThrowback player ↗
This chapter is documented, but no local playlist file survives.
04LIVE365Directory + hostingArchived station page ↗
This chapter is documented, but no local playlist file survives.
05ITUNESNative directory eraThrowback player ↗
SimplyRadio iPhone Simply Electro Electro iPhone Simply Irie Simply Top 40
06WEB PLAYERNo app. Press Play.
Open SR–97
07MOBILE APPSRadio in your pocket
This chapter is documented, but no local playlist file survives.

15 ORIGINAL PLAYLIST FILES · PRESERVED IN /radio-files

Experience these players →

LEGACY PLAYERSWinamp iTunes RealPlayer BigRadio

THE ORIGINAL ARCHIVE

Screens, rooms
and records.

Original site designs, studio photographs, flyers, artwork and physical objects preserved from the years behind the timeline. Open any image full size.

Dates are shown where they are known. Undated material is left undated.

DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGYSIMPLYRADIO ORIGINAL GRAFFITI IDENTITY

THE CASSETTE VAULT — PHYSICAL EVIDENCETHE CASSETTE VAULT

ORIGINAL SIMPLYRADIO FLYER — PHYSICAL EVIDENCEORIGINAL SIMPLYRADIO FLYER

SIGNED ZAKIA RECORD · PHYSICAL ARCHIVE — PHYSICAL EVIDENCESIGNED ZAKIA RECORD · PHYSICAL ARCHIVE

SIMPLYRADIO ROOM ARTIFACT — PHYSICAL EVIDENCESIMPLYRADIO ROOM ARTIFACT

CASSETTE VAULT · SIMPLYOUTTHERE + EARLY MIX ARCHIVE — PHYSICAL EVIDENCECASSETTE VAULT · SIMPLYOUTTHERE + EARLY MIX ARCHIVE

SIMPLYRADIO GRAFFITI WALL · WORKING BROADCAST SPACE — PHYSICAL EVIDENCESIMPLYRADIO GRAFFITI WALL · WORKING BROADCAST SPACE

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ROOM FLYER — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ROOM FLYER

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · HOUSE FLYER — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · HOUSE FLYER

YOUR PLAYLIST MIXED + REMIXED — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSEYOUR PLAYLIST MIXED + REMIXED

LIVE @ SCAN’S BROKEN HOUSE — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S BROKEN HOUSE

VEGAS EDITION · SCANS LIFE · 2026 — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSEVEGAS EDITION · SCANS LIFE · 2026

ABU DHABI DJ ROOM · 2020 — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSEABU DHABI DJ ROOM · 2020

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · BLUE ID — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · BLUE ID

LAST SETS OF 2023 — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELAST SETS OF 2023

SIMPLYRADIO · ORBITAL ID — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSESIMPLYRADIO · ORBITAL ID

LIVE IN #SCANSLIFE · 2023 — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE IN #SCANSLIFE · 2023

TECHNO HOUSE · LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSETECHNO HOUSE · LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE

LIVE IN #SCANSLIFE · OPTICAL TUNNEL — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE IN #SCANSLIFE · OPTICAL TUNNEL

THOUGHTS FROM THE BACK OF MY MIND — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSETHOUGHTS FROM THE BACK OF MY MIND

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · DISCO BALL ROOM — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · DISCO BALL ROOM

SIMPLYRADIO · NEON GRID ID — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSESIMPLYRADIO · NEON GRID ID

SUNDAY LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSESUNDAY LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE

BREAKFAST AT SCAN’S HOUSE — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSEBREAKFAST AT SCAN’S HOUSE

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ELECTRO ARTWORK — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ELECTRO ARTWORK

LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ELECTRO — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSELIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSE · ELECTRO

RECORDED LIVE · END OF AN ERA · 2017 — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSERECORDED LIVE · END OF AN ERA · 2017

BROOKLYN BELT PARKWAY · DJ KENNY SCAN — LIVE @ SCAN’S HOUSEBROOKLYN BELT PARKWAY · DJ KENNY SCAN