Denver has a new dance station...the time is now New York!

[Jeffrey]

how is it a city like New York with deep roots in dance music doesn't beat a city like Denver!?
In a smaller market there may be less a stake nonetheless this just doesn't compute!

HOT 107.1
http://www.hot1071denver.com/
http://www.hot1071denver.com/streaming_player.html

[Tony Santiago]

how is it a city like New York with deep roots in dance music doesn't beat a city like Denver!?
In a smaller market there may be less a stake nonetheless this just doesn't compute!

HOT 107.1
http://www.hot1071denver.com/
http://www.hot1071denver.com/streaming_player.html

We live in the most CONSERVATIVE market in the country. 

The "suits" are here.  Most corporate headquarters are here.  They don't see it.  But I am riding my hopes on Denver since it IS a major market.  We just have to keep pushing.  We'll get our station soon enough

[Barry]

FWIW, Radio-Insight's publisher speculates this may be an "Extended April Fool's stunt." The article stated, "KDHT becomes the only Commercial Dance station in the country. While CHR has become much more Dance friendly in recent years, don’t expect this to be the start of a major trend towards Dance only stations. KDHT is a rimshot signal that registered a 1.1 share in a market that has not seen a Mainstream CHR success at any time in recent history."

[Tony Santiago]

FWIW, Radio-Insight's publisher speculates this may be an "Extended April Fool's stunt." The article stated, "KDHT becomes the only Commercial Dance station in the country. While CHR has become much more Dance friendly in recent years, don’t expect this to be the start of a major trend towards Dance only stations. KDHT is a rimshot signal that registered a 1.1 share in a market that has not seen a Mainstream CHR success at any time in recent history."

And other stations have also been in rimshots.  If this can penetrate into Denver and make a difference, then that is a good thing.  And I've been on Hot 107.1's FB page.  If this is supposed to be an "April Fool's" joke then it is a cruel one.  But I don't believe they are joking.  Add TO the fact that we've just had our conference a week ago (Winter Music Conference).  Stations tend to start doing things now since a lot of new music has been released from there.

[DavidEduardo]

And other stations have also been in rimshots.  If this can penetrate into Denver and make a difference, then that is a good thing. 

It's 70 dbu signal covers 85,000 persons. The 65 dbu does not even reach 20% of the market.

[K-Billy]

KDHT reaches more cows than it does people.

[KyleAndMelissa22]

And other stations have also been in rimshots.  If this can penetrate into Denver and make a difference, then that is a good thing. 

It's 70 dbu signal covers 85,000 persons. The 65 dbu does not even reach 20% of the market.

KDHT reaches more cows than it does people.

KDHT has a 20,000 watt booster (KDHT-3 licensed to Aurora) that covers the heart of Denver,
that's very well city grade, and provides a decent signal as far west as Lakewood/Arvada and
north towards Broomfield/Erie and south to Centennial/Parker...that means 60dbu everywhere within 15 miles of Denver itself...
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KDHT-3&service=FB&status=L&hours=U

[Nick]

They're owned by Max Media, which also owns Hot 100.5 in Virginia Beach.
They stunted before launching Hot 100.5 with "Kungpao 100.5" for a week. Classic Chinese hits from the 70s and 80s.

Based on their history of stunting, I think this is a stunt.

However, classic Chinese music was intended to get rid of the listeners of Max 100.5. This stunt in Denver won't get rid of all the CHR listeners.

Technically Hot 107.1 isn't the only commercial dance station. Dance-formatted KDWB-HD2 in Minneapolis is simulcast on a translator.

[KyleAndMelissa22]

According to this FCC map, KDHT's booster covers even more in the 60 dbu than even the Radio-Locator map indicates...
Either way the booster does provide city-grade to most of the immediate Denver area, and therefore it has a nearly-full market signal.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/contourplot.kml?gmap=2%26appid=1077219%26call=KDHT-3-FM%26freq=107.1.5%26contour=60%26city=AURORA%26state=CO

[only1moore]

If this was a April Fools Day joke, then explain this article...

http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/03/hot_1071_flips_formats.php