Back in November we sadly reported that Winamp, most people’s first experience with an MP3 player, was being shut down. For children of the 80’s and 90’s who’s first experience with downloading music was Napster, we all knew Winamp because it “whipped the llama’s ass” a phrase coined by Dallas voice over artist JJ McKay and found at the start of every iteration of Winamp.

Winamp was eventually purchased by AOL, and as other music products came about from AOL and competitors the need for Winamp weakened, prompting AOL to post this notice on the Winamp download page in November:

“Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release.
Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years.”

Luckily a Belgium online radio company called Radionomy has stepped up to the plate and saved Winamp, and the Llama, from an uncertain fate. Mashable reported on Monday that Radionomy had acquired Winamp, Shoutcast and another AOL owned property relating to internet radio for an undisclosed amount. Although TechCrunch has reported that the deal was valued between $5 and $10 million dollars in cash and shares of both properties. It’s also been reported that AOL will retain an interest in Radionomy going forward.

Part of the nostalgia around Winamp may have been why Radionomy stepped up and saved it. The company’s CEO Alexandre Saboundjian said: “Winamp is a top independent player that gives millions of people the best player functionality available,” he continued, “Its role is clear in the future evolution of online media, we plan to make the player ubiquitous, developing new functionalities dedicated to desktop, mobile, car systems, connected devices and all other platforms.”