Radio

DJ Laz: Booty Music Pioneer

DJ Laz Helped Put Miami On the Hip-Hop Map

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke opines on DJ Laz's departure from Power 96 and the death of FM radio.When my homeboy, Lazaro "DJ Laz" Mendez, suddenly resig ... More >>

Motley Crue, Poison, and New York Dolls at Hard Rock Live July 5

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke opines on DJ Laz's departure from Power 96 and the death of FM radio.When my homeboy, Lazaro "DJ Laz" Mendez, suddenly resig ... More >>

Mary Anne Hobbs at the Vagabond April 22

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke opines on DJ Laz's departure from Power 96 and the death of FM radio.When my homeboy, Lazaro "DJ Laz" Mendez, suddenly resig ... More >>

Mary Anne Hobbs Brings the Next Blast of Underground Beats to the Vagabond April 22

Photo byUK radio heavy Mary Ann Hobbs.​Mary Anne Hobbs is the kind of globally influential musical tastemaker who can inspire slavish fangirl (and -boy!) admiration. As a female working in two heavily male-dominated spheres -- broadcast journalism and underground electronic music -- she's risen t ... More >>

Pete Tong Talks Two Decades in the Game and the Future of Dance Music

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

Pete Tong's Pool Party at the Surfcomber Hotel March 25

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

Glass of Wine

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

New Miami-based Internet radio station Da One hopes to fill in gaps left by the death of 103.5 the Beat

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

103.5 The Beat Fans Take Note: There's a New Underground Hip-Hop/R&B Station in Town

​If you were as shocked as we were when 103.5 the Beat suddenly ceased broadcasting, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Newly launched, Florida-based web broadcaster Da One Radio is now catering to fans of hip-hop and R&B who seek an alternative to what urban radio has become.Da One is ... More >>

Bubba the Love Sponge Coming to Miami

In a move that will surely up the intelligence of local radio listeners, Bubba the Love Sponge's morning radio show will be broadcast on 93 Rock starting early next year. Bubba's shtick makes Howard Stern look like the Duke of Windsor, and he has been accused of sensationalizing an on-air pig-ki ... More >>

Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs

Local rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.

The Paul and Young Ron Experience

These radio dudes live and play hard.

Why the Sirius-XM Radio Merger is Good for Consumers

These radio dudes live and play hard.

Joyce Kaufman Hates Immigrants!

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

NPR: Gone too far

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

Rudy Crew and the Latin Builders

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

Internet Radio Gets a Stay of Execution

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

Killing Internet Radio, Not So Softly

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

Free Form Radio.com

Tired of the FM radio grind, DJ Affect hits the virtual airwaves

Ghost Repeater

Ecstasy swoons on the radio, plus pimp documentation and flag desecration

Renegade Radio

A Miami radio station makes waves — short waves, that is

Payola on the Cheap

Bribing DJs used to be expensive, but now mere trinkets will do the trick

The New Shock Jocks

Internet broadcasting allows the Smut Doctors to wallow in pure porn -- at least for now

Letters from the Issue of November 4-10, 2004

Internet broadcasting allows the Smut Doctors to wallow in pure porn -- at least for now

BEST JAZZ RADIO PROGRAM

The Modern School of Modern Jazz and More

Mutating Airwaves

Had enough of Rush? Stay tuned for Al Franken & Co.

BEST CLASSICAL RADIO PROGRAM

Symphony at Seven

WKAT-AM (1360), 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Ready, Aim, Fuego

Thanks to thirsty beer advertisers and hungry radio giants, Sunday night was made for Latin rock

Hip-hop Treasure Hunt

South Florida's radio war is all about the Benjamins

Hip-Hop Till You Drop

Yet another South Florida radio station enters the fray, this time on autopilot

Radio Free Herald

Miami's Only Daily has taken delight in exposing the school board's foibles, and now the two could be business partners in WLRN-FM

All Rise

Judge Jules presides again

The Battle for Bach

Under pressure to fill the classical-music void, WLRN-FM braces for the fugue feud

You Coulda Called Him Al

Pirate radio terrorism claims its first victim

Best Radio Station

Union Radio

Best Rock Radio Program

Invasión Latina

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

On the Air, Off the Handle

New in the mix at Miami's public broadcasting stations: Police officers assigned to keep the peace

Turn On, Tune In

Miami is about to find out if it can support its first Haitian-owned radio station

Best New Broadcasting Trend

Noncommercial pirate radio

Best FM Radio Personality

Freddy Cruz

Gruvy, Baby

Miami's "Buenos Dias, America" crew

Radio Goo Goo

Miami's newest addition to the radio dial

Soaring Aspirations

Joe Celestin might have lost his bid to become mayor of North Miami, but his campaign united South Florida's Haitians like nothing before

Letters

Joe Celestin might have lost his bid to become mayor of North Miami, but his campaign united South Florida's Haitians like nothing before

The Breath of the Blues

Joe Celestin might have lost his bid to become mayor of North Miami, but his campaign united South Florida's Haitians like nothing before

Don't Touch That Dial!

Maria Staub is determined to make Teen Live Wire a hit radio show -- even if it destroys her family

Making Airwaves

This summer the FCC pulled the plug on the county's most innovative radio stations. Some are already back on the air.