Bucktown USA TV (BTU TV) is a hip-hop variety show hosted by recording artist Steele of rap duo Smif-N-Wessun and produced by Cynical formerly of 105.9 and 88HIPHOP.COM. The show is 28 minutes in length and airs on Brooklyn Cable Access Television (BCAT) channels 35/ 68 on Fridays at 5:00pm and on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) channels 56/ 108 on Saturdays at 12:30pm.
BCAT airs community-made non-commercial programming on four channels reaching up to 450,000 Time Warner and Cablevision TV subscribers, and has the eighth largest public access audience in the country. The network also streams the show live on Fridays from their website at http://brooklynx.org/bcat
MNN airs 520 hours of community-made non-commercial programming on four channels reaching over 600,000 Time Warner and RCN cable TV subscribers, and also streams the show live on Saturdays from their website at http://mnn.org
BTU TV has been on the air since April 2004, some past guests include: 9th Wonder, Blackmoon, Big Daddy Kane, David Banner, Dead Prez, Jean Grae, Masta Ace, M.O.P., Omar Epps, Ras Kass, Sean Price, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, and TI.
Video Submissions:
All videos must be on DVD or Mini DV format.
Please send all videos to:
Mailing Address:
Bucktown USA TV
315 Flatbush Avenue #412
Brooklyn, NY 11217
