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Sirius' Strobe 68 Needs to Shift to Late 80's /90's Dance

R

RyanCA

A Classic Dance station is needed on Sirius in replace of Strobe which in my opinion is grown stale. Sirius needs to target the younger demos who grew up with dance not just with the 70's/early 80's disco era that Strobe focuses on but with mid-late 80's and 90's dance. Email [email protected] and request this kind of Classic Dance station if you like to listen to this. I brought this up on the siriusbackstageboard and rumor has it lineup changes are coming in weeks. Maybe we talk them into reformatting Strobe Sirius 68 to Classic Dance.

Sample Playlist

1st Hour
Arpeggio - Love And Desire
Little Louie- French Kiss
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Adeva - Repect
Coro- Can't Let You Go
Grandmaster- White Lines
Madonna- Lucky Star (12" Club)
Haddaway - What Is Love
Samantha Fox- I Wanna Have Some Fun
Jamiroquai- Space Cowboy
GQ- Disco Nights
Hot Chocolate- You Sexy Thing

2nd Hour
Basement Jaxx- Rendez Vu
Fascination- Remember
Will To Power -Dreamin' (extended)
Bee Gees - Jive Talkin
Mariah Carey- My All (Morale Club Mix)
Sa-fire- Gonna Make It
Trans X- Livin On Video
Pebbles- Giving You The Benefit Of The Doubt
808 State- Cubik
M People- Movin' on
Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

3rd Hour
Donna Summer- On The Radio
Lidell Townsell- Nu Nu
Jocelyn Enriquez- Do You Miss Me?
Shalamar- Second Time Around
Babyface- Its No Crime
Stereo MC's - Elevate My Mind
Mighty Dub Kats - Magic Carpet Ride
Expose- Exposed To Love
Alisha - All Night Passion
Pure Sugar - Delicious
Foxy - Get Off

4th Hour
Lisa- Jump Shout
Roula - Lick It
TKA- Your Are The One
Snap- Oops Up
Lime- Baby, Were Gonna Love Tonight
Tara Kemp-Hold You Tight
Abigail - Constant Craving
Mr. Lee- Pump That Body
The Jets- Crush On You
Diana Ross- Love Hangover
Charm Farm- Superstar
ColdCut Featuring Lisa Stansfield-People Hold On
Taana Gardner - Work That body

Hour 5

Cathy Dennis - Just Another Dream
Tracie Spencer- Symptoms Of True Love
Earth,Wind & Fire- Let's Groove
Madonna- Like A Prayer (12" Mix)
Nomad- I Want To Give You Devotion
Corina- Temptation
Bee Gees-Stayin' Alive
Paula Abdul - Straight Up (Club Version)
David Morales- Needin U
Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life
TKA- Maria
Debbie Gibson- Only In Your Dreams (12" Club)
The Flirtations- Earthquake

Hour 6
Donna Summer- McAurther Park
E.G. Daily- Say It , Say It
Michelle' - No More Lies
Sa-fire - Boy I've Been Told
Jinny - Keep Warm
Ultra Nate- Free
Dead Or Alive- Brand New Lover (12"Mix)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Denise Lopez- Sayin' Sorry Don't Make It Right (12" Mix)
Montel Jordan- This Is How We Do It
C&C Music Factory- Gonna Make You Sweat (12" Mix)
Chaka Khan- Ain't Nobody

Hour 7
Covergirls- Inside Outside
Whispers- Rock Steady
Prince- Controversy
Pet Shop Boys- Domino Dancing
Junior - Mama Use To Say
KC Sunshine Band- I'm Your Boogie
& More- You'll Never Find Another Lover
Shawn Christoper- Another Sleepless Night
Amber- This Is Your Night
LA Style- James Brown Is Dead
Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing (12" Club)

Hour 8
Donna Summer- I Feel Love
Bananarama- Venus (12 Inch Mix)
Midnight Star- No Parking On The Dance Floor
Expose- What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You
Robert Miles- Children
3rd Party - Can U Feel It
Barry White - Your The First, The Last, My Every
Dubstar- Stars
Mary Jane Girls- In My House
Jaya- If You Leave Me Now (12" Mix)
Tone Loc- Funky Cold Medina
 
Looks like a really good playlist Ryan. I hope Sirius creates such a station.
I guess the only problem is that Sirius is targetting the Jammin Oldies fans.Don't forget that Disco was the most popular form of Dance music ever to hit the mainstream Pop charts.
 
> Looks like a really good playlist Ryan. I hope Sirius
> creates such a station.
> I guess the only problem is that Sirius is targetting the
> Jammin Oldies fans.Don't forget that Disco was the most
> popular form of Dance music ever to hit the mainstream Pop
> charts.
>

They should keep the disco and turn the Boombox Channel into a Classic 80s/90s Dance Channel. That channel cannot be getting that many listeners.<P ID="signature">______________
www.1Club.FM INTERNET RADIO STATION
30 Channels... 1 Club DOT FM</P></P>
 
> > Looks like a really good playlist Ryan. I hope Sirius
> > creates such a station.
> > I guess the only problem is that Sirius is targetting the
> > Jammin Oldies fans.Don't forget that Disco was the most
> > popular form of Dance music ever to hit the mainstream Pop
>
> > charts.
> >
>
> They should keep the disco and turn the Boombox Channel into
> a Classic 80s/90s Dance Channel. That channel cannot be
> getting that many listeners.
>


Ya but bandwith is too limited to create 2 Dance oldies channels. The Disco format is aging and they need to grow with the audience who just didn't know about Disco but the Hot 97/Power 106 dance days too. XM's Chrome has been shifting to other 80's music besides just Disco. I think in 2005, the time is ripe to blend in other forms of classic dance instead of just the early 80's music.

Disco was the most popular form of dance music to hit mainstream pop, but we're talking the hits not the obscure stuff (Strobe plays these) which I don't think theres enough to warrant a 24/7 format for.
 
> > > Looks like a really good playlist Ryan. I hope Sirius
> > > creates such a station.
> > > I guess the only problem is that Sirius is targetting
> the
> > > Jammin Oldies fans.Don't forget that Disco was the most
> > > popular form of Dance music ever to hit the mainstream
> Pop
> >
> > > charts.
> > >
> >
> > They should keep the disco and turn the Boombox Channel
> into
> > a Classic 80s/90s Dance Channel. That channel cannot be
> > getting that many listeners.
> >
>
>
> Ya but bandwith is too limited to create 2 Dance oldies
> channels. The Disco format is aging and they need to grow
> with the audience who just didn't know about Disco but the
> Hot 97/Power 106 dance days too. XM's Chrome has been
> shifting to other 80's music besides just Disco. I think in
> 2005, the time is ripe to blend in other forms of classic
> dance instead of just the early 80's music.
>
> Disco was the most popular form of dance music to hit
> mainstream pop, but we're talking the hits not the obscure
> stuff (Strobe plays these) which I don't think theres enough
> to warrant a 24/7 format for.
>
I agree with Ryan. Chrome needs to dump the dead weight records, and just play the hits, I would say expand the playist to 1995, and play the big hits and radio edits, Chrome plays alot of extended 12 inch 8 minute disco, and Early Hi energy stuff, that was out dated as soon as it hit the shelves. I think Strobe and Boombox are both a mess, so they can change either one of those, and I wont care. I only listen to 62, 63, and 66 in the dance section.
 
> > > Looks like a really good playlist Ryan. I hope Sirius
> > > creates such a station.
> > > I guess the only problem is that Sirius is targetting
> the
> > > Jammin Oldies fans.Don't forget that Disco was the most
> > > popular form of Dance music ever to hit the mainstream
> Pop
> >
> > > charts.
> > >
> >
> > They should keep the disco and turn the Boombox Channel
> into
> > a Classic 80s/90s Dance Channel. That channel cannot be
> > getting that many listeners.
> >
>
>
> Ya but bandwith is too limited to create 2 Dance oldies
> channels. The Disco format is aging and they need to grow
> with the audience who just didn't know about Disco but the
> Hot 97/Power 106 dance days too. XM's Chrome has been
> shifting to other 80's music besides just Disco. I think in
> 2005, the time is ripe to blend in other forms of classic
> dance instead of just the early 80's music.
>
> Disco was the most popular form of dance music to hit
> mainstream pop, but we're talking the hits not the obscure
> stuff (Strobe plays these) which I don't think theres enough
> to warrant a 24/7 format for.
>

I totally disagree. The people that like the 70s and 80s (HITS.. not dance) channel likes the disco. This is their dance channel.. just like the beat is your dance channel. There are A LOT more people that LISTENED to disco... then people that listen to Breakbeats today. My Disco channel gets almost 6 times more listeners than my Breaks channel that plays the newest currents and little old school.

I dont know if comparing net radio users to satellite radio users is a fair comparison... but either way, both audiences are tech savy... so I wouldnt think there is a big difference.

The beat plays or has played a lot of records listed above in the list... but no disco records. I dont think it would be fair to totally wash out the disco listeners for classic dance.

just my 2c
<P ID="signature">______________
www.1Club.FM INTERNET RADIO STATION
30 Channels... 1 Club DOT FM</P></P>
 
> Ya but bandwith is too limited to create 2 Dance oldies
> channels. The Disco format is aging and they need to grow
> with the audience who just didn't know about Disco but the
> Hot 97/Power 106 dance days too. XM's Chrome has been
> shifting to other 80's music besides just Disco. I think in
> 2005, the time is ripe to blend in other forms of classic
> dance instead of just the early 80's music.

It is funny, how someone can rationalize something just because they are not in that age demo.

"Grow the audience?" The average disco listener is about 46 years old. If this was commercial radio, they would still have about 10 years to go, but this is satellite so they are paying to hear this stuff.

Also, do your research, the Strobe goes way beyond the early 80s. You can hear Madonna, Expose etc..... I have heard late 80s dance tracks, but it dont seem like it because they are not A's and get much less spins.

Sad but true, 70s disco outsold 80s and 90s dance. Got more airplay, more exposure, more of the "lifestyle" at the time. Mass appeal is still disco. You have to hope that Sirius sees a demand (Read: NYC, Chicago, LA etc) for the "in between" period of 85-95, that is too new for The Strobe and too old for The Beat. There are alot more people that will remember Ring My Bell by Anita Ward as opposed to French Kiss by Lil Louis.


Speaking of Bandwidth, I still can't fathom how they lumped "Chill" in with Dance/Electronic, but I imagine they rationalized it.

And mind you, the person writing this would enjoy a classic 85-95 dance station as opposed to Disco. Otherwise I would be involved in 70snow.com not 80snow.com! But facts are just that! <P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
> > Ya but bandwith is too limited to create 2 Dance oldies
> > channels. The Disco format is aging and they need to grow
> > with the audience who just didn't know about Disco but the
>
> > Hot 97/Power 106 dance days too. XM's Chrome has been
> > shifting to other 80's music besides just Disco. I think
> in
> > 2005, the time is ripe to blend in other forms of classic
> > dance instead of just the early 80's music.
>
> It is funny, how someone can rationalize something just
> because they are not in that age demo.
>
> "Grow the audience?" The average disco listener is about 46
> years old. If this was commercial radio, they would still
> have about 10 years to go, but this is satellite so they are
> paying to hear this stuff.
>
> Also, do your research, the Strobe goes way beyond the early
> 80s. You can hear Madonna, Expose etc..... I have heard late
> 80s dance tracks, but it dont seem like it because they are
> not A's and get much less spins.
>
> Sad but true, 70s disco outsold 80s and 90s dance. Got more
> airplay, more exposure, more of the "lifestyle" at the time.
> Mass appeal is still disco. You have to hope that Sirius
> sees a demand (Read: NYC, Chicago, LA etc) for the "in
> between" period of 85-95, that is too new for The Strobe and
> too old for The Beat. There are alot more people that will
> remember Ring My Bell by Anita Ward as opposed to French
> Kiss by Lil Louis.
>
>
> Speaking of Bandwidth, I still can't fathom how they lumped
> "Chill" in with Dance/Electronic, but I imagine they
> rationalized it.
>
> And mind you, the person writing this would enjoy a classic
> 85-95 dance station as opposed to Disco. Otherwise I would
> be involved in 70snow.com not 80snow.com! But facts are just
> that!
>

Speaking of Bandwidth, I still can't fathom how they lumped "Chill" in with Dance/Electronic, but I imagine they rationalized it.

Believe it or not.. the Chill format is VERY popular.<P ID="signature">______________
www.1Club.FM INTERNET RADIO STATION
30 Channels... 1 Club DOT FM</P></P>
 
> They should keep the disco and turn the Boombox Channel into
> a Classic 80s/90s Dance Channel. That channel cannot be
> getting that many listeners.
>
THANK YOU!!!! I couldn't agree more. In fact, I made this suggestion many months ago on this board. I'm glad to see you brought it up! The music on Boombox belongs in the hip-hop category. Putting classic dance(80s and 90s)and freestyle on 61 and keeping the name Boombox would be a really cool fit!!! The current format on Boombox 61 should be heard on Backspin 43.
 
> Speaking of Bandwidth, I still can't fathom how they lumped
> "Chill" in with Dance/Electronic, but I imagine they
> rationalized it.
>
> And mind you, the person writing this would enjoy a classic
> 85-95 dance station as opposed to Disco. Otherwise I would
> be involved in 70snow.com not 80snow.com! But facts are just
> that!
>
I would too like to hear 85-95 dance music on sirius. I do think the "Chill" channel is a good idea, but the mix of music they're playing on it doesn't fit in the dance category. I expect to hear what I've heard on those chill CDs in the dance music section at Virgin Records. Too much rock and other stuff.
 
> Believe it or not.. the Chill format is VERY popular.
>

I agree, I am behind you, it does have a niche following.

My question should of been made more clear, does it belong/fit under Dance/Electronic category? <P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
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