American Routes

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American Routes 

American Routes, hosted by Nick Spitzer, is a weekly two-hour public radio program produce at Tulane University in New Orleans. It has been exclusively distributed by PRX since 2011. The show presents a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.

American Routes is exclusively distributed by PRX and is represented by Ken Mills Agency, LLC. Carriage fees for American Routes are billed separately from PRX.

Fees for American Routes are based on Nielsen Audio market size. They range between $1,000 per quarter for stations in the largest markets to $250 per quarter for smaller and unrated markets. For more information please contact Ken Mills at 612-819-8456 or publicradio@hotmail.com.


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American Routes Spring Fundraiser 2012
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Nick Spitzer
host Nick Spitzer brings you some of the ‘lo-fi’ highlights from our eclectic mix of American soundscape

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:18:31
  • Purchases: 3
American Routes Leiber & Stoller interview
From: American Routes
Series: American Routes
Caption: Leiber & Stoller with Elvis Presley, Credit: Everett Collection/Rex Features
Available to all PRX stations - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller interview from 2002

Bought by KPVL, RadioFreePalmer, KEOS, KKRN, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 8

Series Subscription Information

New episodes are published weekly, 1 episode a week.

Each episode is made up of 11 segments totalling between 01:58:50 and 01:59:10 in length.

Wednesday: 9:00 AM

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