For Immediate Release:

Rockville, Maryland, March 9, 2010 – April Sims, entrepreneur and founder of wearegreaterthani.com will launch a new Arts & Entertainment online radio station, WAGTiradio.com on March 17, 2010.

WAGTi Radio (WeAreGreaterThani), formerly known as April Sims A & E Radio (Arts & Entertainment Radio) was created to provide independent artists and entrepreneurs with a platform to showcase their talent. WAGTi Radio will be dedicated to promoting, educating, motivating and inspiring independent artists and entrepreneurs.

“This is an idea of mine that’s been a long time coming,” says April. “Independent artists from all the arts have never had one place to showcase their art, whether it’s music or poetry, and I intend to give them that. It’s going to be an exciting show to tune into anytime and hear a variety of entertainment and also valuable information for artists they can’t hear anywhere else.”

Streaming around the clock, WAGTiradio.com will showcase independent artists’ music and spoken word. Additionally, WAGTiradio.com will have a live interview segment every weekday evening from 7PM – 8PM EST with guests ranging from well known jazz, pop, hip hop, R&B and world music artists to music producers, authors, DJ’s and industry experts providing an insight into the independent artists careers as well as individuals with specific expertise in business, marketing and social media networking for the benefit of artists and listeners. Programming weekdays will be devoted to jazz / R&B and weekends to world music, Caribbean and electronica with folk and gospel music maintaining consistent play throughout.

WAGTi Radio’s debut interview on March 17 at 7PM will feature Brian O’Neal, noted jazz musician, composer, producer and philanthropist who has shared the stage with such music icons as Stevie Wonder, George Duke and India Arie with some surprise guests for following segments including Herbert Holler, DJ, producer, promoter and founder of New York City’s #1 longest running Friday night party for the past 7 years The Freedom Party, will be April’s guest on March 19. Former guests on April Sims A&E Radio have been hip hop icons such as Mele Mel, Kurtis Blow and MC Serch to Grammy Award Winning singer Thelma Houston, GRAMMY nominee and 8 time Native American Music Awards winner Jana Mashonee and best-selling author William R. Patterson. April’s co-host for the interview segments, Chris “Poetry Man” Fields brings a unique element to all interviews with his orator’s insight, challenging and inquisitive questions and his profound thinking resulting in very compelling guest interviews.

April Sims deep passion for educating, motivating and uplifting independent artists, underexposed artists and entrepreneurs led her to create the social network www.wearegreaterthani.com providing education, inspiration and empowerment to artists and entrepreneurs.

For more information or to book a guest:
April Sims
Phone: +1 301 799 8016
Email: april@aprilsims.com

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Press release by Baby Jade PR
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April Sims, Program Director

April Sims is the cornerstone and architect of the We Are Greater Than “i” Radio and Social Networking Sites. As the Program Director for WAGTi Radio, April Sims provides a roadmap to success for Underexposed Artists and Entrepreneurs via support and education. April Sims is a Spoken Word Artist, Author, Photographer, Marketing and Networking Advocate with a passion for Educating and Elevating the clientele that she serves. April Sims broke the traditional mold of the Arts and Entertainment format when she shifted the emphasis from showcasing to empowering the artist. We Are Greater Than “i” is more than a slogan, it is the lifeline for Art and Business going forward, and April Sims is at the forefront of the movement. www.WEAreGreaterThani.com

Christopher L. Fields, Communications Director

Christopher L. Fields (Chris) is a Wordsmith and the visionary author of the phrase; WE Are Greater Than “i”.  As the Communications Director for WAGTi Radio, Chris is the liaison between Artists, Entrepreneurs and the Global Community we proudly serve.  Chris is a Poet/Spoken Word Artist mentored by the world renowned Watts Prophets.  In addition to WAGTi Radio, Chris works with “at risk youth” providing them with the tools for effective communication utilizing poetic expression.  Chris is a self published author, actor and radio host with aspirations to elevate and unify the artistic community, while entertaining and educating our audience. Chris believes that your mind is like a canvas and WAGTi Radio is providing the paint for the Masterpieces that you’ll create. Memberships: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.  (www.WEAreGreaterThani.com)

Vincent Versher, Marketing Director

Vincent Versher is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Pure Marketing Group based in Los Angeles, CA. PMG is a premier entertainment and marketing, merchandising, management and media firm. Pure’s current and previous roster includes entertainment legends Earth, Wind and Fire; Howard Hewett; The Time; events such as World Music Awards; and sports like Nascar’s Wallace Racing Team and Gladiator Challenge to name a few. Vincent is responsible for developing the brand “Pure Marketing Group” and managing the day-to-day execution of the sales, marketing, public relations, communication, e-commerce, advertising and promotions functions of the company. Vincent has over 15 years of sales and marketing experience with an emphasis on technology, and 7 years in the entertainment technology industry. Having worked with technology brands HP, Microsoft, Apple, and Sony to name a few he was able to leverage that experience and knowledge when approaching clients in the entertainment industry with unique branding and non-traditional marketing concepts and formats from a sales and marketing perspective of the technology industry. On top of his exceptional ability to write executable marketing concepts he also has the ability to execute the plan within all budget ranges to produce immediate sales. (www.PMgroupLLC.com)