PartyFM back on the air at 87.7 (for now???)

[pjc1961]

As of 9:20am on Fri. 1/22/10, it's back on the air. I can't say why...or for how long...

 

[TonySantiago]

I would guess until Feb. 1st. Island STILL has to honor the agreement of the contract. After that, then I would think Christian music would take over.

 

[Barry]

While WNYZ 87.75 is now apparently airing dance music, it is not simulcasting Party 105.
My guess is that it will air nonstop, just to keep the frequency active till the end of the month, when it is supposed to start carrying the Christian Satellite Network.
While temporary, dance fans may find it an enjoyable listen. Though I do not know much about the genre, it sounds to me like rather hard core dance music.

 

[pjc1961]

Since about 10:55am ET, back to static/white noise. Poster Barry was right - just a non-stop "mixshow" type of presentation - no jocks, station ID's or commercials. So an odd hour & 35 minute dance music blast.

It's almost like the earliest, chaotic days of radio. Let's twist this dial here, turn that knob there, push that button & see if we can get this thing on the air...

 

[d21ofnj]

Ok, so it's not me. Man, and I thought thins were getting slightly adjusted.

 

[pjc1961]

Well here's something different: as of 2pm ET, Standards (yes, Adult Standards/Nostalgia/Show Tunes, whatever you'd like to call it) are airing on 87.75 LP on your FM dial in New York.

Memories of "Double You, En Eee Double You, eleven three oh in New York"

 

[JohnParker]

They are auditioning the signal for interested leasees. The front runners for the signal aren't necessarily Christian but Korean. Could be for a Korean based Church.

Dance music is gone from 87.7 and isn't coming back.

jp

 

[d21ofnj]

Took the words right out of my mouth. Guess with what's going on, Island Broadcasting won't have a dance format on 87.7 leasing time.

 

[DesiArnez6]

4:41 pm still Standards it seems.

*Irony I loved Pulse, I "liked/disliked AND loved" Party FM depening on which DJ was on.
BUT, now, I got the standards Blasting, It is so nice to just leave it on in the background.

It is a missing format, and while id love an awesome dance station I could totally settle for this. If 87.7 is such a "unknown frequency" as far as FCC goes etc., then why not standards? Its music, its a format hole, could serve the older New York Residents well, and likely no other frequency on FM in this market would touch the format.

And if anyone knows this song, do tell I love it, the woman sings: "No, no they can't take that away from me"

 

[radiojomo]

Its music, its a format hole, could serve the older New York Residents well, and likely no other frequency on FM in this market would touch the format.

..And make money where? The 87.7 frequency isn't the "charity" frequency, the broadcasters and owners still want to make money somewhere. Standards would appeal to a more niche audience than Pulse or Party, an audience that virtually no advertisers want to attract. They would do worse than a dance station would. If you're saying "Wait a minute...Christian stations are charity stations aren't they?", a lot of Christian broadcasters find money in leasing the frequency to paid programming and other churches. The 87.7 frequency is similar to what is to be broadcasting in New York where its part religious, part paid programming. Churches are more lucrative than you think, while they might not make a lot in straight ahead advertising, paid programming is the way they make their dough and refinance it into their respective church...

 

[DesiArnez6]

Its music, its a format hole, could serve the older New York Residents well, and likely no other frequency on FM in this market would touch the format.

..And make money where? The 87.7 frequency isn't the "charity" frequency, the broadcasters and owners still want to make money somewhere. Standards would appeal to a more niche audience than Pulse or Party, an audience that virtually no advertisers want to attract. They would do worse than a dance station would. If you're saying "Wait a minute...Christian stations are charity stations aren't they?", a lot of Christian broadcasters find money in leasing the frequency to paid programming and other churches. The 87.7 frequency is similar to what is to be broadcasting in New York where its part religious, part paid programming. Churches are more lucrative than you think, while they might not make a lot in straight ahead advertising, paid programming is the way they make their dough and refinance it into their respective church...

Well apparently many here seem to think that nothing can make money on the frequency. Should it just stay off the air then as static, a waste of space? Someone would just end up putting a pirate at 87.7 then. Sure "Christian" can always "fit", apparently its all the rage across America.

Somehow Pulse 87 kept gaining listenership, why? Because its a niche format.

If there is anything to be on this format, it will be religious, or "niche"
That means, Pure Dance (Pulse style from a company starting WITHOUT financial issues at the beginning)
Or it means, Standards, or Russian Pop/Dance, Jewish etc. (Ethnic, with targeted advertising), something worth fighting over a little static for.


If it is a typical format that we already have (like Party FM apparently wasn't "niche enough" or different enough from bigger stations in the same market)... THEN no matter what it wont work. CHR- No, Urban - No, A/c - No, Classic Rock - No, etc.


It is "niche" , "religion" or "silence".

 

[d21ofnj]

Well, I'm adjusted to my alternatives.

 

[Morpheux]

I thought you guys had long ago removed Party from your presets? When they were playing too much hip hop. How does that static sound like now?

 

[d21ofnj]

I thought you guys had long ago removed Party from your presets? When they were playing too much hip hop. How does that static sound like now?

Nah, I removed Party from my RadioTime preset. Wasn't a need to record their stream when they were on 87.7.

 

[luperm]

I think we are losing some perspective here. Isn't this WNYZ-LP a low-power TV station? Maybe they should focus on what they are licensed to do instead of trying to be something they aren't. It was a creative idea that flopped.

 

[DesiArnez6]

I thought you guys had long ago removed Party from your presets? When they were playing too much hip hop. How does that static sound like now?

I never removed it from my presets, despite original criticism because I saw improvement. Maybe many others did... BUT Interesting Note, Actually the static problem is GONE...AGAIN. Why? Pulse came crystal clear on my non-HD Radio that tunes right into 87.75 FM, Party never came in without static on any radio (It came in pretty good just with constant background static), but the Standards format came in crystal clear. I find that very odd. The pattern was consistent and unchanged by weather.

 

[nd2023]

I thought you guys had long ago removed Party from your presets? When they were playing too much hip hop. How does that static sound like now?

I never removed it from my presets, despite original criticism because I saw improvement. Maybe many others did... BUT Interesting Note, Actually the static problem is GONE...AGAIN. Why? Pulse came crystal clear on my non-HD Radio that tunes right into 87.75 FM, Party never came in without static on any radio (It came in pretty good just with constant background static), but the Standards format came in crystal clear. I find that very odd. The pattern was consistent and unchanged by weather.

When Pulse went off the air, the transmitter was turned off, then turned back on a few minutes later and stayed on through the end of Party.

The transmitter was turned off and on many times in the past 3 days.

Turned off when Party went off, then turned on to broadcast dead air, then the 2 hours of dance not heard since the Pulse days, then turned off in the middle of a dance song, then turned on for standards, then turned off last night, and is back on now.

 

[YEKIMI]

While I'm a big fan of dance/trance/electronic music [and worked at a station with a disco format at the tail end of that era] and would LOVE to be able to turn on a station and hear it, looks like it's not going to happen. However there are so many dance stations all over the internet that could be listened to and would appreciate your support. Right now I am listening to Electricfm.com. There's also a high school run student station out of Seattle, KNHC, that has a dance music format, they can be heard at C895worldwide.com and they sound great, lots of commercial stations could take a lesson on how to run their operations from them. There's also WWW.DI.FM, they have lots of different dance formats they stream. There's lots more out there on the world wide web. I know it's not as easy as flipping a switch on a radio and can't be listened to in a car [well, most cars] but if you miss dance music that much you'll find it out there somewhere.

 

[YEKIMI]

Crap, almost forgot my friends site, he'd kill me. NRRRadio.com

 

[Ger]

I listening two radio back in the 80s 90s when i used to stay on Long Island look across at Coney Island , njoy the music from the big name stations , when heart off gold and real ment somethink . . Now adays all you hear is bs music , beat this beat that . sorry not my Fourty , Give me Ren , Cold play , U2 Crowed house so on and dance i love it , keep the body going . at less when the jingles say " Newyork hotest new Music " it real ment it , we seen so many dance formated station closed down over last few year across the Usa , real is it worth it ?

you need a Adds that will hear and will get you on the ratings , are you not get the cash in two pay the heads and bill , , we seen what happen last few stations . it pity it happen .

I listen two station from Europe where its 50/50 share market for dance RnB rock and so on , it want Dane you want, it like Contact fm , FG DJ Radio france are kisstenerife Spain wich 70 Rnb and 30 % dance but djs are real , sound real and act real , think most USA station run on dj 2000 ( from the simpons )
"because Newyork wont stand still for same old music" , will think it is ... and pity

Ger