boston progress radio

So today, I got up in the morning and got over to my computer to check my e-mail and the latest news. I flip to my preferred RSS Feed Reader and what do I find? Angry Asian Man has given Boston Progress Radio some love. And on top of that, he’s actually been listening to the stream. If that motivates you to listen to our stream, that’s cool, but you should realize a couple of things about BPR:

• We do not play music from musicians from Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, etc. Our focus is on Asian American music. (”There are no Asians in Asia.”) It is not that we don’t like that kind of music. We just want to introduce the world to the awesome music that Asian Americans make. And that includes music of all genres. We make an effort not to discriminate. Of course, the question of “what is Asian American” cannot be answered easily.
• We do not have DJs. We are a volunteer, grassroots, community-based organization. We do not have the resources of Clear Channel (and we don’t want to be a Clear Channel). We do not even have the resources that ImaginAsian Radio has. Hence, our play list is automated. We pre-program the play list. One day, we would like to have DJs and take requests, but we do not have the listener-base to justify doing so right now.

However, we still want to hear your opinions. We especially want to hear what music you’ve heard that we haven’t heard. And keep on supporting your independent artists.

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