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Monday, December 29, 2014
Blues 102 Announces Blues Show for Youth
Introducing Half Pint Blues
A Unique Show for today's youth
Social Media/Internet Radio station Blues102.com has
raised the bar again starting in January Blues 102 will be adding an additional
show to their list of programs, this show will be titled 'Half Pint
Blues'.
Half Pint Blues will be a blues show targeted for kids. Kool
Breeze, one of Blues 102's radio hosts, approached Blues 102 Program Director
Bill Kenton with the idea. Bill immediately agreed saying, "This ties in to our
mission statement of supporting the blues and doing our part to keeping the
genre alive and flourishing. It's the children that legacy will fall to." Kool
Breeze adds that, "It's all about the kids."
Gizmo Media Stations
management team, Rich Strunck, Katrina Kenton, and Bill Kenton are extremely
excited about the Half Pint Blues offering including the initiative and follow
through exhibited by Kool Breeze. Said Bill, "She has a great idea and she's
taken the ball and is running with it."
Kool Breeze has been in contact
with multiple artists from around the country gathering music for the show which
will primarily be geared towards elementary to middle school age children. The
show is scheduled to begin on January 5th and will air at 5pm EST on Mondays and
Wednesdays, lasting up to 30 minutes.
The Half Pint Blues shows will be
archived on the Blues102.com website so that children around the world will be
able to listen to the shows at their convenience. Currently there are also talks
about adding a few one hour segments online for schools to play during lunch
hours if so desired.
In closing: Gizmo Media stations has also added a few
new features to their website. Artists can now link videos directly in the
'Community' section viewable from all the station pages. They've also added a
'Featured Artists' page for artist promotion. See www.gizmomediastations.comfor
more
info.
The music is within them - instruments help bring it
out got an old instrument lying around? Donate it to a school band
director something good will come out of
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