We honor Chronic the Hedgehog (Justin Bale) not only for his stoner sense of humor but also for his entrepreneurial spirit. Fed up with a lack of alternative options on the local radio dial, the music addict from Overland Park founded his own station on the Internet. Since late 2006, PopFreeRadio.com has been available for streaming 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Chronic is among a handful of DJs who broadcast their favorite indie, punk, select '90s classics and related commentary into cyberspace. As program director, Chronic has been coordinating everything from his home, but at the time of this writing, the Pop Free crew was building a professional studio elsewhere in Overland Park in the hopes of one day making money off the enterprise. Chronic's show, The Session, runs from 3:20 to 7 p.m. The afternoon slot allows the guy, who describes himself as a cross between Jay and Silent Bob, to spread a love for local and national alt rock and note the magic time of 4:20 every weekday with listeners across the nation.
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