15/11/2012

The Rock Radio

The Rock Radio

The Rock Radio is an international online radio station playing Rock music for a global audience. The Rock Radio are an independent station for the online generation, connecting those who already have a strong connection with Puerto Rico.

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as “rock and roll” in the United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s’ and 1950s’ rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.

Talk shows had been broadcast on television since the earliest days of the medium. Joe Franklin, an American radio and television personality, hosted the first television talk show. The show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV) and moved to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV) from 1962 to 1993. NBC’s The Tonight Show is the world’s longest-running talk show, having debuted in 1954, and still going.

Radio Information:

Location: San Juan, PuertoRico

Language: English

Genres: Christian, Rock, Talk, San Juan

Web Site: rockradionetwork.org