In the late 90s, before the internet, social media and texting, revolutionaries connected through ideas, knowledge sharing, struggles and camaraderie via microwave radio. Such a space existed in Los Angeles, called Regeneracion/Popular Resource Center and its microwave radio station was Radio Clandestina.
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Gil_Scott-Heron_-_The_Best_Of_Gil_Scott-Heron__-_01_-_The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Televised.mp3″ volume=”50″loops=”true”] Radio Clandestina’s first sound transmission. Read more.
Radio Clandestina Mission Statement
Radio Clandestina Newsletter Side 1 Side 2
How to join the station in 1998
Chuck D for President Mission Statement
Turn-on, Tune-in, Tu No?
Chuck D For President Shows were transcribed from cassettes on a lap top. Some shows have lengthy lead-ins (requiring patience), there is a little bit of wonkiness (tapes melting down), and definitely some dead-air (one of the signatures of our show).
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Chuck-D-4-Prez_FreedomOfSpeech_No1.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Premiere! Chuck D For President “Freedom of Speech Show” (10/21/96) notes
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ChuckD4Prez_Boycott_No2-1.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Chuck D For President “Boycott Show” (10/28/96)Â show notes
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Chuck-D-_The-Voting-Show.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Chuck D For President “Voting Show” (11/4/96) behind the scene notes
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[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CD4P-Immigration-Stories-2.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Chuck D For President “Immigrant Stories” (12/9/96)Â este cho
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TV-Good-or-Evil-Side-1.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Chuck D For President “TV Good or Evil?” Part 1
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TV-Good-or-Evil-2.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] Chuck D For President “TV Good or Evil?” Part 2Â (2/3/97) show notes
(to the right) A cool Radio Clandestina Benefit Show Poster, 1996. $6 entrance fee for all that entertainment!!  Click on the image and check out the line-up.  The Loft! Where the filmmakers “Smokin’ Mirrors†dwelled and nightly opened it up as a Chicanx artist sanctuary. (We liked that calaca image lots.)
+++++++++++++++La Victoria Hot Sauce Interviews+++++++++++
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RC-Marco-Trejo.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] LVHS interviews DJ Yaqui About Chuck D 4 Prez, 2017
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RC-In-the-Mix.-El-Ger.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] LVHS interviews El Ger about his show In the Mix, 2017
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://victoriadelgadillo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RC-John-Martinez.mp3″ volume=”50″ loops=”true”] LVHS interviews John Martinez about Radio Clandestina, 2017