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It may be early but START PAYING ATTENTION TO KTU!

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TonySantiago

With Pulse 87 launching with their aggressive ads, mainly on how 'KTU is all about old dance (I gotta say, those promos are HILARIOUS!), I am curious to see if 'KTU is going to "blink" and try competing.

What am I saying, it's Clear Channel. What do guys in San Antonio know about dance music in New York? Kinda like how they diss New York City for "Pace Salsa"

Still..it would be interesting to see what would happen. And if something does happen, will someone let me know since I've eliminated 103.5 out of my preset?
 
Posted by: Tony Santiago- What do guys in San Antonio know about dance music in New York?
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You'd be surprise how S.A. know about dance music.

BTW, it's cool that NYC has another opportunity, that dance music can succeed.
 
Actually, it was more meant as a "snipe" to Clear Channel. I'm sure San Antonio has its dance music contingency. And we most certainly welcome you guys to join up with us! We're starting a national movement here! Pulse 87 is just the beginning!
 
I'm sorry... I may be wrong but I have a hard time believig that a significant number of listeners in New York will care that there's a dance station. It just doesn't seem to have much appeal. But, ah, to each their own.
 
If a lot of people in the city itself switch from KTU to Pulse, KTU's ratings will go down. Pulse needs to aggressively market itself to listeners in the city. Ads on the buses/subways, billboards next to jammed highways, appearances in nightclubs are needed to get itself noticed. Pulse is just one step ahead of a pirate station. It would be really great to get cable TV carriage.
Speaking of a pirate station, I hope the FCC shuts down 87.9 in Newark soon, it wreaks havoc with Pulse over there.

KTU used to be New York's Dance Music Leader, then it became New York's Dance Music Follower, and now it's New York's Donna Summer Leader
 
Nick, not just billboards and buses, but they need to brand more. Think of Z100's jingle. Everyone knows it, and its branded in their minds. The jingles may be old, but thats why they still use them. It leaves a lasting impression. Get a catchy jingle and you've won 1/4 of the battle. They should have a jingle contest and give me...or someone a sack of cash, it would be worth it for them. ;D
 
people don't listen to Z for jingles; they listen to hear their favorite britney, miley cyrus,linkin park, jonas bros,alicia keys and 'low' by flo rida,which they know they'll hear in any 15 minute interval
 
lalumia said:
people don't listen to Z for jingles; they listen to hear their favorite britney, miley cyrus,linkin park, jonas bros,alicia keys and 'low' by flo rida,which they know they'll hear in any 15 minute interval
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well, i like their phone taps in between hearing alicia keys' no one every 15 minutes. haha

you know, pulse definitely needs to get the word out! whats more, as much as the cool british liners work for most rythmic top-40, etc... i really like the voice on energy981.com that'd be ideal for the pulse.

pulse people, if you're reading this... please do something w/ the website. give me a stream. anything.. thanks!!
 
I'd really like to weigh in on how the station sounds, but I can't get it in my apt... it's mostly all fuzz... I did google 'em and checked out a couple pages and saw this... "Pulse 87 is a variety music station covering Top 40 Hits, dance, rock and hip-hop." That doesn't say dance to me... I guess I'll have to just drive around some day in the car to try and listen.
 
Haven't heard any rock music once on Pulse 87. It's pretty much dance music, dance remixes of pop songs, and very very little hip-hop, r&b, and reggaeton (10% or so combined). They have a heavy rotation of new dance hits, but they also throw in a vintage cut or two about once or twice an hour, but usually cuts that KTU doesn't play.
 
Haven't heard any rock music once on Pulse 87. It's pretty much dance music, dance remixes of pop songs, and very very little hip-hop, r&b, and reggaeton (10% or so combined

then they'll have a very limited audience, on top of the already existing signal limitations
 
I don't think they're losing any sleep...
they know they're playing the top 40, so they'll win over a station playing the bottom 50
 
That's why I like Pulse...it doesn't rock! When people think of dance radio in New York, they think of KTU. Pulse has to change the perception to make people think of Pulse when they want dance music. I like them making fun of KTU, they should have promos like what Fresh had about Lite. It would be really interesting to see Pulse, as a legalized pirate station, beat the Clear Channel stations.
 
I'm excited that something may shake things up a bit, it's stale, but I think celebrating NEW dance's return on an FM-LP is lowering our standards just a bit.

I've tried to get it in my apt in Manhattan near Central Park, my office downtown, my coworkers place near Gramercy Park, and my better halve's place in Hoboken and nothing but fuzz in all those places today. That's not spelling commercial success in any logic I can think of...
 
lalumia said:
I don't think they're losing any sleep...
they know they're playing the top 40, so they'll win over a station playing the bottom 50
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Yes, KTU really plays the top 40....of 1977-1985.
 
just went to ktu's web page,clicked on the 'top ten songs',as follows






1 No One
Alicia Keys

2 Clumsy
Fergie

3 The Way I Are
Timbaland f/Keri Hilson & D.O.E.

4 Tattoo
Jordin Sparks

5 APOLOGIZE
Timbaland/One Republic

6 Big Girls Don't Cry
Fergie

7 WAKE UP CALL
Maroon 5

8 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU
Rihanna / Ne-Yo

9 Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna

10 Love Like This
Natasha Bedingfield


I hate to tell ya, but that's currently the real beat of NY,as far as the average down load buying,MTV viewing young demographic is concerned
 
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