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Jewelz leaves Pulse 87 again!

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TonySantiago

"Jewelz" Lopez did briefly leave in October (at the same time Troi "Star" Torain and the crew of the Star & Buc Wild show left) for a week. This time around, according to her MySpace, she has left Pulse 87 and will be doing afternoons on 92.5 Maxima, a Spanish station in Tampa, FL. Her profile is no longer on the official Pulse website.

On behalf of the dance music community in New York, we wish Jewelz all of the success in the world!!

Thank you!
 
Looking at the site (1-19), there appears to be a lot of "junk" on the lower left side....html code or something.

I'll still keep the unofficial site going but really at this point, it's anyone's guess what is going to happen.
 
Tony Santiago said:
Looking at the site (1-19), there appears to be a lot of "junk" on the lower left side....html code or something.

I'll still keep the unofficial site going but really at this point, it's anyone's guess what is going to happen.
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the whole place is gonna go under that's what's next. I said it back when Star left that more jocks where on their way as well, Jewelz is out AGAIN, Showboat has decided to play a smaller roll, Because he's got something more reliable that he needed to free up his time for. Notice Laura Stylez has even distanced herself from the station, how long has it been since Abel Sanchez has been on? it's like the people who were there from the start are slowly but surely going in different directions. Undoubtedly investing their time to something with a future unlike Pulse. Gotta feel bad for Lil Cee who's likely wondering "wtf????". It's too bad because the format has potential but the leadership & upper management would destroy Z-100 in a year too.
 
So this is yet another Pulse is dying thread. I need to start counting them! EDIT: 8 "Pulse 87 is dying" threads in the past 2 months, one of which I'm responsible for. And yet, I'm dancing to Pulse 87 right now.

I heard Jewelz on 92.5 in Tampa last November...at the same time that she was supposed to be on Pulse, so she's voicetracked there.
 
Nick said:
So this is yet another Pulse is dying thread. I need to start counting them! EDIT: 8 "Pulse 87 is dying" threads in the past 2 months, one of which I'm responsible for. And yet, I'm dancing to Pulse 87 right now.

I heard Jewelz on 92.5 in Tampa last November...at the same time that she was supposed to be on Pulse, so she's voicetracked there.
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Pulse is still on the air, yes. But with Jewelz leaving, again as well as Showboat reducing his time, I honestly do think we have to prepare for what may be "limited time" with the station. Which is sad because I've always felt that a current based rhythmic format (aka: dance) has strong potential, especially in an urban market such as New York. But there have been certain things that have been "falling apart" over there to which I can't blame ANYONE for wanting to "jump ship". It's really sad because there ARE good people there.

This time around with Jewelz, I do believe her departure is for good. And I wish her the very best!

For me, I'm already thinking 92.3 or 101.9 as the next steps.........
 
Nick said:
So this is yet another Pulse is dying thread. I need to start counting them! EDIT: 8 "Pulse 87 is dying" threads in the past 2 months, one of which I'm responsible for. And yet, I'm dancing to Pulse 87 right now.

I heard Jewelz on 92.5 in Tampa last November...at the same time that she was supposed to be on Pulse, so she's voicetracked there.
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yes, there have been several predictions of Pulse dying in the past. but I must say based on the evidence at hand its tough to think otherwise. Enjoy dancing to Pulse 87 cause sadly you never know which will be your last dance.

As for Jewelz, she was she supposed to start in tampa back when she left back in October, So I'll speculate that her return to Pulse caused her to voice track in tampa. Now with her recent departure or jumping ship from Pulse I'll have to think she's probably live from tampa or will soon be.
 
More signs of things falling apart at Pulse...

Their web site was completely down for about 4 days last week and over the weekend.

The web stream last week (before the site went down) was low quality. I couldn't listen without getting a headache.

They are starting to move away from club music to top-40 remixes. Sounding more and more like KTU everyday. Remixes by Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis... all already overplayed at other stations are getting played way too much on Pulse these days.
 
jazlow said:
They are starting to move away from club music to top-40 remixes. Sounding more and more like KTU everyday. Remixes by Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis... all already overplayed at other stations are getting played way too much on Pulse these days.
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WOW! I thought I was the only one noticing some sort of musical change there.

Yeah, just enjoy the station for what it's worth. :-\
 
Tony Santiago said:
jazlow said:
They are starting to move away from club music to top-40 remixes. Sounding more and more like KTU everyday. Remixes by Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis... all already overplayed at other stations are getting played way too much on Pulse these days.
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WOW! I thought I was the only one noticing some sort of musical change there.

Yeah, just enjoy the station for what it's worth. :-\
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wonder if that'll change now that Joel Salkowitz is probably gonna handle the music scheduling since Jewelz is gone. ???
 
??? :-[

Who would've thought that FM would devastate EVERY frequency now? It seems that once a good station comes to satisfy the true listeners and cater to the fans for once, later down the road it just ends up satisfying the suits or satisfy the fans and get the plug pulled. I know I have said earlier that Pulse is not going anywhere, not because to tell haters to get over it, but I believe that since it's a non-commercial, that it WOULD dedicate to the fans and not deal with drama. I guess I was wrong in a way. Since the demise of Indie in LA, and NOW G-Rock in the Jersey Shore, where does Pulse stand? I know it's two different formats with Pulse and Indie/G-Rock, but the fact that FM is just not a friendly place for ANY format now-a-days, I wouldn't be surprised if Pulse dropped dance like KTU did and would simulcast "Hit 106" as they call the station that was G-Rock, from Dial Global's CHR format.

Tony, I tried calling you, try to hit me up on PM, I'm not gonna be able to answer my cell.
 
Pulse isn't a Non-Com. They are a low power TV station. They run commercials so they really can't be Non-commercial. :)

jp
 
JohnParker said:
Pulse isn't a Non-Com. They are a low power TV station. They run commercials so they really can't be Non-commercial. :)

jp
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I meant Non-Commercial as in below the 92 FM frequency. I know they play commercials, but most of them aren't from local businesses.
 
Pulse is on borrowed time anyway. The eventual digital migration will put them off the air.

In any case, you can't fault them for giving it a shot. However, everything works against them. Dial position, limited funds, not a commercially viable format, etc.

And, if by some miracle the format started to perform financially, a legitimate radio operator would probably pick up on it and water it down to some homogenized crap that already permeates the FM band. Then we'd all have to see threads like "_____ killed the Pulse!!"
 
luperm said:
Pulse is on borrowed time anyway. The eventual digital migration will put them off the air.

In any case, you can't fault them for giving it a shot. However, everything works against them. Dial position, limited funds, not a commercially viable format, etc.

And, if by some miracle the format started to perform financially, a legitimate radio operator would probably pick up on it and water it down to some homogenized crap that already permeates the FM band. Then we'd all have to see threads like "_____ killed the Pulse!!"
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The digital migration doesn't affect LPTV's...yet. Down the road perhaps but not on February 17th like standard over-the-air TV stations.

Okay, in terms of everything working against them:

DIAL POSITION: I agree
LIMITED FUNDS: I agree
LACK OF PROMOTION: I added that one in. It was just too little (club flyers and on-air hyping a certain club the "street team" and an on-air personality would appear at.)
NOT A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FORMAT: I DISagree.

Mega Media had been in financial trouble WAY before Pulse was even a thought. So whatever was happening financially with Pulse started before the February 11, 2008 launch. However, during the beginnings of the station which pretty much got around via word of mouth, people were starting to take notice about this and if they were in good position of the signal and/or their car stereos had 87.7 on them, people would tune in. Yeah, it was stated that the cume was 500,000 which considering all of the anomalies the station had, is pretty good and to that I would stand firm that if Pulse was above 92 with a powerful signal throughout the tri-state area, those numbers would have been at LEAST quadrupled.

And you're probably right luperm...if a major corporation wanted to try this, let's just say it would pretty much be "KTU" (as it was from 1996 - 2006). And I suppose while it may work for what it is, dance music fans...especially on hearing Pulse...would know better.

If anything Pulse DID do, they did bring back excitement to the FM dial, albeit the anomalies. People that were dance fans and were shunned away from the medium did come back. I think that in itself is why if a corporation wanted to try something current, it would make more sense to them to really lean it in this direction versus trying to be safe and generic. Radio has to save itself somehow and how it's been since dereg has hurt more than help.
 
I find that everytime I try to listen to Pulse, I get my hopes us while they play "Day N Nite" and "Every Word" and some of the currents, but then when I hear,for example, Shannon's "Let the Music Play" from 1983, that is my cue to change the station, or put my IPOD on. Same reason that I found KTU unlistenable. Although I do admit that it took Pulse a helluva lot longer to play a song that prompted me to change the station.

My conclusion is, if I want currents I just listen to a European station online, such as Fun Radio.

If Pulse is trying to be the cutting edge station, why are they playing "Let the Music Play" by Shannon?
 
It does drive me nuts.

I've sensed a change in Pulse musically. It could be due to the result of Jewelz leaving (she was the MD and I definitely threw some music ideas out to her.) And to that I will say it....WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER 'KTU! LET 'KTU TAKE CARE OF THE OLDER MATERIAL!!!

I can understand a recurrent here and there, and perhaps as "old" as maybe 5 years ago or so. But whenever they put on that classic freestyle and older material from the 80s, I cringe because while I expect 'KTU to do that, being the "brand" that they are, I don't expect Pulse to do that based on the "brand" they came out with.

I dunno. :(
 
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