How do we compare in Champaign on being dance friendly?

[szorn]

I see the post below highlights Bloomington, IN's B-97 doing more dance. Great to hear! That prompted me to ask around the country how we in Champaign-Urbana, IL are doing dance-wise compared to other dance friendly CHR's like FUN 107, BLI, Q-100.5 (Atlanta), and the many others out there. Here's what I get to hear:

WQQB - 96.1 Q-96 Champaign, IL

Regular Rotation - at least on average 2 or 3 dance hits per hour (Energy 98 kind of hits both current and recurrent - not much held back! 200 adds this year alone from 2000-2006)

Every lunch hour - 90's rewind with 30% 90's dance hits, 70% old school jams

Every 5pm - the 5 o'clock mixdown - dance hits for an hour

Every Friday and Saturday night - Q'd up! Dance hits all night both nights

New dance first - added "Sorry" before Energy 98 did. Gorillaz, Deep Dish, Amber, etc... all on time for CHRs - Cascada before KTU did in NYC and many others.

HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE USA CHRs WHO PLAY DANCE? ARE WE DANCE FRIENDLY, DANCE-INTENSIVE? WHO PLAYS MORE? WHO PLAYS LESS THAN THIS AND WOULD SURPRISE ME? Just curious how Q-96 stacks up to the rest of this country's CHRs who spin dance? Thanks for your input and for scratching the itch of my curiosity. Tell me it's good to live in listening distance of the Q!!!!

 

[Jammerz]

> WQQB - 96.1 Q-96 Champaign, IL
> Every Friday and Saturday night - Q'd up! Dance hits all
> night both nights
>
> HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE USA CHRs WHO PLAY
> DANCE? ARE WE DANCE FRIENDLY, DANCE-INTENSIVE? WHO PLAYS
> MORE? WHO PLAYS LESS THAN THIS AND WOULD SURPRISE ME? Just
> curious how Q-96 stacks up to the rest of this country's
> CHRs who spin dance? Thanks for your input and for
> scratching the itch of my curiosity. Tell me it's good to
> live in listening distance of the Q!!!!

You guys have similarities to FUN 107 WFHN (awesome CHR/Dance station too!), yet Q96 mixes it up even more often with the dance hits. Count yourself VERY lucky. I'm very happy. I wish I had a station like this in Chicago.

 

[midwestclubber]

> I see the post below highlights Bloomington, IN's B-97 doing
> more dance. Great to hear! That prompted me to ask around
> the country how we in Champaign-Urbana, IL are doing
> dance-wise compared to other dance friendly CHR's like FUN
> 107, BLI, Q-100.5 (Atlanta), and the many others out there.
> Here's what I get to hear:
>
> WQQB - 96.1 Q-96 Champaign, IL
>
> Regular Rotation - at least on average 2 or 3 dance hits per
> hour (Energy 98 kind of hits both current and recurrent -
> not much held back! 200 adds this year alone from 2000-2006)
>
>
> Every lunch hour - 90's rewind with 30% 90's dance hits, 70%
> old school jams
>
> Every 5pm - the 5 o'clock mixdown - dance hits for an hour
>
> Every Friday and Saturday night - Q'd up! Dance hits all
> night both nights
>
> New dance first - added "Sorry" before Energy 98 did.
> Gorillaz, Deep Dish, Amber, etc... all on time for CHRs -
> Cascada before KTU did in NYC and many others.
>
> HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE USA CHRs WHO PLAY
> DANCE? ARE WE DANCE FRIENDLY, DANCE-INTENSIVE? WHO PLAYS
> MORE? WHO PLAYS LESS THAN THIS AND WOULD SURPRISE ME? Just
> curious how Q-96 stacks up to the rest of this country's
> CHRs who spin dance? Thanks for your input and for
> scratching the itch of my curiosity. Tell me it's good to
> live in listening distance of the Q!!!!
>
You have definatly got Probably the most Dance Friendly station in the Midwest. It would be great if some of the bigger cities, Top 50 markets had stations like this. I just wish Q-96 had a better signal, so it would cover Danville Ill, and accross into Indiana better.