Roadblock Radio
Caribbean Radio in New Jersey
Reggae, dancehall and soca for Newark, East Orange, Irvington and the rest of the Jersey side of the market, live around the clock.
Carried on WCBS 101.1 HD3 across the New York and New Jersey market, and streaming everywhere.
Our office line is a 973 number, which tells you where a good part of this station lives. New Jersey is not an overflow market for Roadblock Radio. It is half the signal: the same 101.1 HD3 carriage covers New York and New Jersey together, and the Jersey audience has been in the phone lines since the beginning.
Essex and Union counties carry one of the densest Caribbean populations in the country, and the schedule answers it. Da Blenda blends reggae with hip hop the way a Jersey party does. Warm & Easy in the afternoon is lovers rock for people driving Route 22 home. The Saturday soca block runs from morning through to the night mix.
Everything is free to listen to. Open the stream in a browser, put the app on a phone, or ask a smart speaker for Roadblock Radio and it starts.
Shows to start with
- Da BlendaRupie TMonday to Wednesday, 8PM to 10PM ET
- Warm & Easy ShowcaseRassarellaMonday to Wednesday, 2PM to 4PM ET
- Roadblock Drive ByDJ SmurfMonday to Wednesday, 6PM to 8PM ET
- The Daley GrindSandy DaleySaturdays, 6AM to 8AM ET
- Island Vybz SaturdayzJen and DavidSaturdays, 10AM to 12PM ET
- Reality CheckDJ Black BarbieFridays and Sundays, 10PM to 12AM ET
The full week is on the show schedule, and the hosts have their own pages under talent.
What plays
Reggae
Roots, rocksteady, lovers rock and the singers carrying it now. Culture Time and Back To Basics are where the catalogue lives.
Dancehall
The current riddims and the ones that built them, mixed live by DJs who play the parties as well as the radio.
Soca
Trinidad, Barbados, Antigua and the whole carnival calendar. Island Vibez and Roadblock Island Mix run it every week.
Afrobeats
Lagos and Accra sitting next to Kingston and Port of Spain, the way they sit next to each other in a Caribbean party.
Reggaeton and Latin urban
DJ B19 takes Saturday evenings for the Latin urban hour, so the dial does not stop at the English-speaking Caribbean.
Talk and community
Community Connection on Sunday afternoons, and Wealth Mornings With Jen every weekday at noon.
Caribbean news with a New Jersey connection
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