Radio Rana

Past, Present and Future

So, what's the story behind the name Radio Rana? Well, Rana means frog in Italian. Since I love all kinds of music, I imagined the pond as a tank full of various musical genres, with the frog jumping randomly from one genre to another.

The format (music style) of the radio was as simple as ingenious: Past, Present and Future. More precisely a hit from the past, a hit song from the present and a hit song from the future.

The past hit song was any kind of song up to a year before the broadcast. The hit song from the present was any type of song between 12 months before the broadcast. The hit song of the future was selected by scouting all the unknown singers fromItaly and abroad

This recipe allowed us to broadcast a new way of making music by anticipating some trends since 2003.

Some facts

Radio Rana had two studios. The headquarters was in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and the second one in Rome, Latium.

During its activity Radio Rana has organized and participated in different live events such as gigs and disco.

As a matter of fact, Radio Rana was the official radio station for the City Music Lab. National music contest co-organized with the free newspapers published by RCS Media Group and distributed free of charge between 2001 and 2012 in Italy.

Radio Rana broadcast live the main concerts from the cities involved in the national contest such as Bologna, Rome, Florence, Naples, Rome, Turin and Milan.

Actual status

I held this lovely project in 2009 to avoid any kind of conflict with my role at WRA.

BTW, the Frog, one day… maybe it will jump again. So, stay tuned and love yourself in the meantime.