Great Moments In Syndication
• One of Australia’s largest national commercial radio networks, Triple MMM Radio has begun broadcasting the influential global pre-discovery music program Passport Approved on its Triple MMM Modern Rock Digital network, reaching Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Passport Approved will also start this week on Jam 88.3 FM (Metro Manila, Philippines); ZFM 96.2FM in Holland; RadioWAVE 96.7FM (Namibia, Southwest Africa); Radio Amistad (Dominican Republic) and Wave FM 94.5FM in St. Lucia. The program also recently debuted on Nevada Public Radio’s KVNV (NV89)/Reno.
Passport Approved, hosted by Sat Bisla, debuted on the late KDLD (Indie 103.1)/Los Angeles back in 2004. The show is currently heard across on six continents worldwide on such influential stations as KROQ/Los Angeles, KNDD/Seattle, KNRK/Portland OR, WLKK/Buffalo, NY, KKDO/Sacramento, KHTB/Salt Lake City, KBZT/San Diego, KFRR/Fresno, Saavn (India), Flux-FM/Germany, East Radio-FM/Shanghai, China, Radio Doble Nueve-FM/Peru, 2XM Ireland and many others. For syndication requests, reach out to Josh Woodard at josh@passportapproved.com.
• For the third straight year, Coca-Cola has partnered with Radio Express to produce, distribute and promote The Coke Studio Radio Hour, an original and fully customized and branded one-hour weekly radio show heard across Africa. Radio Express, which has created branded programs for Coca-Cola for more than 10 years, will write and produce the show in nine versions and six languages. The radio show, borne from Coca-Cola’s flagship television music show Coke Studio Africa, will begin its third season starting this month on key radio stations across Africa. Hosted by air personalities from the U.S. and Africa, the show will include the music of current and past Coke Studio performances as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes artist interviews.
Barbara Rounds, President & CEO of Radio Express said, “We are delighted to once again to be partnering with Coca-Cola for the Coke Studio Radio Hour. Producing high quality radio for 19 countries in 9 versions and in seven different languages plus two special English dialects is challenging and fun. We feel like a mini United Nations of radio. Radio Express is privileged to be producing, distributing and promoting this Pan-African show for Coca-Cola, who are huge supporters of the African music scene, the artists and the partner radio stations.” For more info, contact Jessica D’Agostin, SVP of Sales and Marketing at 818-295-5800, ext. 238 or Jessica@radioexpress.com.
