Radio Rock is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 local radio that airs from Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, can be listened in most of Lazio, and streams over the internet from its website.
It is called in such a way because it mainly transmits rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 24h per day.
It started broadcasting in 1984, and since then it has steadily been growing throughout the years. Its listeners overwhelm well-known radio stations' listeners of the Lazio Region and of the capital, Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. According to the Audi report on the first quarter of 2010 it reaches 156,000 people daily (in average).

It is well known in the Italian rock scene for bringing to the Roman musical scene famous international musicians, previously unknown in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. This has been possible since Radio Rock sponsors a number of concerts and events in Rome.
Thanks to this organization, Radio Rock has brought to the public attention a number of artists, such as Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

, Elettrojoyce, Andrea Mirò, Andrea Ra, I ratti della Sabina

I Ratti Della Sabina

I ratti della Sabina is an Italian folk rock band from Rieti. They formed in 1996. They are indicated as the successors of Modena City Ramblers's combat folk...

, the Bevis Frond

The Bevis Frond

The Bevis Frond is a British musical group whose range covers hard edge to melancholy vintage indie rock to poetic, "classic-rock" songcraft with a thick Walthamstow accent. Nick Saloman is the band's frontman and songwriter...

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Different disc jockeys have worked for radio rock, each of them with a peculiar choice in the musical selection but all of them deeply fond of music. Since 2004 Radio Rock Italia, a twin project of Italian music, is presented only by women dj: Francesca, Anto, Marta, Tosca, Vane.

Dj list:

• Emilio Pappagallo
• Fabio Giannotti
• Dj Armandino
• Dj Oreste
• Prince Faster
• Loredana Liguori
• Cecilia Scougall
• Paolo Mazzullo [deceduto]
• Betta - Marcello
• Ida Capra
• Marco Terragni