The company operates the annual RadioContraband Rock Radio Convention as well as the Rock Radio Awards. The convention first took place in September 2012 at the
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas with artist showcases taking place at the
House of Blues and more recently at the
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino with artist showcases taking place at the music venue, Vinyl, and
Hard Rock Live on the
Las Vegas Strip. The convention features industry panels, artist showcases, and the rock radio awards. Past winners of the RadioContraband Rock Radio Awards include the
Foo Fighters;
Five Finger Death Punch;
Avenged Sevenfold;
Metallica;
Disturbed;
Pop Evil for their song "Trenches"; WMMR/Philadelphia; WJJO/Madison; WZOR/Appleton; WRIF/Detroit; WOZZ/ Wausau, Wisconsin; Mark Abramson/ Roadrunner Records; and Jackie Kajzer/ Eleven Seven Records. Winners in 2014 include the Pretty Reckless, Nothing More and KEYJ/Abilene. Winners in 2015 include Muse, Bring Me the Horizon, SiriusXM/Octane, KTHQ/Spokane, Roxy Myzal/ Harddrive, Ryan Castle/ KISW, Heather Luke/ Warner Brothers Records and Lou Brutus/ Harddrive. RadioContraband alumni includes the Offspring, David Draiman from Disturbed, Sixx:A.M., Black Veil Brides, Trivum, Hoobastank, Royal Bliss, Thousand Foot Crutch, Killswitch Engage, Incubus and Alter Bridge.
Sixx:A.M. debuted their 2016 hit, "Rise", at the RadioContraband Rock Radio Convention at the
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. ==References==