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[Sean Barlow]

Afropop Worldwide now broadcast six nights a week

Monday through Saturday at 11 PM on



Radio New York 91.5 FM!





Great news! The producers, staff and Board of Afropop Worldwide are pleased to
announce that, you can hear Afropop Worldwide hosted by the one and only
Georges Collinet six nights a week Monday through Saturday nights at 11 pm on
Radio New York 91.5 FM ! Whenever you want, you can hear the music and stories
of Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East and of course New York City . The
program features visits to the worldbs great musical cities, artist
interviews, album premieres, concert highlights, and historically based Hip
Deep profiles.



Please forward this message to your music loving friends ! You can find out
more on www.afropop.org where you can also sign up for our free weekly Afropop
e-Newsletter loaded with features, CD reviews, chances to win free CDs and
tickets to area concerts, and our popular weekly Afropop calendar of events.
And to find out more about Radio New York B  91.5 FM, B  you can visit:
www.nyc.gov/radio A full press release follows below .





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Upcoming programs:



July 7b&b&....bAfropop Vignettes: Guitar Heroesb
July 8b&b&b&bMali Magic 2000 (narrated by Bonnie Raitt)b
July 9b&b&b&bConcert of Colors in Detroit Michigan b
July 10b&..b&bMerengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity
July 11b&.......bAfropop Trailblazersb
July 12b&b&b&bSummer Concert Extravaganzab
July 14b&b&.. bAfropop Vignettes: Brazil
July 15b&b&.. bThe Story of Raib
July 16b&b&b&bThe Congotronics Story
July 17b&b&b&..bPuertas de Las Americas in Mexico City , Mexico b
July 18b&b&b&. bAfropop Vignettes: Brass Traditionsb
July 19b&b&b&.. bRemember Cuba ?b



PRESS RELEASE



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For Immediate Release



July 7, 2008



Contact: Afropop Worldwide



(718) 398-2733



matt at afropop.org





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Afropop Worldwide now broadcast six nights a week Monday through Saturday11 PM
on



Radio New York 91.5 FM





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Listeners can now hear Afropop Worldwide six night per week on Radio New York
91.5 FM , Monday through Saturday nights at 11 pm. Afropop Worldwide
celebrates the music and stories of Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the
Middle East, and of course the programbs hometown, New York City. The weekly
series brings New York listeners to dynamic capitals abroad, exclusive live
concert recordings, interviews, and historically based programs on golden
musical eras. Afropop Worldwide is hosted by international broadcast
personality Georges Collinet from Cameroon and distributed by PRI Public Radio
International to over 100 stations in the U.S.





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Upcoming programs include: b Afropop Worldwidebs Summer Concert
Extravaganza,b Concert highlights from the Sfinks Festival in Belgium,
bAfropopbs Shout Out to New Orleans,b bIndo-Caribbean Music and
Culture,b a three part summer dance marathon extravaganza in August,
bAfropop Roadshow,b a portrait of Afro-Peruvian culture, and much more. B 





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Says Jon Pareles , Chief Popular Music Critic for The New York Times , bThe
music that Afropop Worldwide covers so well is a well spring of American and
world culture, and no other organization I know does so well in helping it
reach the listeners it deservesb&The shows and the web site take scholarly
care to communicate with a general audience, in a rare and welcome combination
of depth and directness.b





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bIt is really exciting to add Afropop Worldwide to our new world and indie
music schedule,b said Matthew Tollin , GM of Radio Operations for Radio New
York . bThis dynamic showcase of contemporary African music and culture is a
perfect fit for Radio New York bs new diverse music programming.bB 





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Radio New York is part of NYC Media Group , the largest local media group in
the New York region spanning radio, cable and broadcast television, broadband,
and numerous other platforms. Building on its success in television, NYC Media
Group is now transforming Radio New York with an innovative slate of music,
talk, and cultural programs.





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bAfter 20 years of producing our program out of Brooklyn, we have deep
relationships with presenters such as Central Park SummerStage, Celebrate
Brooklyn!, World Music Institute, S.O.B.bs, the media, the artist community,
immigrant communities, and the growing Afropop music lovers community,b said
Sean Barlow , Executive Producer of Afropop Worldwide . bWe look forward to
expanding the Afropop family by collaborating with Radio New York and creating
exciting new ways to serve each otherbs audiences.b





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The editors of the programbs web siteb www.afropop.org bare committed to
publishing fresh content weekly with companion feature stories, discographies,
CD reviews, and links to podcasts connected to that weekbs radio program.
Other New York City specific features on Afropop.org include the popular
Afropop New York City weekly listing of events compiled by veteran editor
Louise Chang. Also on the site is the Afropop New York City Map (
http://www.afropop.org/community/AfropopMap2007Hi.pdf ) with recommendations
for night clubs, restaurants, cultural centers, galleries, and more.





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Afropop Worldwide is produced by the Brooklyn-based, multi-media, non-profit
organization World Music Productions. Its flagship public radio program has
aired continuously since 1988, the first nationally syndicated program in the
U.S. media devoted to contemporary African music. Afropop Worldwide has
recently launched a MySpace page at www.myspace.com/afropop with mp3bs and
videos to check out. About to be launched is an interactive, on-line maps
based on culturally rich historical era of the cosmopolitan civilization of
Al-Andalus, medieval Moorish Spain. B 





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To register for the free weekly Afropop e-Newsletter and find out more about



Afropop Worldwide:



www.afropop.org





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And to find out more about Radio New York 91.5 FM, please visit:



www.nyc.gov/radio B 





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