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The Bridge by Sammy Chand

Meet Sammy Chand, Your Host on The Bridge—Welcome to The Bridge, the only daily show covering the diaspora of the Indian subcontinent, airing nationally across North America on Rukus Avenue Radio/iHeart Radio. I"m your host, Sammy Chand, and I"m thrilled to share my passion for South Asian music and culture with you. A Pioneer in the Industry— With almost three decades of experience, I"ve been at the forefront of the South Asian cultural movement in North America. As the Founder and CEO of Rukus

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October 6, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Harjap Bhangal...

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/10/06

October 6, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Harjap Bhangal about immigration in the UK"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 634ON TODAY'S SHOWSammy sits down with Harjap Bhangal, one of the foremost faces of immigration law in the UK, for a long conversation on what makes a British person British, the state of immigration on his side of the Atlantic, and what the diaspora is living through everywhere else — the back half of the hour belongs to it. The music opens with two of the summer's

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October 5, 2026 — “Sammy talk to Sunny Grewal”

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2026/10/06

October 5, 2026 — “Sammy talk to Sunny Grewal”The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 633ON TODAY'S SHOWPriya Ragu's Finally opens the hour as the new No1, straight off the weekend count, and the top of the chart follows it in: Talwiinder's Assay Passay at No3, Hania Aamir's Pablo at No2, and Karan Aujla and Merci Beats' Ashke at No4 in its first week on the board. Sunny Grewal joins Sammy in the back half. Raga and Seedhe Maut land with Kuch Mat Kar, Shreya Ghoshal sets up her own

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THE BRIDGE - Countdown Show - Oct 2 - Oct 4, 2026

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/10/02

The Bridge Top 20 — Week 128, counted down October 2 to 4RUNDOWN0:00 Sammy1:36 No20 Treat Me Special — Rawme Hooda, MC Square4:40 Sammy4:56 No19 Tere Jatt De — Watan Sahi, Jasmeen Akhtar6:55 Sammy7:16 No18 Like That — Yung Sammy, Fijiana9:15 Sammy9:16 No17 Yeh Duniya — Curtain Blue11:32 Sammy11:48 No16 Devil — Diljit Dosanjh13:49 Sammy14:20 No15 Ho Jayenge Ghum — Raghav and Arjun17:35 Sammy17:58 No14 Suno Zra — Avvy Ballagan20:14 Sammy20:28 No13 Nuksaan — Afsana Khan, Salim & Sulaiman23:28

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September 29, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Shomin...

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/30

September 29, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Shomin Mathur"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 630ON TODAY'S SHOWSammy sits down with Shomin Mathur, and Black Mustang Defense's Casino Always Wins follows the conversation out. The chart runs through the hour from both ends: Talwiinder's Assay Passay opens at No4 in its second week, Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe holds at No1, Priya Ragu's Finally sits at No2, Jxggi's Knock Knock at No3, and Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya and Rawme

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September 28, 2026

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/28

The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 629ON TODAY'S SHOWThe new No1 opens the hour — Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe, straight off the weekend count — and Talwiinder's Assay Passay follows it at No4 in its first week on the board. Priya Ragu's Finally sits at No2. Burrah stops by to say hello after Lakeerein, and Karan Aujla and Merci Beats land with Ashke. Sammy chats with Sunny Grewal in the back half. Plus Hania Aamir's Pablo, Natkhat and Chaar Diwaari's Radha, Simran Chaudhary's

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September 25-27, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 Countdown

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/24

September 25-27, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 CountdownThe Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 628Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday September 25 through Sunday September 27ON TODAY'S SHOWIt's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and Zeeshan Ali takes the throne. Bandhe Zulfon Pe, with Dr ANK, climbs to No1 after weeks of steady rotation, the reward for the most consistently played record on the show this month. Priya Ragu's Finally lands at No2 and Jxggi's

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September 24, 2026 — “Sammy is joined by Sabeen Faheem”

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/24

September 24, 2026 — “Sammy is joined by Sabeen Faheem”The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 627ON TODAY'S SHOWSixteen tracks and a conversation — Sammy talks to Sabeen Faheem about her show Who Does She Think She Is. Outstation's Kuch Toh Hai Yahan opens the hour and Rawme Hooda's Treat Me Special closes it at No1. The chart runs right through the show: Supreme Sidhu's Chall Mere Naal, Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe, Jxggi's Knock Knock, Afsana Khan and Salim & Sulaiman's

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September 23, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/23

September 23, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 626ON TODAY'S SHOWSeventeen tracks and a sit-down — Sammy is joined by Ruby Basi in the back half of the hour. The chart runs deep through the show: Simran Chaudhary's Dil De Mohalle opens, and Yung Sammy and Fijiana's Like That, Supreme Sidhu's Chall Mere Naal, Jxggi's Knock Knock, Afsana Khan and Salim & Sulaiman's Nuksaan, Watan Sahi and Jasmeen Akhtar's Tere Jatt De, Rawme Hooda and MC

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September 22, 2026

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/22

The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 625ON TODAY'S SHOWHanita Bhambri sits down with Sammy for nearly half an hour — the longest conversation on the show since August. Toxic, her record with Vishal Mishra, follows her out of the chair. The hour opens on the chart with Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya, then runs Hania Aamir's Pablo and Priya Ragu's Finally back to back. Satinder Sartaaj takes a four minute lane with Guzarish, Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe sets up the interview, The

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September 21, 2026 — "Sammy Previews Hanita...

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/22

September 21, 2026 — "Sammy Previews Hanita interview, and is joined by Sunny Grewal”The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 624ON TODAY'S SHOWSunny Grewal is back in the chair for twelve minutes, and the music around him reaches wide. Priya Ragu's Finally and Hania Aamir's Pablo open the hour, Satinder Sartaaj takes a four minute lane with Guzarish, and Papon and Irshad Kamil's Apne Khilaaf lands in the middle of the show. Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya opens at No2 and Zeeshan Ali's

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September 18-20, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 Countdown

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/18

September 18-20, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 CountdownThe Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 623Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday September 18 through Sunday September 20ON TODAY'S SHOWIt's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and there's a new No1. Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya climbs from No2 to the top, three weeks after it debuted at No4 — the ninth different No1 of the season, and still no record has held the throne longer than three weeks. Treat Me

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September 17, 2026 — "Sammy's Suitcase of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/18

September 17, 2026 — "Sammy's Suitcase of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 622ON TODAY'S SHOWEighteen tracks, and the chart runs end to end. Rawme Hooda's Treat Me Special opens the hour at No1 and Farak's Taare closes it in its tenth week on the board. In between, nearly the whole top twenty comes through: Simar's Billo, Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe, Avvy Ballagan's Suno Zra, Watan Sahi and Jasmeen Akhtar's Tere Jatt De, Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya, Subhi's Bata Zara,

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September 16, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/16

September 16, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 621ON TODAY'S SHOWSeventeen tracks, wall to wall. Hania Amir's Pablo opens the hour and Satinder Sartaaj's Haazri closes it. Rawme Hooda returns with Total, a week after Treat Me Special took the top of the chart, and AP Dhillon and Boi-1da's Born Winner is back in rotation. The board runs deep through the show: Farak's Taare in its tenth week, Amrinder Gill and Jasmeen Akhtar's Coffee, Avvy

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September 15, 2026 — “Sammy discusses the Diljit...

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/15

September 15, 2026 — “Sammy discusses the Diljit Dosanjh Concert at Wembley”The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 620ON TODAY'S SHOWFourteen tracks and a twelve minute sit-down — Sammy is joined by Sunny and Shay in the back half of the hour. Karan Aujla's Low Fade and Rashmeet Kaur's Parinda both land, and Diljit Dosanjh's Walliyan returns days after Wembley Stadium. The chart runs through the middle of the show: Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe, Yung Sammy and Fijiana's Like That,

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September 14, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Celina...

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/14

September 14, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Celina Sharma"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 619ON TODAY'S SHOWCelina Sharma sits down with Sammy for the hour's centerpiece — and her music frames the whole conversation. Dear Mama walks her in, and Centre of Peace, her meeting of two generations with the legendary Sonu Nigam, walks her out. The show opens on the brand new No1 — Rawme Hooda and MC Square's Treat Me Special — and runs the top of the chart early with Avvy Ballagan's

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September 11-13, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 Countdown

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2026/09/11

September 11-13, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 CountdownThe Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 618Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday September 11 through Sunday September 13ON TODAY'S SHOWIt's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and the throne changes hands again. Rawme Hooda and MC Square's Treat Me Special takes No1 after three straight weeks at No2, ending Rebel's reign at a single week. Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya climbs to No2. Six records exit the chart

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September 10, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/10

September 10, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 617ON TODAY'S SHOWDiljit Dosanjh goes double on the hour — Morni with Tru Skool, and Kya Kamaal Hai, his first ever record with AR Rahman, two days before he headlines Wembley Stadium. Simran Chaudhary doubles too, on Dil De Mohalle and alongside Aditya Rikhari on Rehle Mere Kol. Talwiinder is back with Blues. The chart runs through the middle of the hour — Amrinder Gill and Jasmeen Akhtar's Coffee,

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September 9, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/09

September 9, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 616ON TODAY'S SHOWSatinder Sartaaj bookends the hour — Nazma'n Dhi Palki opens it, Sajjan Raazi closes it. In between, seventeen tracks and one of the biggest new records in the world: Kya Kamaal Hai, the first ever collaboration between Diljit Dosanjh and AR Rahman, written by Irshad Kamil for Imtiaz Ali's Partition-set film. Zeb Bangash gets a near six-minute lane with Mehmaan. The top of the chart

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September 8, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/09

September 8, 2026 — "Sammy's Bucket of Music"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 615ON TODAY'S SHOWSeventeen tracks and a long sit-down. Sammy welcomes Sunny Grewal back to the show for a conversation, and the music runs deep on both ends of it. Curtain Blue's Yeh Duniya opens off its top-five countdown debut, Diljit Dosanjh's Waliyan lands days out from Wembley Stadium, and Rawme Hooda and MC Square's Treat Me Special holds its runner-up form. Farak's Taare closes the hour — the

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September 7, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Bali"

The Bridge by Sammy Chand ·

2026/09/07

September 7, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Bali"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 614ON TODAY'S SHOWDelhi's sharpest wit comes to The Bridge. Sammy sits down with Bali — the independent rapper who turned a conversation with somebody too high to listen into Sunn Na, and built a career on sarcasm in a scene that bet everything on menace. They get into the school notebooks, the cost of staying independent, why comedy is the highest technical bar in rap, and the wildcard turn into

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