I can't tell any difference from other places where I've heard that noise. It would sound bad no matter what I was listening to.
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2022: We gained three dance stations this year!
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Where I come from, we're starting to move on from that stuff and be a bit more positive about neurodiversity.
I like EDM with more of a tune than that, but generally appreciate all forms of it.
The tune is "Sandstorm" by Darude. It came out back in 1999, an EDM staple, still gets played a lot on Pride Radio.
Surprisingly, Grand Island, Nebraska plays it (or played it) quite a bit on their CHR back when I used to stream it. I don't know if it is still in rotation, but a quick archive can show it being played in 2019! Maybe that town has a thing for EDM!
The early 2000's was a great time for Dance/EDM and radio stations with the format. KNRJ has been gone since 2008, but greatly missed by those of us who loved listening to it.
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KNRJ - Energy 92-7 & 101-1 - Payson/Phoenix, AZ - 6/21/02 - FM Airchecks
In January 2001, Big City Radio launched all-Dance formatted “Energy 92-7 & 5” on a trio of signals in suburban Chicago. A year and a half later (13 years ago today), Sierra H Broadcasting debuted the very similar “Energy 92-7 & 101-1” on KAZL (eventually KNRJ) in Payson, AZ — with a simulcast...
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I have been looking for a way to discover more EDM. I use Youtube Music, but it only lends so much in terms of finding some hidden EDM tracks I have not heard. Sometimes if I look up music styles on Wikipedia, I could find something. An EDM radio station would be a great resource.The early 2000's was a great time for Dance/EDM and radio stations with the format. KNRJ has been gone since 2008, but greatly missed by those of us who loved listening to it.
KNRJ - Energy 92-7 & 101-1 - Payson/Phoenix, AZ - 6/21/02 - FM Airchecks
In January 2001, Big City Radio launched all-Dance formatted “Energy 92-7 & 5” on a trio of signals in suburban Chicago. A year and a half later (13 years ago today), Sierra H Broadcasting debuted the very similar “Energy 92-7 & 101-1” on KAZL (eventually KNRJ) in Payson, AZ — with a simulcast...
Are there any well done dance streams that are not just some guy in a basement doing his own mix tapes and the like?
It would seem that a well promoted and well hosted (meaning mixers, not talk jocks) dance "station" could do very well. If they could get lots of good mixers it would be sensational. And mixes or set tailored for different dayparts, holidays, weekends and the like would be even better.
I have only listened to a few dance stations, as I tend to like more hybrid type formats which oftentimes is able to single out certain dance tracks and draw attention to. (Like CHR/dance.) A lot of times pure dance stations make it harder to decipher, since there is a lot of similar sound. But of the dance stations I have listened to, they do a pretty good job, but a lot of times there is very little (if at all) talking. I am not sure I have heard many different mixes, but could listen more. I would like to find a station like KNRJ though, they mix it up more than some I listen to.
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There was something quite special indeed about Energy Arizona for those who loved it. It seemed to match up nicely with the warm sun in the Valley.
There are so many, although I'm not aware of any in the US. UK DAB is packed with dance stations. Just in my local region there are quite a number on the air. Some are very professional, like In Demand Radio and Juice Radio, others are a bit more amateur-hour like Ultimate Beats Radio. The general programming policy on these stations tends to be tracks played in daytimes, live mixes at evenings and during the weekends. Centreforce runs live mixes with live presentation 24/7, all day and all night - you can normally watch the DJ on a live web video stream.
There's also a bit of overlap between Dance and LGBT+ formats. Gaydio is a big national player, an LGBT+ station that mostly plays EDM and often sounds like any other dance station. Pride Radio in north-east England (no connection to the iHeart HD format) is more explicitly queer in its programming, has more speech, and sounds a bit less like they're just playing dance all day.
For a NY flavor with a pop lean (continued by some of the people who were involved with the over-the-air station WNYZ-LP-87.75 Pulse 87 from February 2008 thru October 2009):
www.pulse87ny.com
30 day playlist: Pulse 87 NY Online On Air Playlist
Besides main site + TuneGenie page, Listen Live direct streaming URLs to plug in to media players:
https://s2.yesstreaming.net:17039/PULSE-87 or http://s2.yesstreaming.net:7039/PULSE-87
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For NY old school, a tribute site + stream for Hot 103.5 / Hot 97, the dance/rhythmic CHR that launched in 1986
(which eventually morphed to the hip hop and R+B leaning CHR Hot 97 in 1993-1994):
hot103and97online.com
Listen Live via Live365: https://live365.com/embed/popout.html?station=a40747&s=xl&m=dark (includes small recently played list)
Direct streaming URL for media players: http://streaming.live365.com/a40747
Imaging includes original sweepers from the late Chuck Riley: Chuck Riley (voice actor) - Wikipedia
Pulse 87
www.pulse87ny.com
30 day playlist: Pulse 87 NY Online On Air Playlist
Besides main site + TuneGenie page, Listen Live direct streaming URLs to plug in to media players:
https://s2.yesstreaming.net:17039/PULSE-87 or http://s2.yesstreaming.net:7039/PULSE-87
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For NY old school, a tribute site + stream for Hot 103.5 / Hot 97, the dance/rhythmic CHR that launched in 1986
(which eventually morphed to the hip hop and R+B leaning CHR Hot 97 in 1993-1994):
NY'S ORIGINAL HOT 103/97 | NY'S HOTTEST MUSIC
hot103and97online.com
Listen Live via Live365: https://live365.com/embed/popout.html?station=a40747&s=xl&m=dark (includes small recently played list)
Direct streaming URL for media players: http://streaming.live365.com/a40747
Imaging includes original sweepers from the late Chuck Riley: Chuck Riley (voice actor) - Wikipedia
And now both KSFE and KREV are no more. KSFE is now a "highway station" playing 80s songs and the San Francisco stream is now "92.7 The Hustle" emulating KYLZ 101.3 here in Albuquerque. It was good while it lasted!
That tribute station to Hot 97's before hip hop is really good. It seems like they do new (using the old songs) mix shows on the weekends.
And its gone.
NRG Signs Off In Palm Springs - RadioInsight
David Reese’s NRG Media has ceased programming his Dance “100.9 NRG” programming on CRC Media West’s 100.9 K265FH Cathedral City/Palm Springs and Marker Broadcasting’s 95.9 KJJZ-HD4 Indian Wells CA. A message on the station’s website notes, “To our listeners, thank you for support & your kind...
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