Radio

Geoffrey Zakarian Talks Star-Studded Radio Show, BBQ, and a Miami Restaurant

Chef, restaurateur, and Food Network personality Geoffrey Zakarian is working hard -- and playing hard at this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival.Zakarian, who makes the trip to Miami each year with his wife, Margaret, is appearing at multiple festival events, hosting a magnificent A-list i ... More >>

Rap Like Tupac at Dixie Lounge's Cabby Tuesdays Hip-Hop Karaoke

​We first heard about Cabby Tuesdays from DJ Primetime's underground pirate radio show on 89.1 FM The Streets. He was broadcasting live from the Dixie Lounge, where every week local up-and-comers throw down rap karaokes and original music for prizes like a 15-minute showcase set. Between hosts ... More >>

Five Reasons to Tune In for the Sunday Coolout on WDNA 88.9 FM

Photo by J Wilson AraujoDJs Sire Esq. and Maneuvers.​The Sunday Coolout is a weekly radio show hosted by local DJs Sire Esq. and Maneuvers, who you may know from their Champion Sound party.Ostensibly a jazz show, the Coolout actually offers a rich variety of contemporary music and special guest DJ ... More >>

Nicole Sandler, Local Liberal Radio Host, Arrested at Rep. Allen West's Town Hall

​Remember that time a superideological politician held a town hall and a lot of people from the other end of the political spectrum showed up and yelled not such nice things at him and he decided to completely change his political outlook overnight and everything worked out in the end? Oh right, i ... More >>

Dubstep Godfather Hatcha Plays Vagabond on Thursday

​As the dubstep phenomenon continues to blow up stateside (in Miami it's been eagerly taken up as a formidable 21st-century successor to Miami bass) it's easy to forget the genre's geo-specific roots. But dubstep can be traced all the way back to a very precise point of origin: the London borough ... More >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach party offers some lineup curveballs

Fans of Elderly Beefcake Rejoice: Carpet King Don Bailey Re-Creates His Infamous Nude Recline

​Last October, Riptide reported that the famous Don Bailey Carpets I-95 billboard, which features the business owner and namesake in a nude recline, had been augmented by a graffiti artist with a penchant for large schnozzes, and we recounted the Burt Reynolds-centerfold-inspired backstory behind ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From UM Radio "The Voice"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Albums for the week of September 28 - October 3University of Miami- WVUM 90.5 FM, "The Voice"Where's Pony Pony Run Run? Last week, ... More >>

Gosh Darn It, People Like Him

Don’t should all over yourself, just go

Tom Laroc and Ron Luna

Reinventing Calle Ocho

A new generation of Latino artists transforms Miami's longest-running block party

We Can't Dance

The Magnetic Fields

Air Waves

Radio man and author gives a shout-out to the classics

Gay Frequency

South Florida signs up for queer radio

In the Land of the Fickle Fan

With four professional teams in South Florida, sports radio should be big business

The Breath of the Blues

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.

Radio Free Miami

Welcome to the new Radio Marti, dragged into the swirl of local exile politics, more quarrelsome than ever, and growing increasingly irrelevant

Letters

Static

Despite being in one of the largest media markets in the nation, Miami's public radio station barely registers with local listeners

Dateline Havana

Tenacious Cuban journalists Olance Nogueras and Lazaro Lazo were strangers in their homeland. Now they are strangers in ours.

Cause For Return

Haitian radio host Marcus Garcia's work in Miami is done. It's time for him to go home.

Letters

The Ascent of Fartman

No, You Listen to ME!

Wanna get in touch with South Florida's rage? Read through the complaint letters to local radio stations.

Notes from the Underground

Impoverished and imperiled, Cuba's independent journalists stubbornly cling to the notion of a free press

Reverb

Breach of Faith

Radio journalist Emilio Milian's persistent denunciations of Miami's exile terrorists almost cost him his life in 1976. Now he's fighting for his career.

Count the People Who Count

A trio of exile groups mounts a new challenge to monopoly control of local Spanish-language radio

Garrison Keillor to the Rescue!

Can a hayseed weekly variety show really save WLRN-FM?

Rick Sanchez's Number One Fan

Judge Lance Ito mugs for Channel 7

Nightclub Jitters

Mixed Signals

The Next Wave

A dedicated group of Latin Americans breaks the sound barrier with rock en espanol

Program Notes 42

Dread Reckoning

Dub architect, crossover dreamer, music exec, and all-around nice guy, Mikey Dread has kept the reggae fires burning for almost twenty years

The CD Solution

Unsigned bands keep their local connections even as they spread their commercial wings

When Egos Collide

The Man and the Microphone

In the turbulent and often virulent world of Spanish-language radio, two things are certain: Fidel will be the debate, and Tomas Garcia Fuste will prevail

Radio Daze

WVUM's signal boost is pumping up the power of Miami's finest college radio station -- and the internal complaints are getting louder along with it

The Local Rock Scene Is Dead

Miami just can't afford to support one of its finest cultural resources

Shiver Me Timbers!

Turn to 88.3 on your FM dial, where a pirate radio station is flying the Jolly Roger on Miami's broadcast seas and making plenty of waves

Mr. Diaz-Balart Goes to Washington

When an unsuspecting Colorado congressman tries to cut funding to Radio and TV Martí, the freshman lawmaker gives a taste of exile politics, Miami-style

The Songs Remain the Same

Rejecting young talent in favor of dinosaurs with proven track records, classic rock radio rakes in the ratings and the cash A along with a severe case of geezer burn

A Real Kick in the Pants

There's nothing but love and glory between Saigon Kick and their hometown. Yeah, right.

Jammin' In Havana

How did two Miami radio stations end up broadcasting Radio Marti programs to listeners in Cuba? Hint: It's curious, but it's classified.

Creole of Fortune

WMBM makes a play for the Haitian audience, widening the rift between American blacks and the residents of Little Haiti

Local Is As Local Does

Miami could take a rock lesson or two

Cuba Over and Out