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New and Improved Newtown Radio (Streaming from SXSW)

By Maria Gotay

New and Improved Newtown Radio (Streaming from SXSW)

New and Improved Newtown Radio (Streaming from SXSW)

By Maria Gotay

New and Improved Newtown Radio (Streaming from SXSW)

By Maria Gotay

 

We at Bushwick Daily are proud to announce the second coming of Bushwick-based radio station, Newtown Radio! With a whole new website, blog, and weekly live series, the station has re-marketed itself as a force to be reckoned with, in Brooklyn and beyond. I visited their studio over on Meserole street, which was nestled into a dark warehouse neighboring The Wick, one of the hood’s most buzzed-about new venues. I talked to Colin Ilgen, who runs the station with two partners, Mark Brinda and Tariq Abdus-Sabur, as he discussed Newtown’s history and future.

The idea of Newtown was conceived by Mark upon returning back to New York from a surfing trip in Costa Rica about three years ago. Founded in a place of…

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