Have you noticed that said radio stations play the same exact music -- or close to it?
If it weren't for the on-air hosts, I would have no idea which radio station I'm listening to -- their playlists are virtually identical.
I have lived in Miami my whole life and grew up in the 90s listening to Power 96. My, have times changed! Power 96 was clearly on top of its game back then, with jocks and DJs like DJ Laz, Felix Sama, Tony the Tiger, Kid Curry, Eddie Mix, Joe Nasty, Dimas Martinez, and Cox on the Radio. The mix shows were outstanding. It was a truly local station -- not corporate and generic like the ones of today.
Party 93.1 burst onto the scene in the early 2000s and Power decided to compete with and emulate 99 Jamz. It dropped the dance format many of us had come to love and lost its identity in the process.
The station was never the same again. To me, it's a shadow today of what it once was. It's hardly distinguishable from y100, Hits, and My.
In an ideal world, Miami would get a heritage dance station that not only plays electronica/trance but dance music from back in the day, including the freestyle music for which Power became famous in the mid 80s to early 90s. The station would be live and local -- a uniquely Miami station like Power 96 was in its heyday.
I don't think this would ever happen, though. For starters, people in my age group (30s-40s) just don't seem to care much for the dance genre. I'm actually a big fan of freestyle music, even though I was still very small when freestyle was sweeping South Florida. It's all about pop and hip hop in 2015.
What do you think? Is a radio station of this kind needed in Miami?
Thanks in advance.
If it weren't for the on-air hosts, I would have no idea which radio station I'm listening to -- their playlists are virtually identical.
I have lived in Miami my whole life and grew up in the 90s listening to Power 96. My, have times changed! Power 96 was clearly on top of its game back then, with jocks and DJs like DJ Laz, Felix Sama, Tony the Tiger, Kid Curry, Eddie Mix, Joe Nasty, Dimas Martinez, and Cox on the Radio. The mix shows were outstanding. It was a truly local station -- not corporate and generic like the ones of today.
Party 93.1 burst onto the scene in the early 2000s and Power decided to compete with and emulate 99 Jamz. It dropped the dance format many of us had come to love and lost its identity in the process.
The station was never the same again. To me, it's a shadow today of what it once was. It's hardly distinguishable from y100, Hits, and My.
In an ideal world, Miami would get a heritage dance station that not only plays electronica/trance but dance music from back in the day, including the freestyle music for which Power became famous in the mid 80s to early 90s. The station would be live and local -- a uniquely Miami station like Power 96 was in its heyday.
I don't think this would ever happen, though. For starters, people in my age group (30s-40s) just don't seem to care much for the dance genre. I'm actually a big fan of freestyle music, even though I was still very small when freestyle was sweeping South Florida. It's all about pop and hip hop in 2015.
What do you think? Is a radio station of this kind needed in Miami?
Thanks in advance.