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! lol.

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 12k subscribers.

With over 1,000 videos published on Youtube.

I started about 6 years ago and now have over 350 interviews and over 770 shows under my belt with 2024 filling up by the month.

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

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

 for our interviews with

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

Recently - 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-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.