I said it was only a matter of time

[neo11]

Why can't you dance fans accept the fact that if it were a VIABLE format, someone with a "full power" FM signal on the "regular" FM band would already be doing it?

You mean like the viable formats like K-Rock and 'RXP that we're currently seeing on full-power FM's? (I don't mean to pick on rock, it's just that those stations are in the doldrums).

You're contradicting yourself. You admitted yourself that they are unviable. Yet they haven't switched...not to dance, not to any format. Does that mean that there's no other viable formats for a full-power FM station in NYC? No way. In fact, I don't even think those rock formats are unviable. They're only unviable in their current state and the ratings have proven that, just as the PPM numbers proved that Pulse, with all of its many limitations and its short time on the air, has done rather well.

As "un-viable" as those formats are, don't you think of Dance would bring better numbers, those stations.. RXP and KRock would pick up dance?

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

ADDENDUM (for Radioguy)

If Pulse was located, for example, on 97.1 and had a huge advertising campaign going for it the station would have been somewhere in the TOP 5 of the market.

RIIIGHHTTT, and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you!

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

You're contradicting yourself. You admitted yourself that they are unviable. Yet they haven't switched...not to dance, not to any format. Does that mean that there's no other viable formats for a full-power FM station in NYC? No way. In fact, I don't even think those rock formats are unviable. They're only unviable in their current state and the ratings have proven that, just as the PPM numbers proved that Pulse, with all of its many limitations and its short time on the air, has done rather well.

As "un-viable" as those formats are, don't you think of Dance would bring better numbers, those stations.. RXP and KRock would pick up dance?

neo11.. I've been sayin that, thanks for agreeing with me!

 

[Hardrocker9]

Speaking of Pulse 87, This is probably directed to Tony, but anybody is free to answer, Where can I find the No Air (Friscia & Lamboy Remix) that pulse plays? That's my favorite remix of that song. Does Pulse still play that? I try to listen when I can, but i'm down in Maryland attending school. Thanks

 

[TonySantiago]

ADDENDUM (for Radioguy)

If Pulse was located, for example, on 97.1 and had a huge advertising campaign going for it the station would have been somewhere in the TOP 5 of the market.

RIIIGHHTTT, and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you!

How much?

 

[MarcR]

ADDENDUM (for Radioguy)

If Pulse was located, for example, on 97.1 and had a huge advertising campaign going for it the station would have been somewhere in the TOP 5 of the market.

RIIIGHHTTT, and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you!

With 700,000 jobs lost thus far this year nationally (and the announcement yesterday that Citigroup is laying off another 50,000 workers), I just don't think people are in the mood for current dance music. When 'KTU signed on in '96, the economy had emerged from the steep recession of the early '90s and people, supposedly, were in more of a party mood, and the station capitalized from it. It's patently obvious that today is vastly different from 12 years ago!

 

[neo11]

You're contradicting yourself. You admitted yourself that they are unviable. Yet they haven't switched...not to dance, not to any format. Does that mean that there's no other viable formats for a full-power FM station in NYC? No way. In fact, I don't even think those rock formats are unviable. They're only unviable in their current state and the ratings have proven that, just as the PPM numbers proved that Pulse, with all of its many limitations and its short time on the air, has done rather well.

As "un-viable" as those formats are, don't you think of Dance would bring better numbers, those stations.. RXP and KRock would pick up dance?

neo11.. I've been sayin that, thanks for agreeing with me!

I wasn't agreeing with you, unless you're agreeing that you were contradicting yourself.

My points were:

- There are un-viable formats on the NYC dial right now, and those companies haven't made a move on either format yet. By which I am trying to say that these big companies don't always make the right decisions.

- Pulse with all of its limitations has really done quite well, and it's likely that a full-powered station like Pulse would do well in the ratings.

With 700,000 jobs lost thus far this year nationally (and the announcement yesterday that Citigroup is laying off another 50,000 workers), I just don't think people are in the mood for current dance music. When 'KTU signed on in '96, the economy had emerged from the steep recession of the early '90s and people, supposedly, were in more of a party mood, and the station capitalized from it. It's patently obvious that today is vastly different from 12 years ago!

With that logic, CHR formats should be drying up during times of economic recession as well. I have a counter-argument for you: people might want to hear dance and other upbeat music more than ever, to get their minds off of their troubles.

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

You're contradicting yourself. You admitted yourself that they are unviable. Yet they haven't switched...not to dance, not to any format. Does that mean that there's no other viable formats for a full-power FM station in NYC? No way. In fact, I don't even think those rock formats are unviable. They're only unviable in their current state and the ratings have proven that, just as the PPM numbers proved that Pulse, with all of its many limitations and its short time on the air, has done rather well.

As "un-viable" as those formats are, don't you think of Dance would bring better numbers, those stations.. RXP and KRock would pick up dance?

neo11.. I've been sayin that, thanks for agreeing with me!

I wasn't agreeing with you, unless you're agreeing that you were contradicting yourself.

My points were:

- There are un-viable formats on the NYC dial right now, and those companies haven't made a move on either format yet. By which I am trying to say that these big companies don't always make the right decisions.

- Pulse with all of its limitations has really done quite well, and it's likely that a full-powered station like Pulse would do well in the ratings.

With 700,000 jobs lost thus far this year nationally (and the announcement yesterday that Citigroup is laying off another 50,000 workers), I just don't think people are in the mood for current dance music. When 'KTU signed on in '96, the economy had emerged from the steep recession of the early '90s and people, supposedly, were in more of a party mood, and the station capitalized from it. It's patently obvious that today is vastly different from 12 years ago!

With that logic, CHR formats should be drying up during times of economic recession as well. I have a counter-argument for you: people might want to hear dance and other upbeat music more than ever, to get their minds off of their troubles.

I guess I read what you said the wrong way and thought you were agreeing with me, lol.

 

[mcmannors]

1. There was an article in the NY Daily News on the very next Saturday after Star's Friday departure, indirectly stating that the station has terminated the show.

A quote from the story:
The departure of Star and Buc Wild was a joint decision, with the programming director of Pulse 87 wanting to maintain its "stationality" for its listeners.

Which is ironic since every single time a Pulse jock opened his/her mic, they plugged that show.

Also, as a side note, I just bought a new car stereo earlier today, and it only goes as far down as 87.9. Boo hoo! I can't hear WPVI any more!! ;D

 

[Hardrocker9]

Hec I say move it to 87.9 at least you will be able to hear it on ALL radio's. Just like the previous statement I also don't listen to Pulse in the car, my pioneer DEH-P7400 only goes to 87.9. I do listen when visiting family in queens on my MP3 player. Just that move alone has to get more listeners who are annoyed that they can't tune in in the car. At least then no matter what you will stumble on station.

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

Hec I say move it to 87.9 at least you will be able to hear it on ALL radio's. Just like the previous statement I also don't listen to Pulse in the car, my pioneer DEH-P7400 only goes to 87.9. I do listen when visiting family in queens on my MP3 player. Just that move alone has to get more listeners who are annoyed that they can't tune in in the car. At least then no matter what you will stumble on station.

Moving it to 87.9 would be ill-legal, as it's the audio from Channel 6, which is on 87.75.

Moving Channel 6 audio there wouldn't work, and 87.9 is ONLY available for non commercial outlets who get displaced from their regular 88.1 to 91.9 channel...

 

[Mixmaster Tony Rocca]

You need to change the name from Pulse 87 to FAIL 87...

I said this before they were on the air, Tony Santiago knows this and it's failure are many.

But when the ship is sinking the captain is the one you blame, and rightfully so...

..JS perhaps ????...another thing is that I said this many many times as well from the
beginning and that when you prepare for a road trip you have a full tank of gas, Pulse started on "1/4 tank"..with
that as stated it is only a matter of time.

As far as the music selection...um please ??? total abortion, and that is being nice

The station has no soul and especially no budget... on top of all the "other problems"

 

[neo11]

Hec I say move it to 87.9 at least you will be able to hear it on ALL radio's. Just like the previous statement I also don't listen to Pulse in the car, my pioneer DEH-P7400 only goes to 87.9. I do listen when visiting family in queens on my MP3 player. Just that move alone has to get more listeners who are annoyed that they can't tune in in the car. At least then no matter what you will stumble on station.

Moving it to 87.9 would be ill-legal, as it's the audio from Channel 6, which is on 87.75.

Moving Channel 6 audio there wouldn't work, and 87.9 is ONLY available for non commercial outlets who get displaced from their regular 88.1 to 91.9 channel...

They actually did move to 87.9 for a few days, when the Russian format was in its last days before the switchover to Pulse. Then they moved back to 87.76.

 

[Hardrocker9]

They actually did move to 87.9 for a few days, when the Russian format was in its last days before the switchover to Pulse. Then they moved back to 87.76.

Uh oh if that's true maybe radioguybroadcasting will rat them out so they get fined.

 

[TonySantiago]

Hardrocker,

I was looking EVERYWHERE for that No Air remix. Looked at Beatport, iTunes, iSound.be....can't find it. I can't even find an upload of it on YouTube either.

 

[Hardrocker9]

Thanks for the effort, maybe when i'm back up in Queens i'll catch it and record it my MP3 player. If I do i'll let you know

 

[MarcB]

every single time a Pulse jock opened his/her mic, they plugged that show.

When they were on POWER 105 in NYC/POWER 104 in Hartford all the jocks on POWER 104 in Hartford used to do the same thing. The following is an example using a DJ named PJ. (The station has been off the air since October 07. PJ is now a weekender on sister station KISS 95.7): "Power 104-1 Home of The Star & Buc Wild Morning Show. I'm PJ and that was the latest release from Brandi. Coming up next we go back to 2000 with "Take You There" on Power 104-1 Your Home for the most commercial free hip-hop and r&b."

 

[TonySantiago]

Which is ironic since every single time a Pulse jock opened his/her mic, they plugged that show.

It was part of the script that the personalities HAD to read. The day I visited the studio, there was a piece of paper stuck up on the wall that was in direct view of the mic from the board that stated "Pulse 87, Home of the Star and Buc Wild Morning Show".

 

[necrat123]

The pulse's time IS limited, as all low power analog TV stations are required to go digital by 2012.

For what it's worth WNYZ-LP has filed for a "license to cover" on it's digital application.

FCC law mandates that digital signals be 19.390mbs in rate, and 6mhz in channel-space.
If WNYZ-LP is running a much narrower digital rate, then they are in violation of FCC rule.

 

[radioguybroadcasting]

The pulse's time IS limited, as all low power analog TV stations are required to go digital by 2012.

For what it's worth WNYZ-LP has filed for a "license to cover" on it's digital application.

FCC law mandates that digital signals be 19.390mbs in rate, and 6mhz in channel-space.
If WNYZ-LP is running a much narrower digital rate, then they are in violation of FCC rule.

When did they mandate 2012 for LPTV, translators and Class A's?