Okay, well that helps to at least get an idea. You guys would like/have intention to expand, but finances are the chief concern.
I have a few suggestions that are fairly obvious ones.
1) Besides the patron program, start a smaller general donation drive. It might bring in only $50/month, but anything would help.
2) Find sponsers/investors. You could do something along the lines of CD Universe/Amazon. On the "buy now" links, you could link it up with some popular vendors like Lasers Edge, Syn-Phonic or Wayside. It's heavy in logistics, but it might help.
3) Another sponser benefit instead of commercial space "per se", might be to do some programming that highlights artists on a particular label. For example, you got all those Mellow albums. You could do a Mellow hour once or twice /week that highlights songs from those artists. Instead of DJ programming, you could have little 30 sec blurps during the broadcast reinforcing what you are highlighting.
4) Win the lottery and buy AOL.
- Cozy