Radio Active San Diego (RASD) is a collective, non-hierarchical organization formed to pioneer a new internet radio station. We plan to build a model for the post-corporate, autonomous, community media of the future by offering revolutionary media production and distribution that creates positive social and economic change. RASD rejects the narrow formats of corporate-owned media and seeks to offer listeners a wide variety of styles and genres of media programming. We don’t just report events, we participate in them. It is this, more than anything else that separates RASD from the mainstream media.

Our collective, comprised of local DJ’s, activists, journalists, writers, and others who care about freedom, social justice and really good music, is dedicated to giving our audience a politically progressive point of view, with a special emphasis on topics of local concern. As a non-commercial radio station, we will concentrate on airing voices and viewpoints that are now almost totally excluded from the airwaves. These include local citizens and citizen groups opposed to domination and control of our city by national and multi-national corporations. We will also broadcast independent music, call-in talk shows, and uncensored news. The vast majority of shows will be produced locally by our staff.

Topics given special attention on our airwaves will include war and militarization, globalization, anti-capitalist resistance, police brutality, local and regional government issues, alternative health, border issues, environmental degradation, media censorship, racism, animal rights, equality and economic justice, queer issues and attacks on women and women's right to choice.

Cultural programming will also be a key ingredient in our daily broadcast schedule. We are especially sensitive to the difficulties faced by independent record labels. We believe a local community station such as ours has a special obligation to ensure that local poets, musicians and other artists have an opportunity to be heard.