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Ted Asregadoo

(He/Him)
Walnut Creek
As seen in: Music Tap, Planet LP, Popdose, Truthout, Ultimate Classic Rock, KFBK-AM (Sacramento, CA), Antioch Herald
Covers:  Music, film, television, and books
Doesn't Cover: Sports, real estate, environment
Former radio guy who's now a government man. Periodically contributing to Popdose & Musictap on pop culture & music topics. Host of the Planet LP pod.

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Ted Asregadoo’s Biography

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Decades of experience working in radio, television, and as a music journalist.

I've also worked as a marketing director where my writing talents have been implemented in marketing and public relations communications. I've successfully generated hundreds of marketing and business materials including press releases, advertising copy, digital, social, pitch emails, white papers, essays, reviews, and long-form pieces in print and online.

Currently, I work as the Public Information Officer for the …

Ted Asregadoo’s Journalist Portfolio

Episode 97: Single Play feat. Allie Sandt and Ward White

Episode 97: Single Play feat. Allie Sandt and Ward White

In this episode, Planet LP host Ted Asregadoo talks to and features music from two artists whose singles have…

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Articles

Film Review: “Power Ballad”

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By Ted Asregadoo
| Popdose
June 7, 2026 4 Min Read Early in the film “Power Ballad,” a scene featuring Rick Power (Paul Rudd) and his bandmates foreshadows what’s to come. Power fronts a cover band known as The Bride and the Groove, and while the lads do a slow-motion hero walk at a wedding reception gig for a rich couple, AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” is playing.
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10 Radio-Friendly Bob Dylan Songs (1980-Present)

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By Ted Asregadoo
| Popdose
April 27, 2026 11 Min Read Growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, radio was a major cultural force. It would remain so even through the rise and reign of MTV. By the late ‘90s, the Internet went from being “What is Internet? to everyone is on this thing in fairly short order. When radio stations started streaming on the World Wide Web (as was novel to say back then, many saw it as just another channel to hear what was being broadcast on terrestrial radio.
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Antioch man faces murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, child abuse charges

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By Ted Asregadoo
| Antioch Herald Verified
38-year-old Jaquan Tarrell Jones shot, killed 44-year-old Cordai Mustafi May 5th Held on $11.62 million bail, has history of arrests and previous convictions in 2006, 2024 By Ted Asregadoo, PIO, Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged Jaquan Tarrell Jones, 38, of Antioch (born 3/18/1988), with six felony counts stemming from an attack that left one man dead and multiple victims injured in an Antioch neighborhood.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A news anchor on a morning radio show.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

It has made accurate information exist on the same level as mis or disinformation.