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Film reviews and filmmaker interviews for current films and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Shit talk and shenanigans, arts/culture and guests/interviews set to hardcore, punk and metal! Yes, this might seem like a contradiction... but really, aren't we all? Stop by for the party Thursday evenings 6:00-8:00 pm, Bay Area time zone, bitches.

Baghdad by the Bay features interviews with the Bay Area's up-and-coming bands. Hosted by Rick Abruzzo.

An all-night journey through the extremities of strange music.

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Station News

Check Out These Sweet New Shows On Our Schedule!

April 12, 2012

Radio Valencia is very pleased to welcome some great new shows to our weekly schedule. We hope our listeners will enjoy checking these out… » more

Podcasts ‘R’ Us

February 29, 2012

RVPods.com is our podcast archive website. Have you checked it out? It’s awesome. We now have over 1200 episodes from 46 shows, with more posted every day. It’s a veritable Mutha Lode of ray-dee-ya liss’nin’… With virtually every episode of every program posted as a podcast and archived here for all of eternity, there is no excuse for you to ever miss a show. » more

Radio Valencia In Wired Magazine

February 28, 2012

The March 2012 issue of Wired Magazine has an item on Pirate Radio. Resident DJ John Hell is interviewed and Radio Valencia is at the top of the list of pirate stations mentioned. Check out the article here: The Last Bastions of Outlaw Radio. » more

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Recent Posts

Chromatic Aberrations 13:Random Thoughts at 12am,Friday May 18th

May 17, 2012, 3:16 pm

Chromatic Aberrations 13th Episode is all about Random Thoughts,just a blending of sounds with no rhyme or reason,and no preplanned strategy.Basically,the luck of 13 is the guide for this episodes content.Dark Ambient,Noise,Samples,Experimental and such gets thrown into the blender that is Chromatic Aberrations. » more

Punk icon John The Baker on tonights Cold Ones & Rolled Ones, Thurs May 17th

May 17, 2012, 3:03 pm

Punk icon, outspoken activist, knowledge dropper and all around rebel rouser John The Baker (vo-killist for FUCKTARD/ INSTANT ASSHOLE/ The MALNOURISHED & solo) will be live in the Rad Val studio chatting about this weekend’s SKATE TIL U DIE uber extreme skate-a-thon. Ami Lawless (host of Cold Ones & Rolled Ones) has been talking this epic Bay Area event up over the past few weeks and its now do or die time…literally. John is the creator and annual participant in » more

BIRDS, BEES AND DR. FIASCO

May 17, 2012, 12:13 am

… And it came to pass that unto Casa Pequeño Fiasco there was a great commotion that lasted three days and three nights, with much rending of sheets and boiling of water. …  And unto Dr. Fiasco, Mrs. Dr. Fiasco delivered a she child, who was named in accordance with the customs of the Mission Hipsters (and lacking a spectacularly rich relative to suck up to), that the she child shall be called Lúcia, so that forever may she challenge » more

Curmudge’s AM/FM Guilty Pleasures Tour(After Storytellers)

May 16, 2012, 9:33 pm

I fondly remember lying in bed late at night listening to the radio hearing familiar and unfamiliar songs alike,and loving it.Tonight I  traveled the night waves with tunes you know,and some you may not,from rock to schlock,new wave to yacht rock,one hits to album cuts.Ear Worms and forgotten favorites collide in audio orgasm.Come get some Guilty Pleasures fulfilled. » more

AmperDan’s Monday Night Pop! Playlist for May 14, 2012

May 16, 2012, 3:42 pm

After missing last week’s show, DJ AmperDan comes back with the strongest “DJ AmperDan’s Monday Night Pop!” show yet. But before anyone starts thinking AmperDan should take time off more often, let’s consider all the new releases from local Bay Area musicians that have come out this week which also contributed to the success of this week’s show. » more

No Such Program 2.9 – 15 May 2012

May 15, 2012, 4:39 am

A four-hour experimental mixtape, dispatched from the farflung regions of the musical landscape. From Martin Mull to Marshall McLuhan, from Emerson, Leak & Plumber to Elton Fucking John. View the playlist and download the podcast. » more

S.C.R.E.A.M FOR P.E.A.C.E. WITH DEAD BEAT POET

May 14, 2012, 3:49 pm

Join Aslan and Jennifer Monday’s @ Noon in conversation about how Philosophy, Art and Physics commingle to form our individual and collective global consciousness. With Special Live In Studio Guest: DEAD BEAT POET! Play List: Someone Great: LCD Sound System/ Ashes to Ashes: David Bowie/ Birds Fly (whisper to a scream): Icicle Works/ Subterranean Homesick Alien: Radiohead/ Antmusic- Adam Ant/ E=mc2- Big Audio Dynamite/ I Remember Nothing- Joy Division/ Go!- » more

4TH CORE VIDA EPISODE ON SLOW

May 14, 2012, 12:27 pm

DJ Coré Vida takes off for Southern California. This leaves Jesse Jackson to take it easy and play everything slowed down. Let’s Go Crazy – Prince and the Revolution Freedom Of Choice – Devo Situation – Yazoo The NeverEnding Story – Limahl Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears Eyes Without A Face – Billy Idol Flashdance… What A Feeling – Irene Cara Burning Down The House – Talking Heads Who Can It Be Now? – Men At » more

GREEKMIND show 5/13/12 GRITTY

May 14, 2012, 9:07 am

all CD tracks on the 2hr show today w/lots of rarities! check out the timed playlist, from library music to experimental ::: Thank you listeners! — tune in for more special shows and remote broadcasts this season … — … sundays @ noon » more

May 14, 2012, 12:12 am

In what might have been a spectacular error in judgment, Malderor invited his mother to be on the radio programme this week. Dr. Junk was relatively well behaved, but we violated the no pre-show-martinis rule. And played a bunch of songs with “mother” in the title. So, um, download this. You will be entertained, methinks.  Or not.  Whatever.   » more