The Philippines Welcome First Ever Hip Hop Radio Show: The Coast2Coast Hip Hop Countdown Blazes Manila

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 10, 2004 -– Last week, The Coast2Coast Hip Hop Countdown made history by breaking international barriers as the first and only Hip Hop show to broadcast in Manila, Philippines to over 10 million listeners. Coast 2Coast, syndicated by Blue Print Media was broadcast to millions on Red Hot Hit Radio, Blazin 105.9. The show airs every Wednesday in Manila with a replay broadcast on Sundays. C2C is hosted by industry veterans Jay “Hotdog” Jones, Ralph “Uncle Ralph” McDaniels and Diedre “Diedre Luv” Gary, and produced by Chris “In The Mix” Mercado with the entertainment report provided by Karu F. Daniels.

“This is big! We’re taking real Hip Hop and R&B to an international level”, says Chris Mercado, “It is a great opportunity and we feel honored to be so embraced”.

Manila’s Blazin 105.9 station manager Jonathon Noel Jabson states, “Our listeners were very excited. We had a lot of listeners who phoned in congratulating us. Even my CEO called me to say that the show is great”!

The Coast 2 Coast Hip-Hop Countdown is a two-hour national Hip-Hop/R&B countdown radio show based out of New York City. The show is structured as a full entertainment package encompassing the top 20 Hip-Hop/R&B songs in the country every week. The show targets intermediate to major market urban radio stations with the primary demo of adults 18-35. “A Mirror of Hip-Hop Culture since 2001”, is the tagline for the show and the crew certainly lives up to this as they are self syndicated in 11 separate markets, including Omaha, Nebraska, Michigan, Dallas and Abilene, Texas. All markets combined, including the Philippines and Sirius, with 700,000 listeners, C2C has an audience of well over 14 million.