About ME YOUR HOST DJ RAMO AKA OMAR RODRIGUEZ

 First off my name is Omar Rodriguez i'm 35, a single dad out of Ashland Oregon

When i'm not doing promotion, radio or playing on stage -  i'm a dad and Office Worker. I love my son with all my heart and do this all for him.

So I absolutely love music! I live it and breathe it.

Everyone that I have done to this point I do for free and out of love.

Morning and nights of grinding and doing for the ROCK!.

I host a FM/Online radio show Called The Metal Mixtape in Ashland Oregon

On KSKQ FM. I also run my own local festival called Medford Metalfest in Medford Oregon - MedfordMetalfest.com

We play Hard Rock and all kinds of Metal.

Local and Pro

Our station antenna reaches about 180k people and our social media pages reach about 17k people a month.

We have a Youtube page with over 2 million views and over 20k subscribers.

With over 1,100 videos published on Youtube.

I started about 6 years ago and now have over 350 interviews and over 770 shows under my belt with 2025 filling up by the month.

1. We're also apart of the NACC and are a official reporter of professional music.

We have been published by BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METAL INJECTION - LOUDWIRE - METALSUCKS - ULTIMATE GUITAR - GUITAR.COM - MSN - KILLER GUITAR RIGS

 for our interviews with

Byron Davis - God Forbid

https://blabbermouth.net/news/god-forbids-byron-davis-id-rather-spend-the-time-writing-music-than-playing-shows-at-this-point

https://metalinjection.net/news/god-forbids-byron-davis-i-want-new-music-the-dudes-in-the-band-want-new-music

https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/01/01/god-forbids-byron-davis-would-rather-spend-the-time-writing-music-than-playing-shows/

D.D VERNI - Overkill

https://blabbermouth.net/news/d-d-verni-how-overkill-goes-about-finding-replacement-musicians

Brendon Small - Dethklok -  Metalocalypse 

https://killerguitarrigs.com/brendon-small-chris-cornell-biggest-challenges-dethklok/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metalocalypse_creator_brendon_small_reveals_one_important_thing_he_learned_from_chris_cornell_shares_opinion_on_soundgarden.html

Michael Moose Thomas - Kill The Lights / EX Bullet For My Valentine 

https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-bullet-for-my-valentine-drummer-says-he-doesnt-care-about-his-former-bandmates-upcoming-the-poison-anniversary-tour

Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lacuna-coils-andrea-ferro-honesty-always-pays-back-in-music-people-realize-when-youre-real

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/lacuna_coil_vocalist_explains_bands_longevity_says_honesty_always_pays_back_in_music.html

Steve Zetro - Exodus

https://blabbermouth.net/news/exoduss-steve-zetro-souza-partying-backstage-is-not-a-part-of-our-lifestyle-anymore

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/exodus_frontman_speaks_on_how_the_band_is_acting_backstage_these_days.html

Wolf Hoffman - Accept

https://blabbermouth.net/news/wolf-hoffmann-says-lockdown-videos-and-livestreamed-shows-are-not-the-right-thing-for-accept

Richie Kotzen - Poisen and Winery Dogs

https://blabbermouth.net/news/richie-kotzen-was-excited-for-mike-portnoy-about-drummers-return-to-dream-theater

https://blabbermouth.net/news/richie-kotzen-the-music-business-has-nothing-to-do-with-artistic-integrity-and-working-hard

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/richie-kotzen-music-business-nothing-to-do-with-hard-work/

Thomas Youngblood - Kamelot

https://blabbermouth.net/news/kamelot-to-release-new-studio-album-in-early-2023

Derrick Green - Sepultura

https://blabbermouth.net/news/sepulturas-derrick-green-never-thought-it-was-cool-to-see-other-bands-wasted-while-theyre-performing

Travis Miguel - Atreyu 

https://blabbermouth.net/news/travis-miguel-says-ex-atreyu-singer-alex-varkatzass-new-project-dead-icarus-is-absolutely-sick

Tim Ripper Owens - Judas Priest - KK's Priest 

https://blabbermouth.net/news/tim-ripper-owens-is-sick-of-watching-singers-who-change-their-songs-to-accommodate-their-aging-voices

https://loudwire.com/tim-ripper-owens-slams-vocalists-change-how-they-sing-songs-live/

https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/10/26/tim-ripper-owens-thinks-all-vocalists-should-sound-exactly-like-they-do-on-the-album/

Tim Ripper Owens - Ripper - KK's Priest - Judas Priest

https://blabbermouth.net/news/tim-ripper-owens-fires-back-at-online-trolls-you-have-people-who-just-tear-you-down-for-no-reason

Alecia Mixi Demner - Stitched Up Heart 

https://blabbermouth.net/news/stitched-up-hearts-alecia-mixi-demner-explains-how-she-deals-with-online-criticism

Jeff Scott Soto - Journey -  Steel Dragon - Yngwie Malmsteen - Sons Of Apollo - Art Of Anarchy

https://blabbermouth.net/news/jeff-scott-soto-says-mike-portnoy-didnt-tell-him-he-was-rejoining-dream-theater-im-pissed-off-at-him

https://blabbermouth.net/news/jeff-scott-soto-says-mike-portnoy-didnt-tell-him-he-was-rejoining-dream-theater-im-pissed-off-at-him

DORO PESCH

https://blabbermouth.net/news/doro-pesch-could-tell-metallica-was-going-to-be-big-when-she-first-saw-them-in-1984

https://www.metal-hammer.de/doro-wusste-1984-schon-dass-metallica-riesig-werden-wuerden-2130619/

We have interviewed bands like

Dragonforce - Road Runner Records

AMARANTHE - Nuclear Blast Records

KAMELOT - Napalm Records

SABATON - Nuclear Blast

TRIVIUM - Roadrunner Records

ATREYU - Victory Records

DIMMU BORGIR - Nuclear Blast Records

TWISTED SISTER - Jay Jay French

OVERKILL - Nuclear Blast Records

MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO - Ratpak Records

MAYHEM - Century Media Records

POSSESSED - Nuclear Blast Records -

BORN OF OSIRIS - Sumerian Records

SUFFOCATION - Nuclear Blast Records

EMMURE - Sharptone Records

CARNIFEX - Nuclear Blast Records

NERVOSA - Napalm Records

TESSERACT - Century Media Records

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - Napalm Records

And more.

Our goal at our show is to make people and musicians happy by playing their songs on the radio, interviewing them and helping book shows.

If I make someone smile with my show , I'm happy at the end of the night.