MOJA Radio is a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week COMMERCIAL FREE subscription based service. That MOJA stands for MOdern JAzz. MO for Modern, JA for Jazz (pronounced MOE-JAH)…a simple phrase that encompasses so much as the many styles that are Modern Jazz fit under a huge umbrella that covers the entire world. So here you have it, “The World’s Modern Jazz Radio Channel!” Please enjoy the music, the special features, and the general vibe of MOJA Radio and spread the word. Remember…MO for Modern, JA for Jazz… MOJA Radio…It’s A Brave, Cool World!
Russ began producing and presenting the two-hour, weekly program Jazz America for VOA on July 4th, 1999. It continues today and is heard worldwide each weekend by an estimated audience of 134 million listeners.
In early 1999 he began work in satellite radio as a programmer and presenter, creating various channels including the world’s only complete modern jazz channel, XM 72 Beyond Jazz, covering all aspects of jazz from the Fusion era of the 1960′s through all its evolutionary phases up to today.