Update: The new show will air beginning March 10th. I've had some good submissions so far, but could certainly use more for plenty of variety. Contact me for details: nick@radiou.com


Greetings, everyone who reads this. My name is Nick Stutzman, and I'm the Production Director at RadioU. For all intents and purposes, I took over when Matt Risher moved to Cincy. Also, I had the insane task of trying to replace him as resident DJ of the Electric Circus, which we were certainly blessed by having 3kStatic fill in that role temporarily. I say temporarily because God has been directing the staff here to make some larger sweeping changes to our weekend lineup. As of now, we've got a weekend request show, "The Friday & Saturday Street Party". We have a dedicated hiphop show, "Planet Hiphop", and of course, a dedicated electronic music show, "The Electric Circus." The vision we have for our weekend lineup is to combine elements of all 3 shows into one.

This "UberShow" is yet to be named, but it will be a request show, peppered with 10-15 minute mixed hiphop and electronic music segments. It will air on both Friday and Saturday nights, from 7pm to 3am. So, why do you care about this? Well, the vision that God has given me in all this is to allow talented DJs and producers to showcase their stuff on national primetime radio. The Electric Circus ran from 12am-2am on Saturday night. With the new format, electronic sets can be heard on Friday and Saturday, starting at 7pm until 3am (and on the west coast, 4pm to midnight). RadioU is based in Columbus, OH on 88.7 FM, Springfield OH on 98.7 FM, with affilliates in Marion IN, Lompoc CA, San Luis Obispo CA, and soon in Circleville, Dayton, and Mt. Vernon OH. You'll have a nice sized audience.

Also, our Electric Circus online stream is the most popular on our site, so we're not about to get rid of that. The stream will remain intact, updated each week with the electronic sets that were featured in the weekly show. So, anyone can access an "all electronic" stream from the website. Nothing mind blowing, but some may have wondered.

Ok, now down to the nitty gritty. What we're looking for, as I stated before, is regular submissions of mixes no longer than 15 minutes. You could submit a longer mix, but I'd have to cut it down. If you are a producer, this would need to be a 15 minute mix of only your created original work. If you are a DJ, this would need to be a 15 minute mix of only Christian artists' original work. The purpose of the new show, and RadioU as a whole, is to lead people to Christ, and to showcase talent from artists who share in that vision.

Submitting a mix to RadioU does not guarantee airplay, but it does give us permission to air your work. All mixes are subject to review by the RadioU Music Department before airing. We will never sell anything that is submitted to us. OK, enough blah blah.

So, how do you submit your mix? Well, first just email me at the station (no PM's please). The email is nick@radiou.com. Please let me know if you have webspace to host your mix so that I can download it from you. Don't send your mix via email. You can mail me a CD if you'd like , and I can provide you an address after you email me.

Oh, and before anyone asks, yes... we've been working with 3kStatic to decide on these changes. They will continue to play a role as a featured mixset artist. And so can you!

If you need any more info about RadioU, just check out www.radiou.com or www.unleashthemusic.org. Thanks for your time, and God Bless!

Yes, I know, we're sorry... but for a typical primetime radio listener, 15 minutes is all they'll be sticking around for anyway. Breakbeat DJ's will have no problem, but the rest of you might need to do some quicker segs. I'd say to try to cram in 3 tracks if possible... keep it interesting. If you overshoot 15 minutes, its not the end of the world.

Thanks for your interest!

Yeah, 404 popped into my head immediately when I read that too.   Maybe drop him a PM. He will have some great suggestions if nothing else.

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Hey Nick!

great stuff you guys are doing up there in RadioU! I've actually used your programing as a guide to our radio show GNX :: Radio Revolution.  I really respect what you guys are doing upthere. Top quality stuff. I've always wished we had something similar here in Miami, until God gave me the opportunity to deejay on TWO radio programs Friday Night Fuego and GNX Radio Rev!

Unlike the U, we're more of a Top40 style show since we're in Miami and the urban market rules here. I tried last year doing more alternative rock (not so heavy) but it didn't quite work. We had a 15 min segment called the Trance.formed Sessions that was a HUGE success (Glory to God) and now we're able to expand that between 45 - 60 min! And GNX is now more of a Party-style program. We're targeting the clubhopper and partyjunky from 10pm - 3 am along with Christians.

Dude, here at TF is the perfect spot to get good stuff. The deejays/artists here are real cool. If theres anything I can do to help (besides mixes, at least not yet) let me know. Radio U has blessed me in a big way and again, I feel like The U is my Mr. Miaggi and GNX Daniel Son (tho we're the only ones who know it... hehe)

Anyway man, enough rant. This has nothing to do with your post, frankly, but wanted to share. Hit me up and checkout our show when you can. I've uploaded some stuff on our myspace. Myspace.com/GNX883

holla' atchaboy

this is difficult, i'd love to contribute but i do a lot of work with artists that aren't christians, so if i submit a mix with tunes i've collaborated on with.  how is that really different than me submitting a mix of tunes i really like, just not xtian artists..?   and if most of it has no lyrics, how is it supposed to lead people to Christ?  i hope you can appreciate the awkward position this puts me in if i wanted to submit material.   

as you kids with your new fangled portable 8-track players say "that's just how radioU rolls". 

No problem. If you guys need any help, let me know also.