Media Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler, carmen.chandler@csun.edu, (818) 677-2130
Member-supported 88.5-FM, The SoCal Sound, is the newest affiliate of the public radio organization VuHaus Group. The SoCal Sound’s local page now appears on the NPR Live Sessions website with their unique, local, and engaging music video content.
The SoCal Sound joins the most influential public media outlets with a shared mission to support emerging and local artists. Formed in 2014, VuHaus Group is public media’s only national content and sales network for music stations.
“We’re extremely proud and excited to be a part of such a respected organization,” said The SoCal Sound General Manager Patrick Osburn. “We have a lot of top-notch video content to add to VuHaus Group’s already impressive roster and are thrilled to be joining their network of highly respected public media outlets!”
One major goal of The SoCal Sound is to introduce emerging and established artists to new audiences. Providing a national platform for local station content offers a window into regional music scenes, said The SoCal Sound Program Director Marc “Mookie” Kaczor.
“Joining VuHaus is an exciting milestone for The SoCal Sound,” Kaczor said. “It means our video content will reach a much broader audience through public radio’s premier music video platform. We’re proud to add Southern California’s voice and sound to this collaborative network.”
The SoCal Sound is a member-supported, public radio station broadcasting from the campus of California State University, Northridge servicing Los Angeles and Orange County. The SoCal Sound is funded primarily by individual donors, underwriting sponsors and California State University, Northridge, meaning the station relies on the public to keep its community service thriving for Southern California.
VuHaus Group creates transformative partnerships to connect public radio’s music discovery stations with artists and audiences across the country. In addition to curating station-produced live performance video to NPR Music Live Sessions, affiliate services include sponsorship, creating a business framework for connecting national sponsors with public media’s music discovery stations and content and initiatives by producing new collaborative editorial and community projects amongst partner stations to appeal to new and larger audiences; Initiatives.
VuHaus Group includes public radio stations WFUV New York City, KCSN/KSBR The SoCal Sound Los Angeles, WXPN Philadelphia, WRTI Philadelphia, KXT Dallas/Ft. Worth, KALW San Francisco, Classical KING Seattle, WMOT Nashville, TMD Baltimore, KTBG The Bridge Kansas City, KUTX Austin, WNRN Virginia, KKSO Studio One Des Moines, and Mountain Stage in West Virginia.
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