> The evidence is everywhere. Have you ever seen a CHR play
> long edits of songs? Often in America, they cut the edit
> down even shorter.
>
> As for dance, the hard-core club fan might enjoy 10 minute
> remixes, but that hard core fanbase is very small in
> numbers.
>
> Ratings for mixshows are usually lower than when the station
> plays the typical radio edit. The only example of a good
> quarter hour remix is Danny D on Z103.5 on the Drive at 5.
> But Danny D does what others do not. He takes the best meat
> of the song and mixes it in, then drops the rest of it. So
> Oceanlab became a two minute song into Motorcyle, etc.
>
> I don't believe Party failed. To my knowledge, Party 93.1
> billed quite well, owned their demo and did quite well in
> the ratings. In fact, outside of a single bad book, their
> numbers were decent in a competitive city like Miami.
> What's most likely is that Cox figured the Rock market would
> make them MORE cash than dance would.....and there was no
> active rock station in Miami. Their overall numbers are
> lower than what Party typically had, but they might bill
> more (and in radio, billing = everything).
>
> Day by day I dont think people want remixes and 12 minute
> anthems. They want the meat of the song. Even in clubland,
> I never found it was useful to spin 10 minute songs, unless
> it was some underground hard-core club. The standard club
> audience doesn't mind a build up, but a remix of a radio
> edit seemed to keep their interest longer.
>
> I kinda like what Danny D does...a non stop mix but just the
> meat of the song. It's very captivating to hear in a club
> and I can tell you from personal experience, if the floor is
> a sign of success this guy is the man. 2-3 minutes of big
> anthems, just the meat, then right into the next one. He
> doesn't even build up to the song, but comes pounding into
> the best part of it.
>
>
> > Seriously.. how do you know this? Are you going by radio
> > geek opinions (like people who eat, breathe, and (BLEEP)
> > radio.. like us?), or CHR standards? Nobody knows in this
> > format. Nobody knows what works. If they did then there
> > would be a dance format in every major city in the USA.
> >
> > if its a 10 minute song of a PROMO ONLY vocal trance
> song..
> > yea.. thats too much... but if its a 10 minute bangin'
> > tribal house or progressive song.. bring it... you cant
> cut
> > those types up no matter how good of a program director
> you
> > are.. they arent meant to be cut up.. if these types are
> > chopped up to hell and back then the song has no meaning
> and
> > doesnt sound right... Keep the 10 minute
> motorcyle/bubblegum
> > type songs down to a minimum.. and bring the heat with the
>
> > songs that dont have 4 minute chopped up radio edits...
> >
> > This station is not going after radio geeks like us.. or a
>
> > mass appeal audience that lives in Kentucky.. Its Miami.
> The
> > only city in the USA that has (7) 24 hour nightclubs.- the
>
> > way Party should have ran their station.. or did we all
> > forget that Party tried catering to the "mass" audience
> and
> > failed miserably? only my opinion.
> >
>
A 7 minute Jessica simpson song called "The Boots are going to walk all over you" is a lot different than a 7 minute club hit (not dance hit) but club hit. One of these days, people will realize that there is more to this format than what Promo Only Mainstream Radio CDs are putting out each month.
Also.. I have not heard one single 10 minute version of a song on that station... someone needs to fix their time clock. i believe the 10 minute comment is called an exageration
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