TheBlast.FM app is getting a MAJOR upgrade to its Android and iOS apps. The apps will soon be compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto, which means the full dash experience will be available in the dash! You will be able to see what is playing on TheBlast.FM stations in the dash…and not have to […]
Nate Parrish is opening up for mainstream alternative rock band Trapt on January 15th. Trapt has been around since 1995, long enough ago to have a MySpace account! Parrish, is solo artist with a couple of songs on The Blast, including his new single Attention Junkies. Parrish is also guitarist for Kutless and he played for […]
For those of you Blasting on older Roku devices, you may have noticed that TheBlast.FM app is no longer supported on those units. Roku has updated some of its standards, which makes TheBlast.FM app no longer usable on those old Roku units. Our Roku app developer says There is no way to make the […]
If you are in an older vehicle that does not have in-dash internet access and you want to Blast in your vehicle, you sure can do that. Our own Colin Cruz has been been doing that since 2008 with a Bluetooth FM transmitter. Here is how: 1. Go to an electronics store or an online […]
The Blastozoic Era is doing an all 80’s weekend (Saturday through Monday) in honor of the Immortal Rock Festival which is happening at the same time in Ohio. See the separate story for that here: https://www.theblast.fm/home/2022/07/17/theblast-fm-co-sponsors-immortal-christian-rock-festival/
It could easily be called the Immortal Christian metal and hard rock festival as that is what’s on the menu. The Immortal Christian Rock Festival will definitely rock your face, with Blast band Chaotic Resemblance rockin’ at the fest as are newcomers to The Blast playlist: Fear Not, which just put out quite a modern […]
Kingdom Come Festival 2022 happens Thursday through Saturday June 16-18 at the Howard County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Grounds Healing Field near Greentown (next to Kokomo, Indiana). It is free and features 51 bands, many of whom receive airplay on The Blast; some on The Implosion; and some on The Blast Blender. Oh, and a few […]
Skillet’s interview with TheBlast.FM Program Director Colin Cruz continues this week on the show Friday at 12 Noon (USA/Canada Central Time). Here is the video for the debut single off the upcoming album Dominion, called Surviving The Game which we play on The Blast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IpP6j7je5A
TheBlast.FM founder and Program Director Colin “Cruz” Strombeck and John Cooper met in 1999 during Skillet’s Hey You, I Love Your Soul tour. That was Skillet’s second album. Colin Cruz, then known as Colin Cruise, was the music director and an on air personality on what was at the time, an Albuquerque FM Christian Hot CHR […]
“Huh?” most of you are thinking, after reading the subject line of this article. “What’s that all about?!” Well, you’ll find out in Colin Cruz’s interview with Michael Drive (fka: Mike Lee), lead singer of the band Gale Force, which airs Wednesday September 15th in the 11 AM hour and Thursday September 16th, 2021 in […]
