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Los Angeles...You're getting a dance station!

Re: LA to have Dance Radio this Summer - Pulse 87

socamex26 said:
David at USC said:
R&R is reporting that Mega Media Group plans to expand its Pulse 87 dance brand from New York -- where it broadcasts from the channel 6 TV frequency -- to new leased channel 6 TV frequencies in Los Angeles (KSFV-CA) and Chicago (WLFM-LP) with programming to commence on June 1.

http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWe...=47630&ContentTypeID=101&Archive=0&FormatId=0
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Well I really hope they fix the audio on 87.7fm. The spanish religious programming sounds dull, mono, and sounds like the audio is on high volume making my speakers bleed lol. But I'm grateful to see a dance station come into town. How does the 87.7fm audio sound in NY?
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KSFV is in stereo as I heard music yesterday in stereo. The audio is horrible. Horrible hum that I can even hear over the programming. Driving around, in West Los Angeles and into Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles, the signal is decent, at the very least.
 
I miss Groove Radio... and pre-east coast hip-hop era Power 106...

what I'm not clear on... is this going to be programmed in LA? or is it just going to be a simulcast of the Pulse 87 in New York. Theres a BIG difference in the dance music that LA likes vs the dance music New York likes....
 
I never could get a stereo signal of TV's channel 6 on my FM radio. Does Pulse 87 use a stereo signal that works on FM?
 
If you want to know what a great Dance station sounds like, stream Energy927fm.com out of San Fran.

L.A. would do really well to get a station sounding like it!
 
airpab said:
If you want to know what a great Dance station sounds like, stream Energy927fm.com out of San Fran.

L.A. would do really well to get a station sounding like it!
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Since it is down to a .6 in the latest ratings and has talk from 9-Midnight M-T, I would never want a station like that in Los Angeles.

At least Pulse 87 has good CHR formatics and if Los Angeles is like it, it will have a much better chance than any previous dance friendly station since Power 106.
 
What are they going to do about PPM ? There not an FM station per defination of the FM band being 88-108 Mhz. It's really a TV station's audio. Do you think ARB will recognise them as a " Radio" station for PPM.
 
bologna said:
What are they going to do about PPM ? There not an FM station per defination of the FM band being 88-108 Mhz. It's really a TV station's audio. Do you think ARB will recognise them as a " Radio" station for PPM.
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The simple answer, today, is that Arbitron does not list TV stations in the radio audience reports. However, a station like a Channel 6 "pretend" radio station can buy a custom report, encode, and Arbitron will give them station specific numbers. Whether time buyers will look at numbers not in their full market analysis tools remains to be seen.
 
DavidEduardo said:
bologna said:
What are they going to do about PPM ? There not an FM station per defination of the FM band being 88-108 Mhz. It's really a TV station's audio. Do you think ARB will recognise them as a " Radio" station for PPM.
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The simple answer, today, is that Arbitron does not list TV stations in the radio audience reports. However, a station like a Channel 6 "pretend" radio station can buy a custom report, encode, and Arbitron will give them station specific numbers. Whether time buyers will look at numbers not in their full market analysis tools remains to be seen.
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Based on the spots I've heard on Pulse 87, so far I'd say the answer is "no". Best spot I've heard was a woman who says it's not length we want guys, it's width. Some pill that makes a man "grow" in width and they were giving a free measuring instrument with purchase. Almost as embarrassing as the gay bathhouse spots that ran on Groove radio.
 
I think the best dance station I listened to was Energy 92.7/5 in Chicago. I listened on the internet. Too bad Big City didn't put it on 107.1. They wasted a lot of money trying to compete with Super Estrella. Somone at Big City was too interested in having Hispanic stations, even dumping the only country station in NYC, which I don't know anything about thier ratings, but it was an audience they had to themselves.
After they sold thier Phoenix station, they should have sold the NYC station to pay down thier debt. What didn't make sense with thier big debt was not only not selling the NYC station but spending money on it for a new format when it was obvious they were going to run out of cash.
 
Ron said:
I think the best dance station I listened to was Energy 92.7/5 in Chicago. I listened on the internet. Too bad Big City didn't put it on 107.1. They wasted a lot of money trying to compete with Super Estrella.
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Energy lost money in Chicago. Why would it have done any better in LA?
 
Ron said:
I think the best dance station I listened to was Energy 92.7/5 in Chicago. I listened on the internet. Too bad Big City didn't put it on 107.1. They wasted a lot of money trying to compete with Super Estrella. Somone at Big City was too interested in having Hispanic stations, even dumping the only country station in NYC, which I don't know anything about thier ratings, but it was an audience they had to themselves.
After they sold thier Phoenix station, they should have sold the NYC station to pay down thier debt. What didn't make sense with thier big debt was not only not selling the NYC station but spending money on it for a new format when it was obvious they were going to run out of cash.
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Even though they had a few die hard listeners they failed miserably in Chicago.
 
My Big City comment was more about not ending up bankrupt. If they did as I suggested, they could have paid thier debt and either tried to make adjustments to the dance format to see if they could make it work, and if not, move onto another format or sell off thier stations and have some money for thier stockholders.
 
Mega Media announced today that they will start broadcasting in Washington DC on June 1st. It appears that the deal for LA and Chicago isn't happening.
 
The deal for L.A. and Chicago is happening. Ron, stop spamming the boards with your rumors until you can verify them.
 
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