The Return Of Nocturnal Transmission!
• Kansas City PBS-owned Triple A KTBG (90.9 The Bridge)/Kansas City is excited to announce that DJ Ray Velasquez is ending his 20-year hiatus from radio, reviving his much-loved electronic music show Nocturnal Transmission, starting Friday, Oct. 8 with weekly broadcasts from 10pm-1am. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Ray to The Bridge family,” said Bryan Truta, Sr. Director of Radio Operations. “I’ve admired Ray for a long time; his knowledge and passion are unmatched. It’s truly extraordinary to say Nocturnal Transmission is returning — and it’s airing on The Bridge!”
Nocturnal Transmission originally ran from 1983-2003 at the University of Kansas’ student-run station KJHK before airing on non-comm, community, and commercial radio. Nocturnal Transmission has helped pioneer, nurture, and elevate electronic music from underground obscurity to mainstream accessibility.
For nearly four decades, DJ Ray Velasquez has championed electronic music on the radio, at nightclubs and avant-garde happenings around the globe. Velasquez is widely recognized as the godfather of Kansas City’s DJ culture, an authoritative musicologist and a vigorous arbiter of electronic music worldwide. Among his numerous accomplishments, many music enthusiasts consider Nocturnal Transmission his crown jewel.
“I’m so excited to bring Nocturnal Transmission back to the airwaves,” said Velasquez. “The Bridge team has already made me feel like I’m at home with great enthusiasm, support and sincere excitement. It’s the pitch-perfect move for me. Barely a week goes by, in all these years, that I don’t receive a message, email or Facebook post asking when we’re bringing back Nocturnal Transmission. Well, the time is now, and I couldn’t be more excited for this new reborn, resurrected Nocturnal Transmission.” Interested producers and record labels may submit electronic music to Ray at grooveselector@icloud.com.
