Evolution Radio in Philly area?

[Horse]

Hi,

I am a electronic dance music junkie, however obviously FM radio doesn't really carry what I like to hear as it focuses on overplayed top40 hits.

I know Q102 (WIOQ) plays the Evolution With Pete Tong show Sunday nights on FM, however I am trying to find out if the HD2 feed of the station plays the nightly dj mixes from 7pm to midnight: http://www.iheartevolution.com/onair/

Based on http://www.iheartevolution.com/arti...74652/evolution-radio-brand-stations-11333305 it appears not, however there is a possibility that the list is out of date and the full nightly Evolution experience is broadcast in the Philly area.

If it indeed is, then I'd love to get a HD Radio for myself so I can tune into these shows (plus I get to hear dance music not be overplayed during the day so it's win-win).

Is there anyone in the Philadelphia area with an HD Radio who can tune in to WIOQ HD2 around ~7:00-7:05 PM (or at the top of any hour between then and midnight, really) to see if the Evolution Beatport Show and/or other nightly DJ mixes play? I'd much appreciate it if I could figure out if Evolution is indeed played on HD2 or not.

Thank you.

 

[quadpain]

Evolution is a national iHeart property so every station is playing the same schedule. 102.1 HD-2 should be playing the nightly DJ mixes. You don't necessarily need a HD Radio to hear it. Just stream it at http://www.iheart.com/live/evolution-5953 or on their handy app.

I have a Dance/EDM station that has a more local feel http://www.iradiophilly.com/pulsations

Al Clay

 

[Hdradioisthefuture]

But as stated here on many occasions, no stereo, flat sound.

 

[thataveragejoe]

WIOQ-HD2 is DaNu Radio. (Russian) not Evolution.

http://www.danuradio.com/

 

[Hdradioisthefuture]

It used to be when wusl HD-2 was danu, now wusl HD-2 is yet another Spanish format so they dumped danu on wioq HD-2 a few months ago...

 

[broadcastguy]

now wusl HD-2 is yet another Spanish format

Noticed that too... Maybe iHeart is planning to have a full power FM Latin station again? They had it a few years ago (Rumba 104.5) and it wasn't what I would call a success...

As far as I know Philly has two HD-2 signals (97.5 & 99.9), two translators (97.1 and 105.7) and two small AM's (1310 & 1340) broadcasting in Spanish but no big FM station at all, that's actually weird.

 

[davideduardo]

As far as I know Philly has two HD-2 signals (97.5 & 99.9), two translators (97.1 and 105.7) and two small AM's (1310 & 1340) broadcasting in Spanish but no big FM station at all, that's actually weird.

Not so weird. While Philadelphia has about 8% Hispanic population, the big majority are Puerto Ricans, and those under 55 are mostly second and third generation. Like New York, that group does not use Spanish language media much.

 

[Bill_W]

Not so weird. While Philadelphia has about 8% Hispanic population, the big majority are Puerto Ricans, and those under 55 are mostly second and third generation. Like New York, that group does not use Spanish language media much.

Why do we have so much Spanish speaking television in Philly then? Just on broadcast, we have the 3 major American Spanish broadcast networks and an additional 2 on subchannels. Do the networks need the national clearances for advertisers? And then there are the additional Spanish speaking cable channels that I get on my English speaking FiOS package, not the Spanish package. I don't speak Spanish but, I have been known to watch a Red Sox game on Fox Deportes when the Phillies are on Channel 29.

 

[davideduardo]

Why do we have so much Spanish speaking television in Philly then? Just on broadcast, we have the 3 major American Spanish broadcast networks and an additional 2 on subchannels. Do the networks need the national clearances for advertisers? And then there are the additional Spanish speaking cable channels that I get on my English speaking FiOS package, not the Spanish package. I don't speak Spanish but, I have been known to watch a Red Sox game on Fox Deportes when the Phillies are on Channel 29.

It's all about clearances with the OTA channels. And major cable carriers negotiate fees across their systems; most major metro systems have enough channels available to populate paid and unpaid tiers of Spanish language offerings.

 

[TheBigA]

Hi,

I am a electronic dance music junkie, however obviously FM radio doesn't really carry what I like to hear as it focuses on overplayed top40 hits.

This discussion comes up a lot in other cities, and what we've found is that this music is mainly popular at certain times of day, not 24/7. It's more of a sub-format than it's own format. So that's why WIOQ runs the Sunday night EDM show. Some cities have enough audience to do EDM on weekday nights as well. Perhaps not enough in Philly right now.

 

[broadcastguy]

Not so weird. While Philadelphia has about 8% Hispanic population, the big majority are Puerto Ricans, and those under 55 are mostly second and third generation. Like New York, that group does not use Spanish language media much.

I understand that, still weird to think that a latin/contemporary/urban format like La Mega NY won't be a success in strong signal. With the proper programming, marketing, promotion and sales team, considering that a big signal will cover from Elkton to Princeton, Allentown and even Atlantic City, that's a lot of latino audience there and you won't have any other competitor, at least nowbody big as you.

Almost every major market has at least one Latin station on a strong signal making good bucks, don't understand why it wouldn't work in the Philly area.