Announcing: Iconic Radio Host Sheena Metal Named to Talkers Magazine ‘Frontier Fifty’

SHEENA METAL
CHOSEN BY TALKERS MAGAZINE FOR ITS
2013 FRONTIER FIFTY

Sheena Metal, an entertainment icon who has anchored numerous radio shows for over 19 years in Los Angeles, has been named one of Talkers Magazine’s 2013 Frontier Fifty, an exclusive selection of outstanding talk media webcasters. The Sheena Metal Experience can be heard Monday through Friday from 5—7pm on LATalkRadio.com.

Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to talk radio in the United States. In addition to radio, it covers talk shows on broadcast and cable television as well as internet-only shows and podcasting. The magazine is nonpartisan, advocating the advancement of conservative, progressive, and apolitical talk radio. The magazine’s online counterpart is talkers.com, which provides free access to all content from the print version.

Sheena Metal has anchored a wide and varied number of radio shows in Los Angeles. During her six years at KLSX, she helmed five different programs. Currently, five days a week at LA’s hottest new station LATalkRadio.com on The Sheena Metal Experience, she interviews television and movie stars, Broadway legends, studio heads, writers, doctors, chefs, shark experts and ghost hunters … to name only a few. In addition, Metal hosts three other weekly shows for the successful radio station. They are Music Highway, an internationally syndicated music/talk hybrid, Haunted Playground, a paranormal cornucopia of ghosts, monsters, aliens and other things that go bump in the night and, her newest effort, Two Chicks Talkin’ Politics, which pairs her with Brady Bunch alum Susan Olsen, for a show that uses both ladies’ irreverent opinions to provoke and re-unite Americans during this difficult time for our country.

For more information, visit www.talkers.com/frontierfifty2013 or www.sheenametal.com.

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08-20-13

Announcing: Sheena Metal will Interview ‘Queer as Folk’ Cast Members April 5 at 5pm PDT; Metal Also Set to Host 2013 ‘Queer as Folk’ LA Convention June 7-9

LATalkRadio Host SHEENA METAL
Interviews QUEER AS FOLK Cast Members
MICHELLE CLUNIE, ROBERT GANT, GALE HAROLD,
RANDY HARRISON, SCOTT LOWELL, and PETER PAIGE
on THE SHEENA METAL EXPERIENCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 5 from 5-7pm PDT

METAL ALSO SET TO HOST
QUEER AS FOLK RISE ‘N SHINE CONVENTION
IN LOS ANGELES, JUNE 7 — 9

On Friday, April 5, from 5-7pm, popular LATalkRadio host Sheena Metal will interview Queer As Folk cast members Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, and Peter Paige on The Sheena Metal Experience at LATalkRadio.com.

Metal will also host the second annual Queer As Folk Rise ‘n Shine Convention in Los Angeles, June 7-9. The premiere Rise ‘n Shine event took place in Cologne in 2012, and this will be the first such gathering in the United States. Friends and fans of the now legendary Showtime series, which aired for five seasons from 2000­-2005, will gather at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, 9750 Airport Boulevard, in Los Angeles, 90045.

Brash humor and genuine emotion made up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offered an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive, and always straight to the heart, Queer As Folk was groundbreaking television at its best.

For more information on the Rise ‘n Shine Convention, visit http://www.risenshineusa.com/ or www.SheenaMetalExperience.com.

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04-03-13

Announcing: Special Performances of “The Vagina Monologues,” Directed By LA Talk Radio’s Sheena Metal, Will Benefit the V-Day Movement and Protect.org

All-Star Cast Will Perform
The Vagina Monologues to Benefit V-Day
and Protect.org

Popular LATalkRadio Host Sheena Metal Produces and Directs
the Eve Ensler Play at the Atwater Village Theatre
3 Performances Only, February 14-15-16

More than 50 film and television stars will perform Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues in an intimate theatrical setting for three performances only, February 14, 15, and 16 at 8pm, at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Produced and directed by Sheena Metal for Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, all proceeds will benefit V-Day, A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls, and Protect.org, a national pro-child, anti-crime association committed to building a powerful, nonpartisan force for the protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect.

“It is exciting to work with so many great actresses, all of whom are graciously donating their time and talents,” said Metal, whose popular LATalkRadio show, The Sheena Metal Experience (M-F, 5-7pm) is only one of four programs she hosts on LATR each week. “I salute every artist, onstage and off, who is contributing to this special presentation of The Vagina Monologues.”

Among the long list of luminous actresses who will perform in the three benefit performances are (in alphabetical order) Alison Arngrim, Ilene Graff, Geri Jewell, Gates McFadden, Susan Olsen, Angel Parker, Eve Sigall, Barbara Tarbuck, Ann Walker, Dee Wallace, Allee Willis, and Kim Yarbrough. A complete cast list is available at www.vdayla.com.

To date, the V-Day movement, founded by playwright/actress Eve Ensler, has raised over $75 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it. In 2006, the V-Day movement was named one of Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten Charities, and in 2010, over 5400 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. In 12 years, the V-Day movement has reached over 300 million people.

These special performances of The Vagina Monologues are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, February 14, 15, and 16, at 8pm. Tickets are $25, and may be purchased online at www.vdayla.com. The Atwater Village Theatre is located at 3269 Casitas Avenue, in Los Angeles.

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02-07-13