In a world drowning in video, Transmission is pure audio. Close your eyes. Let your mind create the images. This is radio for the underground, or just for those who believe in the evocative power of the hertzian waves
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I have found this moment a good one to talk about the program, because from now on we won’t be a podcast anymore but Transmission Radio
This Is Not a Podcast
Let’s be clear: Transmission is radio.
Not a podcast repackaged as “content.” Not a YouTube video stripped of its visuals. Not another talking-head interview compressed into an RSS feed and optimized for commute-time consumption.
Radio.
The difference matters more than you think. Personally, as a responsible I love the trend of A/V Podcast, but when we started as an idea, one of the foundations of the project was to be inheritors of that great media called Radio.
Why Audio-Only Is the Point, Not a Compromise
Every week, someone asks: “When are you launching video?”
The answer is never.
Here’s why: In radio, the listener completes the picture. When you close your eyes and hear a voice describe a city at 3 AM, a synthesizer dissolving into static, or the moment a subculture went mainstream—your brain does something no camera can capture. It builds a world from sound alone.
Pirate radio proved this in the 1960s, when stations broadcasting from ships off the English coast brought rock ‘n’ roll to a country where institutional radio refused to play it. They didn’t need visuals. They needed frequency.
Video tells you what to see. Audio lets you imagine.
In 2025, that’s not a limitation. It’s a weapon, ideologically thought…
Today I did some numbers and you can’t imagine how many opportunities we are loosing with this decision.
We Are Music lovers & Writers, Not Content Creators
There’s a reason we call ourselves DJs instead of hosts or producers.
A DJ doesn’t just play tracks—they sequence experiences. They know when to build tension, when to release it, when to drop something unexpected that recontextualizes everything you just heard.
That’s what Transmission does with ideas, movements, and voices.
We’re not here to “create content” or “optimize engagement metrics.” We’re here to curate culture—to find the signal in the noise and transmit it to people who still believe listening is an active, not passive, act.
This philosophy comes directly from the legacy of college radio and underground stations: spaces where discovery mattered more than demographics, where a 2 AM time slot could change someone’s life.
Rinse FM proved this over 30 years, broadcasting underground dance music from London and solidifying the sound of UK garage, grime, dubstep, and funky. NTS Radio, founded in 2011 in Hackney, East London, now reaches 360,000 daily listeners globally, with around 40% of the music played unavailable on Spotify. And I would like to mention also Noods Radio from Bristol, not only because our friends of OTN have an excellent show there, but also because their proposal is excellent, in my opinion.
They stayed audio-only. They stayed underground. They stayed essential.
We Reject the “Everything Must Be Video” Tyranny
The pressure is constant: “Video performs better. Video gets more engagement. Video is where the audience is.”
Sure. And McDonald’s sells more burgers than your favorite chef.
The internet convinced us that everything must be visual to matter. That audio alone is incomplete. That if people can’t see it, they won’t care.
This is a lie sold by platforms optimizing for attention, not depth.
Radio doesn’t compete with video. It operates in a different dimension entirely—one where imagination, focus, and immersion replace the scroll reflex.
Transmission exists because we believe there’s an audience tired of being told what to look at. People who want to listen actively instead of watch passively. People who understand that closing your eyes and tuning in is not a retreat from culture—it’s a way back into it.
The Lineage We Inherit
Transmission stands on the shoulders of movements that understood radio as resistance:
Pirate Radio (UK, 1960s-90s)
In the 1960s, pirate stations like Radio Caroline broadcast from offshore ships and disused sea forts in international waters, technically legal but culturally insurgent. By the 1990s, a new generation emerged around jungle, drum ‘n’ bass, and UK garage, maintaining underground music scenes through illegal broadcasts.
The 1990 Broadcasting Act introduced up to two years imprisonment and unlimited fines for pirate radio, forcing stations to stay mobile, fugitive, always moving. They kept broadcasting anyway.
Why it matters: Pirate radio proved that access to airwaves is access to culture. When institutions gatekeep, radio becomes rebellion.
College Radio (1960s-2000s)
The universities that didn’t care about ratings. The midnight DJs playing Ethiopian jazz, Detroit techno, and French new wave back-to-back. The stations where genre was a suggestion, not a law.
Why it matters: College radio was the original algorithm—human curation at its most obsessive and generous. It taught generations that discovery requires patience and trust.
Spanish Pirate Radio Heritage
From Radio Pirenaica, during the dictatorial regime in Spain, to the 80’s cultural revolution, where pirate radios influenced in music lovers all around the Country.
Why it matters: They proved underground radio doesn’t need to compromise to survive. They stayed weird, stayed global, stayed devoted to sound.
What Transmission Actually Is
Transmission is cultural reportage disguised as radio.
Each episode is a deep dive, not a soundbite—usually 30-75 minutes, sometimes longer if the story demands it. We explore movements, moments, and ideas that shaped how people see, hear, and move through the world.
Transmission have proudly counted with persons like A. Herrera, A.Toledano, Manu F. ,Miguel “Tax”, Fran Yera, R.Lopez, Ramon de LMT, Jorge “Ilegal”, Señora, A. Molina, L.Rozalen and a lot more to come…
We don’t interview celebrities. We talk to people who built things—artists, archivists, organizers, obsessives, brilliant creators. That’s the first thing we look for in our guests, besides how famous they are or how many followers they have on social media
We don’t chase trends. We contextualize them.
How to Listen
Transmission is designed for active listening, not background noise.
Here’s how we recommend experiencing it:
- Close your eyes. Seriously. Let the visuals go.
- Find 45 minutes of uninterrupted time. No multitasking. No scrolling.
- Use headphones. We mix in stereo for a reason.
- Let your mind wander—but stay present. Radio works in the space between focus and drift.
If that sounds demanding, good. We’re not here to be easy. We’re here to be worth it.
3 episodes to connect with the Transmission Frequency
New episodes drop every two weeks—enough time to go deep, not so much that you forget we exist.
You can find us on:
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
- Ivoox
- Podimo
- Pocket Cast
- RSS feed (for the purists)
Just radio. Pure, uncut, uncompromising radio.
Why This Matters in 2025
We live in an era of infinite content and zero attention.
Everything is optimized for the first three seconds. Every platform wants you looking, not listening. Every creator is told to “add a face” or “make it visual” or “cut it shorter.”
Transmission refuses… we have difficult Spanish accents and try not to hide it, we have a virtual studio,our mics don#ät cost more than 100 €.
We believe in the counterintuitive power of less: less stimulation, more depth. Less distraction, more immersion. Less content, more culture.
Radio taught us that you don’t need to see something to feel it. That the most vivid images are the ones your brain creates. That sometimes, the most radical thing you can do is close your eyes and just listen.
Join the Frequency
Transmission isn’t for everyone, but We would like everyone to be involved
It’s for people who still read liner notes. Who remember what it felt like to discover music, art, or ideas that no algorithm suggested.
Who believe culture is something you participate in, not something you consume.
If that’s you—tune in.
Close your eyes.
Let your mind create the images.
This is radio as a media, for people with curiosity.
Listen now: Transmission on Spotify
Contact: j7xi@vibesmagazine.blog
Transmission is a production of VBMGZN—cultural journalism for people who still care.
