I started my new position for a radio company back in February, just six months or so now. In April I redesigned the Mix 97.1 web site and it went pretty well. It was the first high-profile(-ish) site design I’ve done (more than blogs anyway) and it’s gone over quite well and traffic on the site has steadily increased since the launch. Of course, increased traffic is not due just to site design, but it certainly helps. Here I am three months after that launch and I launched another site this morning, this time for 1460 The Fan, the AM sports radio station I’m also over.
So two sites in six months…not bad but unfortunately there’s no rest for the weary. A corporate decision to change to a different CMS system means I’ll be re-doing a lot the work in the upcoming months, but that’s mostly behind-the-scenes work and (in theory) design/style should be of little worry.
And as before, for a limited time you can compare the old site design with the new design and make your own judgment.
Very nice. I like the re-design better than the old design.
It still strikes me as being a little overboard with the ads, but I also understand that you don’t have control over corporate decisions like plastering ads all over the place. It’s too bad that money takes precedence over content these days. It’s like its a business or something.
The old design was too busy on the navigation side of things, combined with all the ads, made for one fugly site.
Nice job!
G+
The site looks good, but couldn’t you have gotten rid of Spielman? Just omit the picture, maybe the station will get the idea and can him.