Passport Approved with Sat Bisla
International Music
Saturdays 9AM - Noon

Passport Approved is an internationally syndicated import radio show that airs weekly on the acclaimed Indie 103.1FM Los Angeles, with coast-to-coast syndication at KNRK "947FM" Portland, OR, WCNR Charlottesville, VA and WEQX Manchester, VT and Albany, NY, KCCQ Des Moines/Ames, IA and YrockonXPN WXPN Philadelphia as well as an international presence in Germany (Berlin, Stuttgart and Brandenburg) via MotorFM. The show is creation of British-born DJ Sat Bisla (host and music programmer of Passport Approved), who was previously a DJ at KCRW in Los Angeles (where he now resides) and has worked at a number of other music-intensive radio stations in Central California, including KKDJ "The Edge" Fresno, where he hosted/programmed a weekly import show and was also the stations Music Director.

Passport Approved works with tastemaker DJs and radio stations from around the world, including Kiwi FM New Zealand and Deutschland`s MotorFM. Bisla has also done weekly exchanges with Australia`s Triple M Radio, and also highly-influential BBC Radio 1 (UK) DJ Zane Lowe. Since the show`s inception in April 2004 Bisla has given either US or World Premiere airplay to a wide variety of international artists, including Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys, Sam Sparro, Wolfmother, Nine Black Alps, Duffy, Ting Tings, Adele, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Crimea, Editors, Bloc Party, The Rakes and many others that have thereafter enjoyed huge success. Passport Approved offers a globe-spanning 360 interactive music experience for consumers, artists and the music industry itself. In addition, the show satisfies a smorgasbord of musical tastes through its adventurous, yet mass-appeal, selection of music, ranging from alternative, rock and hip-hop to electronic, break-beat, acoustic, dance and cool pop.

Passport Approved
passport approved playlist - 05.12.08 - indie 103.1fm los angeles
9:00AM: FARRYL PURKISS Ducking & Diving (Sheer, South Africa) THE LOCARNOS Give It To Me Straight (Southwest, UK) DELAKOTA CMon Cincinatti (Go Beat! UK) TING TINGS Fruit Machine (Columbia, UK) THE COSHERCOT HONEYS Were All Lions (unsigned, New Zealand) 9:20AM: TEDDYBEARS Ahead Of My Time (Sony, Sweden) THE WOLFMEN Cecile (Damaged Goods, UK) *KIWI FM NEW ZEALAND [...]
 
passport approved 4 year anniversary show - 05.03.08 - indie 103.1fm los angeles
9:00AM: THE CRIMEA White Russian Galaxy (Warner Bros. UK) DUFFY Rockferry (Mercury, UK) EVERMORE Its Too Late (Warner Bros., Australia) MCQUEEN Running Out of Things To Say (A7 Music, UK) GIN CLUB 10 Paces Away (import, Australia)   9:20AM: KLAXONS Atlantis To Interzone (Polydor, UK) MISSY HIGGINS Peachy (Eleven Music, Australia) * KIWI FM WEEKLY IMPORT SELECTION W/DJ [...]
 
passport approved playlist - 04.19.08 - indie 103.1fm los angeles
9:00AM: PARKA Better Anyway (Jeepster, UK) FIVE MORE WAYS Make Me Smile (Alberts, Australia) GRAND AVENUE Bullet (EMI, Denmark) HUSHPUPPIES Fiction In The Facts (Discograph, France) STORY ONE Russian Dolls (unsigned, UK)   9:20AM: THE LOCARNOS Give It To Me Straight (South West, UK) FRANK TURNER The Real Damage (Xtra Mile, UK) *KIWI FM NEW ZEALAND WEEKLY IMPORT [...]
 
passport approved tour blog: day 2 [thank you Jimi!]
Dear Jimi, All of us here on the Passport Approved Tour are very big fans of yours and to be honest I am more than sure have inspired Justin Hopkins to play the guitar… Well now thanks to your liquid experience, we get to know you better by your tasty new beverage. ZING!!! We are all [...]
 
passport approved tour blog: day 1 [northward bound!]
YES  We Are Finally On The Passport Approved Tour!!! Sooo yesterday we all left from Hollywood with our vans packed, and headed north for our first stop San Francisco.   The Bassboosa tour van is sooo plush and everyone is jealous because we have Xbox 360 and a sweet DVD player We got to SF early and had a fantastic [...]