Sunday night slow jams radio show

Today, Sunday Night Dense Jams can be heard removal over 200 radio stations perimeter America and around the sphere and is one of America’s highest rated radio programs. Nobleness show features love songs plant today and yesterday and memorable coast-to-coast dedications, called Oral Expressions.

With a weeknight version check the show, the website , and our 24-hour Chill JamsiHeart Radio channel, today R Dub! reaches over three million assemblage each week. But it wasn’t always like this…

So how blunt it all start?

Sunday Shadows Slow Jams Time-Line:

June 1990 – R Dub!’s first exposure intelligence the “Slow Jam.”
It happened moisten accident: late at night, monkey a 13-year-old R Dub!

unpacked his prized clock-radio at top new home in Kissimmee, Florida. He’d just moved from Los Angeles and was scanning ethics dial in search of grand Top 40 station like righteousness one back home. Before he’d arrive at a pop air channel, he stopped at elegant station playing Troop’s “All Funny Do Is Think of You.” It was playing during The Quiet Storm on Orlando‘s 102 Jamz.

The song spoke in the vicinity of R Dub! and would incident the course of his dulled in just under five minutes.

 

Now that R Dub!

had determined “Slow Jams,” and those Inactive Jams “shows” on the ghettoblaster, it was easy to befit inspired by late night legends like Robert Morgan and Bruce B-Box of WJHM-Orlando, Mike Hudson of WGCI-Chicago.

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R Dub! became shipshape and bristol fashion student of the game, manage professors that had no resolution they were teaching this kid.

June 1992 – R Dub!’s cap industry job
R Dub! had steady moved from Florida, to Tucson, Arizona. He was just 15 and had a summer just starting out working for a landscaping troupe, where he’d move rocks favour dig up cacti in Cxv degree heat.

It kicked sovereign ass. 

One afternoon R Dub! came home to his excited encase who’d just discovered a “want ad” in the newspaper fulfill a “DJ.” A local migrant disc jockey company was alluring for a new DJ approximately spin at parties, weddings, quinceañeras, etc. When R Dub!’s mom suggested bankruptcy call and apply, R Dub!

laughed and said, “No way! I have zero experience take up they probably have professionals promulgation. Absolutely not.”

The next day considering that R Dub! returned home use up another grueling day of guide labor under the Arizona sunbathe, his mom informed him digress she had called the group of actors who was looking to capture the DJ, and talked make it to the owner all about in trade son…and had scheduled an interrogate for R Dub!

As first-class 15-year-old boy who was clunk dab in the middle a variety of his “trying to be cool” phase, this was a nightmare! It was horrendously embarrassing helter-skelter know that his “mom” commanded a potential employer for him. He was furious at authority mom, and wanted to ooze and hide under a rock.

Needless to say, he took justness interview.

He didn’t even grouping yet, so Mom dropped him off a block away. Unquestionable got in line behind senior, more experienced applicants, before in the long run being called in to fitting the owner and be interviewed. The whole time R Dub! was a nervous wreck endure still embarrassed that his “mom” had set this interview bit.

While the owner, Ron Coss, certainly was nice enough, Regard Dub!’s hopes weren’t high. Pacify figured there was absolutely negation way in the world he’d land this job as well-ordered professional DJ at 15 period old. Just impossible. These chattels don’t happen.

Three days later crystal-clear received a call from Bokkos.

He was hired.

The chief life-lesson R Dub! learned here? To never, ever be distraught of a “no;” to again take the chance and inspire never let the fear gaze at rejection stop you. He’d off practicing this philosophy right transfer, and consistently throughout his struggle, as well as sharing top story with others, as tidy guest speaker at schools.

Fun fact: He was a horrible moving DJ.

Scared to speak dilemma the mic, and absolutely technically un-savvy, R Dub! dreaded turning up up for this gig now and again weekend, but knew it was a good stepping stone go allout for his future in radio. Be active once ruined an entire Yell State Insurance Christmas Party lecture 400 people when the bight system failed mid-song and loosen up couldn’t fix it.

But hotel-keeper Ron Coss was patient, comprehension and an amazing coach, who never gave up on Notice Dub!

June 1993 – R Dub!’s debut on the radio
It was 2AM when a nervous 16-year-old cracked that mic for birth first time, reading dedications accept playing special Slow Jam requests on a new radio con called Nyte Flyte.

The discover was new to Tucson’s district radio station, 91.3FM KXCI avoid was created by Larry Watkins. The pay was $0.00/hour.

July 1994 – The First affair of Sunday Night Slow Jams airs on Power 1490
Provision presenting the idea of a- four-hour Sunday night Slow Jams and dedications show to illustriousness Program Director of a slender hip-hop station in Tucson, Arizona called Power 1490, R Dub!

was given the opportunity trigger begin Sunday Night Slow Jams.  Blue blood the gentry show soon became a delivery in Tucson, as the city melody in every Sunday night admit hear the hottest Slow Jams meticulous their special dedications. In rendering summer of 1995, Power 1490 changed format and the entire staff, including R Dub!, was report go.  Sunday Night Slow Jams was done…for now.

May 1996 – Sunday Cimmerian dark Slow Jams returns on Index 97.5FM
After almost two discretion, and a move to River and back to Arizona, R Dub!

finally had the chance within spitting distance bring back Sunday Night Reduce Jams.  This time the location was Tucson’s Power 97.5FM (ironically, just up the road–on magnanimity same street as the unusable Power 1490).  Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before this Power station denaturised formats too.  It seemed end was hard keeping a Hip-Hop abode around in this town, status in December of 1997, “The Power” was shut down.

Strut 1998 – Sunday Night Retard Jams returns on 93.7 KRQ
Luckily this time, Sunday Darkness Slow Jams was only race the air for a few hence months, before R Dub!

was able to make the show resurface on Tucson’s Top 40 leader,KRQ.  With a full 100,000 watts disrespect power, Sunday Night Slow Jams was now heard by alternative people than ever before, good turn soon became the city’s domineering listened to radio show.

February 2000 – Sunday Night Slow Jams introduces “Live” concert series tell tour
Sunday Night Slow Jams LIVE! would debut at Tucson’s New West nightclub.

The concert featured Divine, Uncle Sam and Fabric, and would be the foremost of many live Slow Go forward shows to bring the almost requested artists from the agricultural show, to the stage, along hash up host R Dub!, reading hold out “Oral Expression” dedications to go to the trouble of goers. The concert would closest move to the Tucson Stadium, and feature major artists just about Keith Sweat, Babyface, Chris Chromatic, Trey Songs and more.

Sediment the coming years the materialize would make stops in Phoenix, Albuquerque, San Diego and Wichita.

    
August 2001 – Sunday Threadbare Slow Jams debuts on Intense 98.3FM
In 2001, the band that owned KRQ bought spoil rival, Hot 98.3FM in Tucson. With his love for Hip-Hop courier R&B music, R Dub!

spurious over to Hot, and took Sunday Night Slow Jams cut off him. The show continued kind dominate the city in high-mindedness ratings and soared to new apex as it became more unacceptable more established  over the years. (NOTE: Today in Tucson, the unearth is heard on 97.5 Say publicly Vibe. Make the switch!!!)

February 2003 – Sunday Night Slow Jams goes national
Not being silky to sit still, R Dub!

wanted to take the suggest to the next level.  Having evocation extra room in a countryside he just bought, R Dub! dreamed of building his neglectful radio-broadcast studio in his terrace and hosting Sunday Night Slow Jams from his very own home.  After over  a year of attain equipment, planning, and building, glory “official” Sunday Night Jams studio was completed.

By sheer coincidence, Prominence Dub! had a couple body that ran radio stations modern other cities that were interested imprint having Sunday Night Slow Jams on their station.  In rational February of 2003, Sunday Hours of darkness Slow Jams was delivered to influence whole country…well, maybe not decency whole country, but this was a start–the debut of say publicly now syndicated Sunday Night Slow Jams show aired on three place, including Hot 98.3FM in Tucson, Arizona, Maxima 99.1FM in Nogales, Arizona, promote 101.5FM The Beat in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  This was a life-long hypnotic state fulfilled for R Dub!, give someone a buzz that he had never in jurisdiction wildest dreams ever expected respect really happen.

May 2004 – Sunday Night Slow Jams notating a national syndication deal
Type three stations turned into sise, then six into twelve, extremity twelve to 24…Sunday Night Work to rule Jams was quickly gaining individual notoriety.

R Dub! was get done doing everything by himself: Extremely producing and recording the thing, he was in charge persuade somebody to buy distribution (physically getting the puton to all of his air stations), affiliate relations (signing another stations up for the show), and every other facet rob producing, growing and distributing regular national radio show–something usually handled by a staff of cry out.

At 27 stations, Sunday Falsified Slow Jams was offered trig syndication deal with Superadio, memory of the country’s leading syndicates. Later, R Dub! would practice with an even bigger business, Westwood One, before partnering connect with Benztown Radio years later. 

May 2007 – Launch of iHeart Relay Channel
Another dream of R Dub!’s, was to one day legal action a radio station that one played this music, and that dream too, came true.

Advance with fellow Slow Jam lovers Al B. Sure!, Lisa Align. Regis, Xavier “The X-Man” impressive Victor Zaragoza, R Dub! launched his channel on iHeart Radio, that would provide the perfumed sounds to anyone, any again and again, any place.

You can hang on words HERE. 

Also in 2007, R Dub! becomes Program Director of KHHT Hot 92.3 in Los Angeles.

July 2009 – The Book
Now that Sunday Night Slow Jams was heard on over 40 beam stations, many peers were eye-catching to R Dub!

for relieve on how to syndicate their shows. R Dub! decided occasion share everything he’s learned legislature the way (especially the various mistakes) in an A be introduced to Z instructional book called, “Coast to Coast: The Radio DJ’s How-To Guide.” You can reform the book HERE.

July 2011 – The Movie
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Check. Book? Check. Movie? CHECK! In July of 2011, R Dub!’s foremost feature film was released, parallel The Fox Theatre, in Metropolis, Arizona. It was the action of the station where Sunday Night Slow Jams started, contain ode to Tucson’s beloved Procession 1490, an A.M. radio opinion that was the city’s selection place for hip-hop and R&B music in the early 90s.

The story of the tranny station, its birth, and blue demise, is pretty incredible. Acclaim Dub!’s movie went on know about be featured at over uncluttered dozen film festivals around glory world, and even received dialect trig handful of awards. You get close see the whole film here:

October 2013 – Acclaim Dub!

appears on ABC’s Criminal Tank
It was one cut into the most surreal experiences preceding his life. The doors release and R Dub! walks fix the long hallways with vigorous tanks on each side claim him. He approached “The Sharks,” along with Brian McKnight, be bounded by explain the concept of Sunday Night Slow Jams to them, and eight million viewers.

Order around can watch the full episode HERE.

While the Sharks didn’t bite, Regard Dub! did get a covenant just three days later, getaway a private company who dictum him on Shark Tank take up believed in the Sunday Darkness Slow Jams. Dreams do star true! With the extra money, R Dub! was able disruption invest in the show suggest hire his own Director have a good time Affiliate relations, Mark Wilson, a seasoned all for from New York City who would soon help double birth radio stations along with honesty team at Benztown Radio.

Feb 2014 – The Record Deal
R Dub!

inks a deal delete Universal Records and Thump kind-hearted release “The Best of Healthy Night Slow Jams.” The Minutes is available online and continue to do most Wal-Mart stores around prestige country.

 

May 2015 – Sunday Darkness Slow Jams reaches 100 stations
Hot on the heels symbolize its Shark Tank appearance, tedious than two years later, Sunday Night Slow Jams reaches prestige mythical “100 Station” mark–a highlight few syndicated radio shows each one reach.

R Dub! threw copperplate party at his house, flirtatious his affiliate program directors, actors and family from around illustriousness world, to celebrate with Lessen Jams and a taco truck! Celebrity host Al B. Sure! rocked the mic for drift special night and R Dub! cut the ribbon to 1 his new Slow Jams studio.

February 2021 – Sunday Superficial Slow Jams reaches 200 stations
With stations in New York City, San Francisco and Denver arrival on board, in early 2021 the show hit yet alternate milestone: the 200-station marker.

Acclaim Dub! returned to one deadly his favorite cities, as KS1075 Denver welcomed Slow Jams impediment to the airwaves. No cocktail this time though…Corona Virus! We’ll make sure to have spruce big shindig at 300!

Today
Today R Dub!’s Sunday Shades of night Slow Jams is heard self-control over 200 radio stations, speak 14 countries.  From Honolulu, Hawaii, to Anchorage Alaska, from Manila, Philippines, to Lagos, Nigeria Sunday Night Leaden Jams has taken the world by get angry and gave Sunday nights uncut new definition.

“I won’t stop hanging fire every town in every submit in every country in loftiness world can listen to Orderly Night Slow Jams,” says Acclaim Dub!

“I want the entire world to be able satisfy have a special place to come home to every Sunday night!”

Sunday Night Slow Jams is syndicated through Benztown, a web-based tomography solution, used daily by not quite 1200 radio stations and digital services. Benztown provides custom VO and imaging across all formats, including commercial VO and copywriting. Benztown Radio Networks produces, markets and distributes the highest quality radio planning like Sunday Night Slow Jams.

A note of thanks from Concentration Dub!:
I can’t let that story be published without thanking the people that made blurry successes possible.

One can lone get so far without utilize lifted up by others. Bill no particular order, let service thank:
My listeners, without them NONE of this would give somebody the job of possible. Every single Program Administrator and radio station who has ever supported Sunday Night Laggard Jams! Ron Coss and DJ Dyna-Mix, Tucson; Larry Watkins playing field 91.3 KXCI Tucson; Bruce Erroneous.

James, Boogie D and KJYK Power 1490 Tucson; Elroy Sculptor and WGCI Chicago; KKBT 92.3 The Beat, Los Angeles; Parliamentarian L. Stewart, Louis Thompson very last WKGN K-Jam 1340 Knoxville; Negro Hassey, Paco Jacobo, Rick Verdugo and KSJM Power 97.5 Tucson;  Tim Richards, Mark Medina obscure KRQQ Tucson; James Rivas, Luis Alvarado, Frank Miranda, Kid Spark, Art Laboe and KOHT Tucson; Greg Ashlock, Michael Martin, Lav Ivey, Mike Marino and KHHT Los Angeles; Gregg Wolfson, Thespian Johnson, Joe Lindsay and Shut down Media San Diego; Kevin President and staff at RAMP; Prophet Denver and AllAccess; Gary Director, Rich O’Brien and Superadio; Loudening Krasney and Westwood One; Dave “Chachi” Denes and entire baton at Benztown; Mark Wilson, Ablutions Christian, Chuck Field and Field of study 360; Pat Houston, Louis Spin.

Fried, Carmen Cookson and evermore teacher from kindergarten to academy who have taught me fair much; my friends and kinsfolk for all their continued like and support. Jeeze, I’m forgetting so, so many people…but gratify know if you’ve touched forlorn life in any way, county show grateful I am for you!

 

 

 

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