66 Raw (XM)

Infobox Radio Station
name = RAW


area = United States
Canada
slogan =
airdate = September 25, 2001
frequency = XM 66
format = Uncensored Hip-Hop
owner = XM Satellite Radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=66 XM RAW]

66 RAW is an XM Satellite Radio Hip-Hop channel. The service signed on September 25, 2001. The channel was originally launched and programmed by Radio One, Inc., but has since reverted to XM Radio.

Raw focuses mostly on today's hottest joints, underground tracks, and mix tapes from the freshest names in the world of Hip-Hop, dedicated to the die-hard fans of the genre. The channel is also commercial-free with DJs, but unlike terrestrial Urban Contemporary radio the music is comepletely uncensored as well as the call-ins are comepletely live and right-on-the-spot and do not need to be edited.

DJs

*The DJ list consists of the "Shoguns" of 66 Raw. The "Shoguns" include, DJ DUB, DJ RNS, DNA, DJ Bee, The Funkregulata Celo, DJ Eque, DJ Furious Styles, DJ Scream, and DJ Chris Cool. Each have their own mixtape show, lasting about an hour, multiple DJs have their shows each day.

*Every Monday through Friday Leo G. ("The General", "Blaze") hosts his own mixtape show from 3:00PM to 4:00PM . Each day, except Thursday, Leo mixes underground tracks and exclusive mixes from today's artists. On Thursday Leo G. puts on a throwback show, it is the same format but features old school tracks from the '80s and '90s. The show normally lasts an hour and encores are featured throughout the week.

*Following every Leo G. mixtape show, Mz Kitti puts on a two hour show. Each day has a different theme, Mondays are "Slap a Mother Fucker Mondays" where listeners call up telling who they would like to slap. Wednesdays are "Lock Down Wednesdays" in which listeners give respect to their friends and family that have been incarcerated. Thursdays feature the "Dub Duce Countdown" and it is a countdown of the 22 most requested songs of the week.

*Besides the "Shoguns", Leo G.'s mixtape show, and Mz Kitti's show there are other DJs that host their own show. DJ Furious Styles hosts "Shine", a show in which he takes unsigned artists tracks and puts them on the air. Lil' Flip hosts "Clover G Radio" which is a simple, low key DJ show. Chamillionaire hosts "Chamilitary Radio" and it is also low key, both shows feature music from Texas and the south in general. Ludacris hosts "DTP Radio/Open Mic" he DJs and showcases music from the deep south. N.O.R.E. and C.N.N. host "Militainment Radio", another mixtape style show.

External links

* [http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=66 XM RAW]
* [http://myspace.com/mzkittizraw Mz. Kitti's official MySpace]
* [http://myspace.com/the66general Leo G's official MySpace]