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Seditious Beats! Now Aired on Internet Radio
LOS ANGELES -- Top-rated conscious Hip-Hop radio show "Seditious Beats"
hosted by Fidel Rodriguez with DJ's Icy Ice of the World Famous Beat Junkies
will now be on Chuck D' (Public Enemy) internet radio station
www.bringthenoise.com beginning Thursday July 12th, 2001 at 9pm eastern and 6pm
pacific-time. "I see this as another step towards utilizing critical thinking
hip hop as a weapon to de-colonize minds, show the balance in Hip-Hop, and
full-fill the prophecies of our ancestors. Thank you Chuck D for this
opportunity! Fidel Rodriguez"
Seditious Beats can also be heard on 112,000 Watts KPFK (90.7FM) in Los Angeles and KPFK (98.7FM) in Santa Barbara County early on Friday Nights from 12a.m. to 3 a.m. The show is simulcast at the "Seditious Beats" website at www.seditious.com/seditiousbeats. "Seditious Beats" is an innovative, positive and exciting show, which flawlessly blends hip-hop music, education, in-studio guests and spirituality within theme-based shows. There is even a "Word of the Week" where listeners can increase their vocabulary as well as win books and CD’s.
"Seditious Beats" grew dramatically when it first aired on KKBT FM (92.3 FM "The Beat") where it premiered in February, 1998. The show dramatically increased its ad revenue and also increased it's listenership by 275%, making it the number one radio program in Los Angeles in its time slot
according to Arbitron. Internationally-known rappers such as KRS-ONE, Cypress Hill, Reflection Eternal(Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek), DJ Qbert, Dilated Peoples, Killer Priest and Prodigal Sun of the Sunz of Man, Visionaries, Guru of Gang Star, Flava Flav & Professor Griff (of the seminal rap group Public Enemy), Psycho Realm and Ozomatli, to name a few, have all participated in promotion and guest for the show.
Fidel Rodriguez is host, and producer of "Seditious Beats." He hails from Santa Barbara, CA. and is a 1997 graduate of the University of Southern California with Bachelor degrees in both Chicano/Latino Studies and African American Studies. He is joined on-air by DJ extraordinaire Icy Ice and Curse of the World Famous Beat Junkies and Cal Cutterz' DJ Counterstryke.
Future plans for "Seditious Beats" includes national and international radio syndication, increased community outreach, promotion of critically thinking conferences, concerts, and a television program. “Seditious TV”, can currently be seen at www.regenerationtv.com.
- www.seditious.com
- www.djicyice.com
- www.bringthenoise.com
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