The Master
One network-voiced four-hour master, professionally produced and mixed, delivered as broadcast-ready hourly files to your spec.
For Stations & Affiliates · Available for Syndication
A turnkey four-hour Fourth of July centerpiece. Fully produced and self-contained: you drop it in and air it, start to finish.
★ Available at No Cost to Affiliates
Why Carry It
A premium holiday special, ready to air: no scramble, no clearance headaches, no partisan risk.
The Fourth is the biggest day on the patriotic calendar, and listeners expect something special. America 250: The Soundtrack of Us gives you a four-hour event built for the 250th anniversary: every genre America invented, told through 70 records and the stories behind them. Drop it in, air it start to finish, and own the holiday.
And carrying it pays you back: every affiliate that runs the show gets featured free on our Stations Airing the Show page. Promotion for your station, at no cost.
At a Glance
What You Get
One network-voiced four-hour master, professionally produced and mixed, delivered as broadcast-ready hourly files to your spec.
Fully produced start to finish. No tagging, no localizing: air the master exactly as delivered, with two 2-minute spot breaks each hour (approximately :22 and :58) for your local avails.
Full hour-by-hour clocks, segment timings, break positions, and designated flex cuts so it trues up clean against your automation.
Music and archival audio prepared for broadcast; the pre-1923 cold open is public domain. Imaging is human-voiced. You get the paperwork you need.
Safe for Every Affiliate
The framing never mentions a party, a politician, or a current event. It’s a birthday party, not a platform, built so you can run it in any market with confidence.
Preview Reel
A short preview from the show. Press play.
A taste of the broadcast. Inquire about running the show below and we’ll send the full preview reel and clock sheets.
Your Host
A Network-Caliber Host
Host of multiple shows & stations on the Thasis Radio Network
You can’t get more American than Steve. A paperboy as a kid, a high school teacher for much of his career, and a backyard chicken-raiser by hobby. His second act brought him years on the microphone out of the Chicago market.
Today he anchors multiple shows across multiple stations on the Thasis Radio Network. He doesn’t announce the songs at your listeners; he tells the stories behind them, the way the best radio always has. One network-voiced master, one trusted voice, ready to air exactly as delivered.
The Four Hours
Each hour runs 56:00 of programming with two 2-minute spot breaks at approximately :22 and :58, engineered to hold tune-in across the full daypart.
First recordings, the anthem, Appalachia, the Bristol Sessions, Delta blues, New Orleans jazz, and the swing era through WWII. Opens on the 1890 Sousa cylinder.
Memphis erupts, Elvis arrives, the Million Dollar Quartet, then the great American beach party and the California sound.
Hitsville, the queen of soul, the civil-rights era, bayous and back roads, closing with American Pie in full as the hour’s appointment moment.
The Boss, the birth of hip-hop, the cookout anthems, the non-partisan country-and-the-flag segment, and Ray Charles to take it home.
Production Standards
It opens on the United States Marine Band under John Philip Sousa, captured on an 1890 Columbia wax cylinder, among the first commercial recordings ever sold. From there, 136 years of American sound, assembled to a broadcast standard.
About This Production
Thasis is a network of over 20 professional streaming stations with more than one million listening sessions a month, run by executives with 40-plus years of broadcasting experience, including senior management positions at iHeartRadio, alongside a roster of more than 35 announcers.
Thasis is also part of Heart Songs Studio, LLC, which, under the Personata brand, develops custom songs for individuals and sonic brands for businesses.
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