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Since Internet radio was in its infancy, Quigley has idealized starting the ultimate web radio station and has brought many concepts to fruition embarking upon this effort. Beginning the journey in the Summer 1996, Quigley was invited on contract as an Internet Critic to scout out and write about music-related websites for Microsoft Network features Find (nowadays MSN Search) and e-zine One Click Away. His research quickly led him to discover the advent of web radio and within a year, nearly all the music he was listening to and buying was discovered first online. With the realization of the Internet as a powerful media resource, an aspiration was born.
On August 23, 2003 Tim launched OverXposure.FM, Groovera's predecessor, and its original music channel, FrostByte Groove Lounge, from his private music collection and on a previously retired 600Mhz PC to an audience of only up to six concurrent listeners on a cable Internet connection from his living room. Within two years, FrostByte Groove Lounge won two Web Radio Awards and gained an audience spanning the globe, serving millions of listeners of all walks of life in home, business, educational, and government settings alike. What began as FrostByte Groove Lounge was later divided up to become what are today Groovera's current three-channel line-up and also provided the foundation for a number of other formats currently in incubation. In September 2006, OverXposure.FM became Groovera and is celebrated as the world's first multi-channel web radio station specializing only in what is generally-termed "chillout music".
Quigley has had a lifelong instinct for recognizing music sensations before their realizing commercial success, oftentimes years in advance. He has also had the endless interest to learn about those artists and trends early on to know what they are destined to become. And in just the same spirit, many of the artists on Groovera are not yet commercially successful in the United States, remaining obscure despite their commercial viability. Quigley recognizes the market potential of a radio format bearing an alternative to smooth jazz, adult contemporary and easy listening, showcasing what he calls "cutting-edge elevator music" and appealing to a most favorable socio-economic demographic without geographic or generational limitations. If you're listening right now, you're hearing it - and you can likely say you heard it here first! But it is not just sound, it is vision. | 
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