RadioContraband is a
Spokane, Washington
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-based
radio promotion
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company founded by Steven Walker, Jacob Bunton, and Beatrix Danko. It is a privately held
corporation
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. It also operates the sister company Alternative Contraband.
RadioContraband is a micro
social media
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company that is format specific to the
Active rock
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community. The company's website features industry and artist profiles, music news, radio charts, and new music.
Due to a conflict within the partnership, RadioContraband was dissolved in August 2017.
Awards
The company operates the annual RadioContraband Rock Radio Convention as well as the Rock Radio Awards. The convention first took place in September 2012 at the
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas with artist showcases taking place at the
House of Blues
House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers''. The ...
and more recently at the
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino with artist showcases taking place at the music venue, Vinyl, and
Hard Rock Live on the
Las Vegas Strip
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. The convention features industry panels, artist showcases, and the rock radio awards.
Past winners of the RadioContraband Rock Radio Awards include the
Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...
;
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead g ...
;
Avenged Sevenfold
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;
Metallica
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;
Disturbed;
Pop Evil for their song "Trenches"; WMMR/Philadelphia; WJJO/Madison; WZOR/Appleton; WRIF/Detroit; WOZZ/ Wausau, Wisconsin; Mark Abramson/ Roadrunner Records; and Jackie Kajzer/ Eleven Seven Records. Winners in 2014 include the Pretty Reckless, Nothing More and KEYJ/Abilene. Winners in 2015 include Muse, Bring Me the Horizon, SiriusXM/Octane, KTHQ/Spokane, Roxy Myzal/ Harddrive, Ryan Castle/ KISW, Heather Luke/ Warner Brothers Records and Lou Brutus/ Harddrive.
RadioContraband alumni includes the Offspring, David Draiman from Disturbed, Sixx:A.M., Black Veil Brides, Trivum, Hoobastank, Royal Bliss, Thousand Foot Crutch, Killswitch Engage, Incubus and Alter Bridge.
Sixx:A.M. debuted their 2016 hit, "Rise", at the RadioContraband Rock Radio Convention at the
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
References
External links
Official website
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American independent record labels