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Indianapolis gets a 3rd Dance specialty show, and new clubs

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midwestclubber

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This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it airs right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to 2 am. I never thought this station would dedicate a full 2 hours of pure Dance. It was mostly hard bangin House, and techno, and even a breaks set, it was very edgy, without even any pop remixes. That makes Indianapolis now have Planet X on Sunday nights, they have NON COM WBDG 90.9 which goes all dance on weekends begining Friday evenings, and Club Radius afterhours on Friday nights. That means that their are times during the weekends, where you can here the 4/4 beat on 2 different stations.... I wonder if this has anything to do with the New Clubs that have moved in, and are playing dance everynight?
 
On what station?

> This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it airs
> right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to 2
> am.
But you didn;t list the name of the station hosting this new show.

I never thought this station would dedicate a full 2
> hours of pure Dance. It was mostly hard bangin House, and
> techno, and even a breaks set, it was very edgy, without
> even any pop remixes. That makes Indianapolis now have
> Planet X on Sunday nights, they have NON COM WBDG 90.9 which
> goes all dance on weekends begining Friday evenings, and
> Club Radius afterhours on Friday nights. That means that
> their are times during the weekends, where you can here the
> 4/4 beat on 2 different stations.... I wonder if this has
> anything to do with the New Clubs that have moved in, and
> are playing dance everynight?
>
 
Re: On what station?

> > This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it
> airs
> > right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to 2
> > am.
> But you didn;t list the name of the station hosting this new
> show.
>

I'm guessing he means WNOU (RadioNow). Orion has been a resident DJ on that station for several years off and on now. That's probably also the only station in Indianapolis that would air hiphop mixes, then go into all-out dance. You'd never hear that on WZPL.
 
Re: On what station?

> > > This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it
> > airs
> > > right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to
> 2
> > > am.
> > But you didn;t list the name of the station hosting this
> new
> > show.
> >
>
> I'm guessing he means WNOU (RadioNow). Orion has been a
> resident DJ on that station for several years off and on
> now. That's probably also the only station in Indianapolis
> that would air hiphop mixes, then go into all-out dance.
> You'd never hear that on WZPL.
>
Out of all due respect, I do not understand why such a big deal is made out of these mix shows - maybe perhaps because hip-hop is bigger now??? It's hard to hear good dance music anywhere nowadays. Even a lot of gay clubs sound ghetto. I remember back in the early 90's when all you would hear on the weekends WAS mixshows whether (for example) it was Chicago or Houston (93Q, Energy 96.5, Power 104) or Phoenix in the mid-late 90's (Power 92, Edge, Party,) If there was a community radio station in YOUR town, there was a good chance that 1-2 nights were exclusively dance to trance. I wish top/40 and CHR would put on more dance stuff so we wouldn't make such a huge deal about hearing a song with a dance beat. I think it's funny to hear someone state that a station is playing a good (or bad) dance song, however rare it may be. I remember when we could hear Erasure, the Shamen, Jam and Spoon, etc on the FM dial and not think anything of it.
 
Re: On what station?

> > > This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it
> > airs
> > > right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to
> 2
> > > am.
> > But you didn;t list the name of the station hosting this
> new
> > show.
> >
>
> I'm guessing he means WNOU (RadioNow). Orion has been a
> resident DJ on that station for several years off and on
> now. That's probably also the only station in Indianapolis
> that would air hiphop mixes, then go into all-out dance.
> You'd never hear that on WZPL.
>


And damn sure not on WHHH.

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Re: On what station?

> > This time its Club Radius (ATERHOURS) with DJ Orion, it
> airs
> > right after the Hip Hop show, and airs from midnight to 2
> > am.
> But you didn;t list the name of the station hosting this new
> show.
>
> I never thought this station would dedicate a full 2
> > hours of pure Dance. It was mostly hard bangin House, and
>
> > techno, and even a breaks set, it was very edgy, without
> > even any pop remixes. That makes Indianapolis now have
> > Planet X on Sunday nights, they have NON COM WBDG 90.9
> which
> > goes all dance on weekends begining Friday evenings, and
> > Club Radius afterhours on Friday nights. That means that
> > their are times during the weekends, where you can here
> the
> > 4/4 beat on 2 different stations.... I wonder if this has
>
> > anything to do with the New Clubs that have moved in, and
> > are playing dance everynight?
> >
>
It is WNOU 93.1 RADIONOW...I guess I forgot to mention that....LOL
 
Re: On what station?

> Out of all due respect, I do not understand why such a big
> deal is made out of these mix shows - maybe perhaps because
> hip-hop is bigger now??? It's hard to hear good dance music
> anywhere nowadays.

You pretty much answered your own question here. ;)

> Even a lot of gay clubs sound ghetto.

I don't know this from personal experience, but I'll agree with you based on what I've heard from friends who pop into gay clubs from time to time just to get an earful of some dance music in a club setting. I was a bit surprised to learn that hiphop was getting a lot of play in the gay clubs, but given it's mainstream popularity... I suppose it shouldn't be a surprise at all.


> remember back in the early 90's when all you would hear on
> the weekends WAS mixshows whether (for example) it was
> Chicago or Houston (93Q, Energy 96.5, Power 104) or Phoenix
> in the mid-late 90's (Power 92, Edge, Party,) If there was
> a community radio station in YOUR town, there was a good
> chance that 1-2 nights were exclusively dance to trance. I
> wish top/40 and CHR would put on more dance stuff so we
> wouldn't make such a huge deal about hearing a song with a
> dance beat.

Dance was HUGE in the early 90's. Hiphop was still a growing genre, and the big hair metal fad was in it's waning days. The techno/house movement was fresh, hip, edgy, and sort of symbolized the technology revolution that was beginning to take place at the time. We've certainly seen dance hit a low cycle here in the states over the past 2 or 3 years, but one sort of senses that it's beginning to trend upward again (finally). I'm thankful for mediums like the internet & satellite radio that have made it a lot easier to stay in tune in what's happening in dance music even though it's not been mainstream in a while... if I'd had to rely solely on local radio, I'd have lost my mind by now.
 
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