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July Rock 50 Preview

by on Jul.21, 2010, under Rock 50

H! Everyone.

Our hardcore show will air this Saturday, July 24, 2010. The show will be a “Best of” from July 2009 thru July 2010. Bands include Celtic Frost, Mastodon, Exodus, Fear Factory and many more.

The segue titled “Great Rock and Metal Bands and Artists” happens in the second hour of the show. This Saturday, we honour Black Sabbath for their contribution to Hard Rock/Heavy Metal music. Check us out here.

Rock forever,
Bill

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June Rock 50 Preview

by on Jun.24, 2010, under Rock 50

H! Everybody,

Our radio show is on Saturday, June 26th. We have new music and great Metal bands. Our featured artist is Jimi Hendrix in the “Great Rock and Metal Bands and Artists” segment. And leading the way, we’ll have Ozzy with tracks from his new CD, Scream. Check us out.

Peace, love and tolerance,
Bill Ward

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May Rock 50 Preview

by on May.20, 2010, under Rock 50

Hi Everyone,

Because of the recent news of Ronnie James Dio’s death, our normal radio show format will be somewhat limited this month. I intend to start the show with a presentation of some of the great songs Ronnie sang on. We will honour what he brought to hard rock and metal music as a vocalist, songwriter and performer.

This month’s show was already dedicated in the second hour to Type O Negative and the recent loss of Peter Steele. We will play Type O’s music as planned.

Thanks,
Bill Ward

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Rock 50 Preview

by on Apr.15, 2010, under Rock 50

H! Everyone.
Our radio show airs on Saturday, April 17th.  We pay homage to Rob Zombie this month in our “Great Metal and Rock Bands” segment.  We’re playing seven incredible Zombie tracks.  Also, we’ll be playing new stuff and the very best of metal music.  Check us out.

Stay strong, stay safe.

–Bill Ward

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Rock 50 Behind the Scenes

by on Apr.09, 2010, under Rock 50

If you’ve ever wanted to get a glimpse of what goes on when Bill does his monthly Rock 50 show, today’s your day! We have for you a clip filmed during a recent episode showing Bill doing his thing. You can view it below.

If you’ve never checked out Bill’s Rock 50 show, you should check it out! The schedule of upcoming episodes is available at our Rock 50 page here.

Thanks to Matt Hughes for the clip.

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Radio Show March 2010

by on Mar.22, 2010, under Rock 50

Dear Friends,

The radio show airs on Saturday, March 27th this month. Bands you can expect to hear will be Dew Scented, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man’s Child and newly released bands. In our series titled “Great Rock and Metal Bands and Artists,” this month’s featured band will be Traffic. Primarily a Midlands-based band in England, UK, Traffic represented a completely original and outspoken musical message to listeners throughout the world. Dynamic and everlasting, Traffic have come before us, played, and have attached their influence to rock’s finest moments.

Check us out. I think it’ll be a very good show.

–Bill Ward

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Rock 50 Preview

by on Feb.25, 2010, under Rock 50

H! Everyone.

The hardcore radio show is this Saturday, February 27th. We’re featuring Judas Priest in our new format “Great Rock and Metal Bands and Artists.” Last month, we featured Cream and some of their greatest work. I thought the new segment worked rather well, and I think it’s important to feature bands that have helped to influence and shape the sounds we listen to today.

Also this Saturday, we’ll be playing more Mnemic and Scar Symmetry. I hope to get some Behemoth, Celtic Frost, Exodus and brand new Zombie lined up also.

OK, so for all you Metal music lovers out there, I think it’ll be a very good show, but you’ll have to take a listen to find out if you agree with me or not.

Stay strong and rock forever,
Bill Ward

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January Rock 50 Preview

by on Jan.25, 2010, under Rock 50

H! Everyone.

Happy 2010.

Our first radio show of the year will have a new format included.  Instead of  the “show within a show,” which played classic/hardcore metal, we¹ll be playing a featured artist or band.  This new segment takes place after the noon break, as did the “show within a show.”  We’ll be playing artists from the 60¹s through to today.  Please let us know if you like the new segment.  Featured band this month is Cream.  Also appearing on the show:  Arch Enemy, Skeletonwitch, Type O Negative and Slipknot.

The show airs 11:00AM Pacific Time, Saturday, January 30th. I hope you can join us.

–Bill Ward

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Rock 50 – Christmas Show is ON!

by on Nov.08, 2009, under Rock 50

H! Everybody.

In my last news post, about the November radio show, I’d said the Christmas show was canceled. That’s changed! We’re airing the Christmas show on Saturday, December 12th.

Our Christmas show rarely plays traditional Christmas songs, and “Frosty The Snowman” and Rudolph,” lovable as they may be, will no doubt be appearing continuously on other radio stations. Wishing not to sound “ba-humbug,” we will be playing the best of the songs that have appeared throughout the year on our show, and that will include “The Last Baron” by Mastodon, and the jewel of Christmas shows past collection Type O Negative’s “Red Water/Christmas Mourning.”

I’ll be playing some of the greatest bands and artists in the world, who in their writing and performance, and sheer brilliance period, have brought hope to millions of people all over.

For those in hard times, I hope our two-hour show will play a part in helping you to sustain and feel more empowered. Music is the most powerful language on earth.

Peace and spiritual progress to us all,
Bill Ward

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November Rock 50 Preview

by on Oct.31, 2009, under Rock 50

Hi, everyone!

Our next radio show will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Normally in November, we dedicate our show to those who have fallen in war and to their loved ones, we pay our respects. We will be playing a lot of Metal songs, however, as in our 9/11 show, we’ll be temporarily breaking away from our allegiance to Metal by playing other artists whose songs are well-suited for the Armistice show. Check out the show if you can. Some artists appearing: Disfear, Anthrax, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, A Perfect Circle and many, many more.

Stay strong,
Bill Ward

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