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A little bit of Energy coming back to Chicago

M

midwestclubber

Guest
Hey guys, go check out the Chicago Message board, their is a thread starting over their about a new (DANCE) mixshow, WITH (FRANKIE HOLLYWOOD RODRIGUEZ), it premeirs this Wednsday night, and after that, will be heard every Saturday Night from 9.00 P.M to 2.00 A.M. The station to host this program, is no other than (NINE FM), Which is located on the old Energy 927&5 Frequencies, people are going to be freaking out, and thinking Energy came back. This is an important mixshow, as its Chicagos only Dance Oriented Mixshow, other than one or two NON COMS.
 
> Hey guys, go check out the Chicago Message board, their is a
> thread starting over their about a new (DANCE) mixshow, WITH
> (FRANKIE HOLLYWOOD RODRIGUEZ), it premeirs this Wednsday
> night, and after that, will be heard every Saturday Night
> from 9.00 P.M to 2.00 A.M. The station to host this
> program, is no other than (NINE FM), Which is located on the
> old Energy 927&5 Frequencies, people are going to be
> freaking out, and thinking Energy came back. This is an
> important mixshow, as its Chicagos only Dance Oriented
> Mixshow, other than one or two NON COMS.
>
Doesn't B-96 still have some non Hip Hop mixshows on the weekend???

PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about 103.5 Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa and Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop Dance music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the same????<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by CHRles on 11/23/05 02:22 AM.</FONT></P>
 
>
> PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about 103.5
> Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa and
> Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
> broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop Dance
> music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the
> same????
>

I'm gonna take a couple of guesses as to why. For one thing, Kiss has no dance heritage in Chicago... a station like FLZ/Tampa has been around for years, and in the beginning they were pretty dance friendly. Kiss Chicago can't make that claim. Secondly, I'm thinking they don't have anyone there that knows dance or mixshow programming strongly enough to pull off a credible or successful dance show. I don't think they could do it (do it right, anyway) without a consultant. Heck, look at how many dance songs they've plugged into regular rotation in the past 3 or 4 years... you can count them up on one hand.

I'm not claiming to be right, just a couple of ideas I've gathered from observations about what they do over there.
 
> >
> > PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about
> 103.5
> > Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa and
> > Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
> > broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop
> Dance
> > music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the
> > same????
> >
>
> I'm gonna take a couple of guesses as to why. For one
> thing, Kiss has no dance heritage in Chicago... a station
> like FLZ/Tampa has been around for years, and in the
> beginning they were pretty dance friendly.

Q-100 Atlanta on the other hand signed on even after WKSC Chicago, and as good as the ATL's nightlife is, it still pales in comparison to Chicago's.


> Secondly, I'm thinking they don't have anyone there that knows dance or mixshow programming strongly enough to pull off a credible or successful dance show.

How hard is it to hire a couple of decent DJs from Chicago? You can't swing a dead cat in metro Chicago without hitting an aspiring DJ. There's quite a few really good ones that even post on this board. There's also people like DJ Sticky Boots (cheesy name I know). I believe he's from Chicago, and he hosts mixshows on several Midwest CHRs near Chicago:
http://www.djstickyboots.com/mixshow.htm
Even syndicate the guys from FLZ. I know Z-100 Portland does that (or did it). Or consult with stations like Channel 933 San Diego, Channel 955 Detroit (they do have shows that exclusively play Dance), and 102.7 KIIS-FM as they all have Dance shows as well. Should I keep going? There's good mixers over at Rhythmic Wild 94.9 San Francisco, Z-103.5 Toronto, WKTU NYC, Kiss 108 Boston, even Z-107.7 St. Louis has'em.

But again, this is Chicago - it should be a walk in the park to hire DJs who play Dance music.

> I'm not claiming to be right, just a couple of ideas I've
> gathered from observations about what they do over there.
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by CHRles on 11/23/05 03:22 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> > Hey guys, go check out the Chicago Message board, their is
> a
> > thread starting over their about a new (DANCE) mixshow,
> WITH
> > (FRANKIE HOLLYWOOD RODRIGUEZ), it premeirs this Wednsday
> > night, and after that, will be heard every Saturday Night
> > from 9.00 P.M to 2.00 A.M. The station to host this
> > program, is no other than (NINE FM), Which is located on
> the
> > old Energy 927&5 Frequencies, people are going to be
> > freaking out, and thinking Energy came back. This is an
> > important mixshow, as its Chicagos only Dance Oriented
> > Mixshow, other than one or two NON COMS.
> >
> Doesn't B-96 still have some non Hip Hop mixshows on the
> weekend???
NOPE......
> PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about 103.5
> Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa and
> Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
> broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop Dance
> music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the
> same????
>
Also, Chr Radio Now 93.1 doesnt do anything at all with dance, the only time you can here Dance Music their, is during Open House Party. Their Friday night mixshow Club Radius is mostly Hip Hop, Mashups, and Mainstream Pop mixed up, with maybe DHT and Gorrilaz if your very lucky. But they do have a Non Com in Indy, WBDG 90.9 that goes all Dance every weekend. And Indys Modern-Active rock station X-103 has (Planet-X) with all dance on Sunday Nights from 9.00 unitll 2.00 a.m. Saint Louis has great Dance Shows each weekend night on KSLZ z1077--Similar to the 93.3 FLZ mixshow, also the Alternative Rocker hear has a Dance show on Sunday night with live mixing. Even WLKT 104.5 THE CAT, in Lexington KY has good Weekend Dance Mixshows. The Midwest is well covered, when it comes to Mixshows in Big Citys, I dont know why WNOU 93.1 in INDY, and Kiss 103.5 Chicago refuse to play any.
 
Heck, It's the city that gave birth to house AND acid. They even have the Frankie Knuckles Square or something like that.. WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A DANCE STATION???????

> > >
> > > PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about
> > 103.5
> > > Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa
> and
> > > Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
> > > broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop
> > Dance
> > > music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the
>
> > > same????
> > >
> >
> > I'm gonna take a couple of guesses as to why. For one
> > thing, Kiss has no dance heritage in Chicago... a station
> > like FLZ/Tampa has been around for years, and in the
> > beginning they were pretty dance friendly.
>
> Q-100 Atlanta on the other hand signed on even after WKSC
> Chicago, and as good as the ATL's nightlife is, it still
> pales in comparison to Chicago's.
>
>
> > Secondly, I'm thinking they don't have anyone there that
> knows dance or mixshow programming strongly enough to pull
> off a credible or successful dance show.
>
> How hard is it to hire a couple of decent DJs from Chicago?
> You can't swing a dead cat in metro Chicago without hitting
> an aspiring DJ. There's quite a few really good ones that
> even post on this board. There's also people like DJ Sticky
> Boots (cheesy name I know). I believe he's from Chicago, and
> he hosts mixshows on several Midwest CHRs near Chicago:
> http://www.djstickyboots.com/mixshow.htm
> Even syndicate the guys from FLZ. I know Z-100 Portland does
> that (or did it). Or consult with stations like Channel 933
> San Diego, Channel 955 Detroit (they do have shows that
> exclusively play Dance), and 102.7 KIIS-FM as they all have
> Dance shows as well. Should I keep going? There's good
> mixers over at Rhythmic Wild 94.9 San Francisco, Z-103.5
> Toronto, WKTU NYC, Kiss 108 Boston, even Z-107.7 St. Louis
> has'em.
>
> But again, this is Chicago - it should be a walk in the park
> to hire DJs who play Dance music.
>
> > I'm not claiming to be right, just a couple of ideas I've
> > gathered from observations about what they do over there.
> >
>
 
> > >
> > > PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about
> > 103.5
> > > Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa
> and
> > > Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
> > > broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop
> > Dance
> > > music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing the
>
> > > same????
> > >
> >
> > I'm gonna take a couple of guesses as to why. For one
> > thing, Kiss has no dance heritage in Chicago... a station
> > like FLZ/Tampa has been around for years, and in the
> > beginning they were pretty dance friendly.
>
> Q-100 Atlanta on the other hand signed on even after WKSC
> Chicago, and as good as the ATL's nightlife is, it still
> pales in comparison to Chicago's.
>
>
> > Secondly, I'm thinking they don't have anyone there that
> knows dance or mixshow programming strongly enough to pull
> off a credible or successful dance show.
>
> How hard is it to hire a couple of decent DJs from Chicago?
> You can't swing a dead cat in metro Chicago without hitting
> an aspiring DJ. There's quite a few really good ones that
> even post on this board. There's also people like DJ Sticky
> Boots (cheesy name I know). I believe he's from Chicago, and
> he hosts mixshows on several Midwest CHRs near Chicago:
> http://www.djstickyboots.com/mixshow.htm
> Even syndicate the guys from FLZ. I know Z-100 Portland does
> that (or did it). Or consult with stations like Channel 933
> San Diego, Channel 955 Detroit (they do have shows that
> exclusively play Dance), and 102.7 KIIS-FM as they all have
> Dance shows as well. Should I keep going? There's good
> mixers over at Rhythmic Wild 94.9 San Francisco, Z-103.5
> Toronto, WKTU NYC, Kiss 108 Boston, even Z-107.7 St. Louis
> has'em.
>

It's funny that you mention Stickyboots, he's a personal friend of mine... lol, and he's not from Chicago, but closeby. I'll pass along your good word to him. ;)

You're absolutely right, there's a lot of very good, competent DJ's in Chicago... I wouldn't say all of them are capable of doing radio mixshows, but some are. I need to make a point of that because mixing in a club environment and for a commercial radio station are two different beasts. But that aside, there are indeed mixers in the city who can produce great sounding radio mixes. I've seen at least a couple of them post on this discussion board from time to time, and there's another prominent fella on this board who does a fine business of contracting custom mixshows for radio stations. But back to Kiss specifically, since I don't know that they fully know or grasp dance music, they probably don't see it as a high-priority thing. If they elected to go for it, I'd think they'd have to either go the route of an experienced consultant, or they could hire To Kool Chris for whatever ransom they're willing to pay him and then pray for a miracle. The other thing is, if they decide to air mixshows... can they sell it? I've heard stories of a lot of CHR stations that go the mixshow route, then wind up ditching them down the road because they couldn't sell the time to advertisers. When you stray away from traditional programming, you sometimes have to find new ways to sell it or find new people willing to buy into it and fund it for you. So it's not always such a simple thing to just "do it" or not "do it."
 
> > > >
> > > > PS this is one of the things that pisses me off about
> > > 103.5
> > > > Kiss FM Chicago. CHR/Pop stations like 93.3 FLZ Tampa
> > and
> > > > Q-100 Atlanta have no problem hosting Dance shows, and
>
> > > > broadcasting from clubs that strictly play non Hip Hop
>
> > > Dance
> > > > music. Why is a CHR/Pop station in CHICAGO not doing
> the
> >
> > > > same????
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm gonna take a couple of guesses as to why. For one
> > > thing, Kiss has no dance heritage in Chicago... a
> station
> > > like FLZ/Tampa has been around for years, and in the
> > > beginning they were pretty dance friendly.
> >
> > Q-100 Atlanta on the other hand signed on even after WKSC
> > Chicago, and as good as the ATL's nightlife is, it still
> > pales in comparison to Chicago's.
> >
> >
> > > Secondly, I'm thinking they don't have anyone there that
>
> > knows dance or mixshow programming strongly enough to pull
>
> > off a credible or successful dance show.
> >
> > How hard is it to hire a couple of decent DJs from
> Chicago?
> > You can't swing a dead cat in metro Chicago without
> hitting
> > an aspiring DJ. There's quite a few really good ones that
> > even post on this board. There's also people like DJ
> Sticky
> > Boots (cheesy name I know). I believe he's from Chicago,
> and
> > he hosts mixshows on several Midwest CHRs near Chicago:
> > http://www.djstickyboots.com/mixshow.htm
> > Even syndicate the guys from FLZ. I know Z-100 Portland
> does
> > that (or did it). Or consult with stations like Channel
> 933
> > San Diego, Channel 955 Detroit (they do have shows that
> > exclusively play Dance), and 102.7 KIIS-FM as they all
> have
> > Dance shows as well. Should I keep going? There's good
> > mixers over at Rhythmic Wild 94.9 San Francisco, Z-103.5
> > Toronto, WKTU NYC, Kiss 108 Boston, even Z-107.7 St. Louis
>
> > has'em.
> >
>
> It's funny that you mention Stickyboots, he's a personal
> friend of mine... lol, and he's not from Chicago, but
> closeby. I'll pass along your good word to him. ;)
>
> You're absolutely right, there's a lot of very good,
> competent DJ's in Chicago... I wouldn't say all of them are
> capable of doing radio mixshows, but some are. I need to
> make a point of that because mixing in a club environment
> and for a commercial radio station are two different beasts.
> But that aside, there are indeed mixers in the city who can
> produce great sounding radio mixes. I've seen at least a
> couple of them post on this discussion board from time to
> time, and there's another prominent fella on this board who
> does a fine business of contracting custom mixshows for
> radio stations. But back to Kiss specifically, since I
> don't know that they fully know or grasp dance music, they
> probably don't see it as a high-priority thing. If they
> elected to go for it, I'd think they'd have to either go the
> route of an experienced consultant, or they could hire To
> Kool Chris for whatever ransom they're willing to pay him
> and then pray for a miracle. The other thing is, if they
> decide to air mixshows... can they sell it? I've heard
> stories of a lot of CHR stations that go the mixshow route,
> then wind up ditching them down the road because they
> couldn't sell the time to advertisers. When you stray away
> from traditional programming, you sometimes have to find new
> ways to sell it or find new people willing to buy into it
> and fund it for you. So it's not always such a simple thing
> to just "do it" or not "do it."
>
DJ Sticky Boots is actually from Indiana, I have a friend who knows him. Sticky Boots also was a Guest DJ on Sirius 36 THE BEAT, not too long ago.
 
> WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A DANCE STATION???????

How come Miami does not have a dance station?
<P ID="signature">______________
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> > WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A DANCE STATION???????
>
> How come Miami does not have a dance station?

In Chicago, you can thank SBS. They bought the Energy signals when the stations' backers weren't able to financially carry on any longer (despite the fact that Energy was doing very well). SBS came into the deal with a fully staffed station with a positive cash flow and a huge following, and yet because they're SBS, they decided to flip it to a Spanish-language format. Needless to say, it bombed, and it's now Nine. Why no one else has stepped up and said, "Hey, you know what? A dance format would really be popular in Chi-town!", I don't know. The most likely, simple explanation is the state of radio today: no one has the guts to try anything new anymore.

In Miami, everyone has blown it, simple as that. Power 96 used to be huge on dance, but they dumped the majority of the genre from their playlist around 2000 because someone apparently thought it wasn't working anymore. That person, if I recall correctly, no longer works there. However, they have since positioned themselves as sort of a rhythmic CHR with a heavy hurban lean, and that puts them in direct competition with not only their old rival WEDR, but Clear Channel newcomers WMIB and WMGE as well. They've put a dance station on their secondary IBOC stream, but as we all know, no one actually has IBOC-capable radios yet... and I'm referring to both listeners and major manufacturers.

Party 93.1 came and went because they set themselves up for failure at the outset... and not for the reasons that most people think. Yes, they did need to add more currents to their playlist, but they had the right idea to go heavy on the golds. The problem is, they went heavy on the wrong golds. Instead of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and the like, they needed to go more the route of 80's dance/rap tracks like Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock". They also relied too heavily on recurrents for much longer than they should have. Tiesto's "Traffic" was in regular rotation for most of the station's lifetime... and while South Florida is nostalgic about it's dance music, it's not so nostalgic that you can get away with playing a track that was a current three years ago every two hours.

Basically, both cities would be well served by dance stations tailored to their specific tastes, but unfortunately, no one will accept the challenge to bring those stations into existence.<P ID="signature">______________
"Once a week, recovering illusionist Roy Horn reportedly visits Montecore, the tiger that mauled him. Though disturbingly, they’re conjugal visits!" -- Horatio Sanz
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
 
According to a major market consultant "It's music for gays and druggies". QUOTE

Look at the people programming radio, they're the reason why there's not many format. Too much testosterone ridden white guys with every excuse for their failures except the only one - THEM

If it ain't right it ain't right mentality has wrecked radio, look at hip hop, it's irrelevant, mainstreamed and for whitey. R&B and R&B classics are acceptable amongst white folks and yet white PDs still miss the boat. Maybe we can have another rock station in Chicago. Add 'em all up and they don't add up to GCI's numbers. In this day and age, mediocrity and sub par performance is fine when you own the market. No intelligence, no work necessary.


> > > WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A DANCE STATION???????
> >
> > How come Miami does not have a dance station?
>
> In Chicago, you can thank SBS. They bought the Energy
> signals when the stations' backers weren't able to
> financially carry on any longer (despite the fact that
> Energy was doing very well). SBS came into the deal with a
> fully staffed station with a positive cash flow and a huge
> following, and yet because they're SBS, they decided to flip
> it to a Spanish-language format. Needless to say, it
> bombed, and it's now Nine. Why no one else has stepped up
> and said, "Hey, you know what? A dance format would really
> be popular in Chi-town!", I don't know. The most likely,
> simple explanation is the state of radio today: no one has
> the guts to try anything new anymore.
>
> In Miami, everyone has blown it, simple as that. Power 96
> used to be huge on dance, but they dumped the majority of
> the genre from their playlist around 2000 because someone
> apparently thought it wasn't working anymore. That person,
> if I recall correctly, no longer works there. However, they
> have since positioned themselves as sort of a rhythmic CHR
> with a heavy hurban lean, and that puts them in direct
> competition with not only their old rival WEDR, but Clear
> Channel newcomers WMIB and WMGE as well. They've put a
> dance station on their secondary IBOC stream, but as we all
> know, no one actually has IBOC-capable radios yet... and I'm
> referring to both listeners and major manufacturers.
>
> Party 93.1 came and went because they set themselves up for
> failure at the outset... and not for the reasons that most
> people think. Yes, they did need to add more currents to
> their playlist, but they had the right idea to go heavy on
> the golds. The problem is, they went heavy on the wrong
> golds. Instead of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and the like,
> they needed to go more the route of 80's dance/rap tracks
> like Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock". They also relied too
> heavily on recurrents for much longer than they should have.
> Tiesto's "Traffic" was in regular rotation for most of the
> station's lifetime... and while South Florida is nostalgic
> about it's dance music, it's not so nostalgic that you can
> get away with playing a track that was a current three years
> ago every two hours.
>
> Basically, both cities would be well served by dance
> stations tailored to their specific tastes, but
> unfortunately, no one will accept the challenge to bring
> those stations into existence.
>
 
CHRles,

B 96 does still have a little bit of underground dance in their mixshows, but nothing huge to talk about. If you are lucky in their 10p-5a After Party Show you will hear 3-4 dance mixes. Nothing close to what was before with the former mixers.

> Doesn't B-96 still have some non Hip Hop mixshows on the
> weekend???
 
About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

If anyone remembers about a year or two ago, Julian Jumpin' Perez left B 96 to start "Klub Kiss- The beat you can't ignore..."

I have no idea why but months later Julian was back on B 96 and the former mixers like Bobby D., TKC, and DJ Markski were suddenly fired for him and other Kiss mixers (DJ Nonstop, Josh the funky1, etc.) at the time. The only thing I can speculate was that Julian was very upset he was advertising the mixes lasting until 6 am, and around 2:30 am they have a mix cut short and then end up airing regular programming.

The thing that made Kiss look really bad was that Julian was mixing on B 96 and had mixes at the same time on Kiss FM for about three weeks making Kiss look like the joke was on them.

This could be why Kiss FM never decided to try the dance mixshow thing again and just do commercial mixes.

They could have signed the former B 96 mixers I am sure but decided to stay pat with what they have now.

Maybe someone else can shed light on this story. Hope this helps shed a little light on Kiss and mixshows.
 
but
> unfortunately, no one will accept the challenge to bring
> those stations into existence.
>

No one *with the money* will accept the challenge. I know several experienced net radio broadcasters (including myself) who have successfully built and maintained radio-formatted dance stations with aggressive blends of currents, recurrents, and golds... and have the desire to take on the FM challenge. We started in net radio cause its cost structure is a fraction of an FM outlet, but if you gave me the opportunity to take on an FM project, I'd be there. I have/do strongly believe that dance music can succeed in dance-heavy cities if the format's done right. So far I haven't seen any format truly done right on FM since E927/5.<P ID="signature">______________
Alden "Dogga" Gillespy
Owner/Founder, Dance & Alternative PD
ClubNetRadio.com - Free Internet Radio Dance Hits 24/7</P>
 
Re: About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

Let's just put it this way. You're waaaayyyyyy off, on all points.

> If anyone remembers about a year or two ago, Julian Jumpin'
> Perez left B 96 to start "Klub Kiss- The beat you can't
> ignore..."
>
> I have no idea why but months later Julian was back on B 96
> and the former mixers like Bobby D., TKC, and DJ Markski
> were suddenly fired for him and other Kiss mixers (DJ
> Nonstop, Josh the funky1, etc.) at the time. The only thing
> I can speculate was that Julian was very upset he was
> advertising the mixes lasting until 6 am, and around 2:30 am
> they have a mix cut short and then end up airing regular
> programming.
>
> The thing that made Kiss look really bad was that Julian was
> mixing on B 96 and had mixes at the same time on Kiss FM for
> about three weeks making Kiss look like the joke was on
> them.
>
> This could be why Kiss FM never decided to try the dance
> mixshow thing again and just do commercial mixes.
>
> They could have signed the former B 96 mixers I am sure but
> decided to stay pat with what they have now.
>
> Maybe someone else can shed light on this story. Hope this
> helps shed a little light on Kiss and mixshows.
>
 
Re: About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

MusicloverII,

Please explain what happened then. I am simply speculating. Thank you.
 
Re: About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

I really can't. But I can tell you that none of it happened the way you'd think and believe it or not it wasn't Kiss' fault in the beginning. Chalk it up to a learning experience for all parties concerned - none of them learned a thing.

Don't take it personal, internal details like that can't be discussed in a public forum. I hope you understand.

> MusicloverII,
>
> Please explain what happened then. I am simply speculating.
> Thank you.
>
 
> but
> > unfortunately, no one will accept the challenge to bring
> > those stations into existence.
> >
>
> No one *with the money* will accept the challenge. I know
> several experienced net radio broadcasters (including
> myself) who have successfully built and maintained
> radio-formatted dance stations with aggressive blends of
> currents, recurrents, and golds... and have the desire to
> take on the FM challenge. We started in net radio cause its
> cost structure is a fraction of an FM outlet, but if you
> gave me the opportunity to take on an FM project, I'd be
> there. I have/do strongly believe that dance music can
> succeed in dance-heavy cities if the format's done right.

That's what I meant... and believe me, if I had the means, I'd be online right now streaming myself. I've also been saying for some time that if someone would just hire me, I'd kick their station into high gear :)

> So far I haven't seen any format truly done right on FM
> since E927/5.

I agree. Even KNRJ, which in my opinion is the best OTA dance station in the country to come along since 92-7&5, pales in comparison.

Post 990 dedicated to WMYM, Miami; the station that got me hooked on (sad as it may be) Radio Disney.<P ID="signature">______________
"Once a week, recovering illusionist Roy Horn reportedly visits Montecore, the tiger that mauled him. Though disturbingly, they’re conjugal visits!" -- Horatio Sanz
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
 
Re: About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

> I really can't. But I can tell you that none of it happened
> the way you'd think and believe it or not it wasn't Kiss'
> fault in the beginning. Chalk it up to a learning experience
> for all parties concerned - none of them learned a thing.
>
> Don't take it personal, internal details like that can't be
> discussed in a public forum. I hope you understand.

I'll vouch for musicloverII. The reasons really cannot be explained here.

I will say that 103.5 KISS-FM (WKSC-FM Chicago) is insistent on keeping their mainstream hit mixshow because it seems to be making a dent in the weekend ratings of B96 (WBBM-FM Chicago). Hmm. Is it the mainstream mixes on Kiss making an impact, or is it B96's mostly-hip-hop mixshow has lost steam? Sigh.

 
Re: About Kiss FM and dance mixshow

I totally understand. Thanks for the clarification! I really appreciate it!

B

> I really can't. But I can tell you that none of it happened
> the way you'd think and believe it or not it wasn't Kiss'
> fault in the beginning. Chalk it up to a learning experience
> for all parties concerned - none of them learned a thing.
>
> Don't take it personal, internal details like that can't be
> discussed in a public forum. I hope you understand.
>
> > MusicloverII,
> >
> > Please explain what happened then. I am simply
> speculating.
> > Thank you.
> >
>
 
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