The Electro Hip Hop and House Show on Power 98.3 KKFR

[Wildstyle K]

I must admit I'm loving this show. Even though I kind of wish it was on KZZP or KZON or some other station that we don't have yet, I can think positively and be thankful that it at least came on another station outside of my already top two favorites in top 40/rhythmic hits. I am strongly hoping that other stations are noticing this and will eventually get the hint and jump on the bandwagon!

It is a bit ironic that of course, once again, the dance music somehow managed to find the rhythmic station with the weakest signal, and what makes it even more ironic is that it had to go to the least likely place for this to happen in order for the irony to unfold! It's sometimes funny to look at how things have changed as time passed over the past 10 - 12 years, and to see how different dance music of today is from what it used to be. Very different, yet many similarities. The Baltimore Club Sound seems to be the new thing that is taking the place of what booty house and booty bass used to be, then we have the new generation bass hits from artists like Will-I-Am and Flo Rida...etc. Then we have that new generation dance sound of the melodic song with the rap and the dance-styled sung hook for the chorus, still being done similar to how it was done back in the day with the euro style. I guess the only thing that keeps it from ever "being what it used to be" in many people's minds is the fact that the new artists are all mostly people who evolved in from another genre, while the dance artists of the past were more of just that - dance artists... and dance artists to begin with. That subconsciously gives them more authenticity towards the genre in the mind. Then, in addition to the new younger generation people not being as knowledgeable to the sound as the (now) older generation, you combine this with the fact that the new generation of sound has also changed (and people are usually resistant to change when they see something they already like as is), and of course it makes today's mainstream crossover dance artists seem to put the "art" in artificial. We (or too many of us) have already set our standards a bit too high on what dance music should be, based on our preconceived notions and past beliefs.

Well, I actually called in during the electro hip hop show on Power 98.3 fm and the on air hosts seems pretty cool, even though I still prefer that they didn't do what they did when it comes to the on-air personality for that show (you can see that entire topic in the #2 section, here: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,123618.0.html). I also still don't like the fact that they don't have a name for the show, so it kind of blends in with the 10 hours of mixes that proceeds it, but like I said before in that post, this is also beneficial because people will stay tuned in with a more open mind if unwarned that a dance (or "techno") show is beginning. It's also pretty smart that they always kick it off with one of the most "ghetto/hip hop" sounding electro dance songs, like "I'm the ish" or something like that before they REALLY get into it. Congratulations to Power 98.3. At least this is a start... Hopefully they eventually turn to sound like Power 106 in LA and let Dj Astonish along with two or three other dj's they have take over and let the remaining two that are horrible at mixing go. I'm not asking for all dance, but at least for the mixshows to become more "interesting" and "fun". Power 106 in LA has once again figured the formula out.

2009: A Whole New Generation of Sound Has Officially Come to Power 98.3! NOW, the question is; WHO'S NEXT?

 

[Mid West Clubber]

I think your lucky for the most part, and KDM ive heard you and Dynamix Mixes,, why dont you guys even Volunteer for free to do a show at any of the Phoenix stations,, Go to KKFR,, KZON, and KIss and Movin, and Kvid Club 95.1 and see if your sound will work...

I dont see you as being a hip Rapper, but I think you could be a great radio DJ for Mixshows,, your near my age,, either slightly older or younger, but unlike Singers and Rappers, alot of DJs get their start when they are in their late 20s to early 40s and are very successful... Ive heard your mixes on dance party radio, and I must admit, you are pretty dang good... so try to send in your mixes to your l0ocal stations, and even other rhythmic stations and see what happens,, it might just be volunteer at first, but it could land you gigs at clubs that pay you.. If I could mix as good as you I would do it.. Your mixes are both Steet-Ghetto and dance friendly enough to work at alot of stations, I recomend you OTHER guys check out Dance party Radio... Stevie B is actually a really nice guy,,, not surprising,, he doesnt have the Im better than you and im a star attitude,,, Stevie B still has power at stations like power 106 LA and Power 96 MIAMI, and even hot 97 NYC and B-96 Chicago,,, he could make it happen with support from guys like you and me.. I think I suck as a DJ, but if you want me to send you some Urban Black Hispanic mixes, let me know KDM,,, Let Stevie b hear them and see what he thinks.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Well... yes this is something I should do, but never really think of doing when I have the chance to. I get too caught up in music stuff sometimes. I probably have many mixes that are worthy of a demo and don't realize it.. but knowing me, I'll still feel the need to make another one.

Dance Party Radio will get better, as we are continuously adding more songs weekly. Since it's mostly new school dance, breaks, and freestyle hits, it's harder to pick and choose songs to send Stevie to add to the playlist because when those same songs get old, I will have to ask him to remove it, which is something I want to avoid as much as possible. It's easier to add a song than it might be to remove it - I don't know, and I don't know how much time he'll have to find songs and remove them. The reason why I have to select songs carefully is because many of the new freestyle or electro breakbeat influenced hits of today tend to get old quick, so it it's not even going to be that big of a deal to begin with, why go through all that trouble of throwing a whole bunch of songs on there when half of them might fade out in a few weeks/months, and then I'll be having to call him, talking about "well this song is old, and that song is no good" and then he'll have to go hunting through....etc. Normally, I send a lot of songs within mixes. There's something different about having older songs in mixes than just letting that old played out song play regularly. I know a guy who has an internet station that's just based on all kinds of mixes he, his friends, and I have done throughout the years and it sounds good that way. Everything from Lina Santiago to Sylver to Amber to Soul Sonic Force to David Guetta...etc. Each set has it's own flava.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Are you talking about DJ Kraze station at 1club.... its cool too... your mixes are there too.

 

[Wildstyle K]

It's Craze Radio dot net. More of my mixes are there than on Dance Party.
Maybe I should rather say it's about equal now. A lot of past, but recent mixes I have on Craze radio I didn't have added on Dance Party because there are certain mixes I no longer care for as much. They are perfectly blended, but I'm very picky and noticed other things. Those mixes are more dance than they are rhythmic, and some of them were house and electro-house. I've done a lot of newer mixes that are on Dance Party, so it equals out because some older ones are on Craze Radio, and newer ones that aren't on there are on Dance Party.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Well, I must come out and announce that I was wrong about this Electro-Hip Hop show not having a name! Apparently, it does have a name, and it's called Fiesta Friday Live. SO, I was wrong about all that stuff about a show with no name and a huge mix that comes before it.

LET ME CLARIFY.

Fridays, Power 98.3 starts mixing at 12pm for their typical old school (hip hop) at noon mix show. The old school ends at 1pm, however, the mixes continue throughout the rest of the day, including the drive at 5, or the commercial free 5 o clock happy hour mix, and the 9 o clock mix. This ENTIRE Friday event is called, or known as "Fiesta Friday's" on Power 98.3. Then 10 o clock hits with all the electro hip hop and house live in the mix, and this is called "Fiesta Friday Live", which is followed by THE PULSE, which is an underground hip hop show where hip hop lives.

Just thought I'd clarify things a bit.. no - seriously!

So, as of right now, we have Fiesta Friday's Live with Oscar Extravaganza and Dj Astonish, and.... as far as Saturday, should I say it? .........Nah - I'll reveal it later!! Yes, if you go to their website, it will say "live from Sugardaddy's on Saturday nights, but now that's on Sunday nights, not Saturday, so.... there must be

S O M E T H I N G   E L S E . . .

It's almost like they're really focused on stealing me away from KZZP and KZON on the weekends now or something! 95.1 KVIB, I don't even have time for it anymore.

 

[Wildstyle K]

This past Friday night I would say was the best! Surprisingly enough, being that it was a different dj, one of the regular/main station dj's, who did the on air electro-hip hop mix, as Astonish did the new club broadcast version of the show at the club. I thought they were going to do a live broadcast, but no. They just did one mix on the air and another with Dj Astonish at the club, and checked in from time to time. This on air dj mix was even deeper house and remixes than usual, compared to what was heard during the past 3 Friday nights.

It's nice to also hear the electro hip hop and Hi NRG every Friday morning at 8:30 am as well.

Saturday nights are ok, but seems to be a bit messy. There seems to be no flow to the Saturday night mixes, and it sounds like songs and tempos are just being picked and mixed at random... but a little here and there and an uneven flow of hip hop or pop and house music is still better than nothing. If we're going to do half hip hop and half house, it would be nice to do it as B96 did on Sat. nights, back when they were still "Hits & Hip Hop". Their hip hop and house flowed because they did the tempos right, without jumping around with tempos too much within one set, and not waiting until 10:52 to switch to uptempo when they knew commercials would come at 10:58, and none of this stuff where they play house remixes of pop, then suddenly slow down a bit and throw in the original "disturbia", "don't stop the music", or "right round", then do something like "kiss me through the phone" album edit, then jump back up to "blame it on the a, a-a-a, a- alcohol" and "sexy can I" ..... then go back to play "boom boom pow" somewhere at the end of the mix. This type of mix doesn't flow, and also, those dj's who like to try to play all the dance/pop hits like "sugar" by Flo Rida or stuff from LMFAO or Pitbull, Akon...etc at the same speed as "lolli lolli pop that body" and "Poker Face" are 80 times worse.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

B-96 still has good Mixes both on weekends and on the 5 o clock flipside, with non other than DJ Flipside,, they usually start off with either Dance or Hip Hop, and work their way into Electro house, to Electro Hip Hop, to POP, and then regular Hip Hop... sometimes especially fridays, the 5 o clock flipside is all Dance.

The B-96 mixes is still called the friday and sat night Street mix after all these years,,, sometimes an hour of Pure Hip Hop, sometimes a full set of House, and sometimes Euro, Electro, Ghetto hard house.... Its like the old B-96 during weekends,, they lost their butt when they dropped all Dance from Mixshows and lost their loyal listener base, so they brought it back. Power 106 in LA is Dance friendly on mixshows, and they play Gaga, Pitbull, Kid Cudi,, you know,, the stuff that is still Hip Hop,,, they dont play Brittney, which is good... I dont think Hot 97 plays Dance in Mixshows, but with KTU, NOW, Pulse, and Z,,, NYC needs Hot for the young Urban sound, power is still kinda R&B leaned..... Beleive it or not,, hot 97, Power 105, and even Urban ADULT 98.1 Kiss fm and 107.5 WBLS all used to all be dance friendly back in the day.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Their hip hop and house flowed because they did the tempos right, without jumping around with tempos too much within one set, and not waiting until 10:52 to switch to uptempo when they knew commercials would come at 10:58, and none of this stuff where they play house remixes of pop, then suddenly slow down a bit and throw in the original "disturbia", "don't stop the music", or "right round", then do something like "kiss me through the phone" album edit, then jump back up to "blame it on the a, a-a-a, a- alcohol" and "sexy can I" ..... then go back to play "boom boom pow" somewhere at the end of the mix. This type of mix doesn't flow, and also, those dj's who like to try to play all the dance/pop hits like "sugar" by Flo Rida or stuff from LMFAO or Pitbull, Akon...etc at the same speed as "lolli lolli pop that body" and "Poker Face" are 80 times worse.

I should also mention that this entire description is all within a 25 minute segment of mixes, not an entire show. Power 98 is no where near the level of B96 on sat. nights, so I had to compare it to the old B96 days, but based on the one or two nights I heard them stream as hits & hip hop back in Sept. 2007. I'm not too sure what B96 sounds like now on Sat, but I'm sure it's nothing to compare with Power 98.3 on Saturday nights because the amount of dance on power is limited and far less on Sat. On Friday's it's a completely different story... Power 98.3 is doing a much better job (when it comes to the dance side of things), but certain mixes could be better. It's nothing like the last time I heard Q100 on a Sat. night about two months back, but still room for improvement in the arrangement of songs in mixes... but I guess it's all good because most people don't notice or care. It just seems sloppy to me though to pick a good charting song, then some off the wall recurrent when in the lower tempos, then go into a different tempo to spend a little time there, then go back down to another tempo...etc all in 30 minutes. I like a nice blend of nicely arranged songs - maybe two heavy charters, then a recurrent that matches tempo, then back to another current, then maybe a less popular current...etc, and keep the flow going until it's time for the dance and do the same thing within the upper bpm. No jumping around or speeding up and slowing down the music several times throughout a set, or playing everything over a certain bpm all chopped and screwed.

Power has Friday nights good because since it's all uptempo, there's no reason to "screw it up" and play it all slow. The Sat. night street party dj, luckily, likes uptempo stuff, so he doesn't do that either, but for some reason ever since he's been given the freedom to do more uptempo stuff, it's been a little messy in consistency of bpm's sometimes. Surprisingly, one of the dj's who I thought couldn't handle dance if they had to proved me wrong, which is a good thing. He actually did equally just as good in mixing skills, or maybe even a better than Astonish this past Friday. I cannot say myself if I would have done it any better or worse if I were told to show up and do it for a first time tomorrow. I probably wouldn't know where to half-cut and mix a song every two to four minutes without running into another verse or completing the blend in time in the right mid portions to make it sound right without learning and analyzing all the electro-hip hop or house songs they play first.

I've been subscribed to the Flipside mixes mostly on Itunes for a while now. There is also a site where he posts all his mixes. I forgot where it is and how I got there, but it was nothing on the page except his mixes and a blank page all around it.

 

[Gusto]

Saturday nights are ok, but seems to be a bit messy. There seems to be no flow to the Saturday night mixes, and it sounds like songs and tempos are just being picked and mixed at random...

that's because Knick Wack is all over the place....rushes his mixes and does not program well. His tempos are too extreme as far as matching songs. the new generation of DJ's rely on effects and the "pitch lock" features that distort the sound. My rule of thumb is: If you can't do it on turntables without messing up the tone....then change the record (or MP3....how sad).

 

[Wildstyle K]

I don't think Knick Knack does or tries his best on Sat. nights. He's proven himself in the past.....

There was NO ELECTRO HIP HOP OR HOUSE show tonight, which was very disappointing. I have no idea what's going on because they are still advertising it as being a broadcast live on the air from the club in their commercials. Also, before they started the Saturday night street party, they played commercials for the new Sat. mix show the Friday before the week they actually changed the Saturday night sound (meaning that the ad for the Sat. Night Street Party came a week and a day before before it actually reflected on air), so who knows what will happen with Friday's now.

I know it's a five day mix weekend for Cinco De Mayo and they're mixing through Tuesday, but in the past, they've always kept their regularly scheduled mix shows within their Power Mix Weekends or Holiday Party Mixes, so I don't see how this would be the reason why they didn't do it tonight. I guess I'll wait and see if they also skip The Pulse, which is their underground hip hop show that follows, which I'll find out within the next 15 minutes...

They didn't even do their electro house and hip hop mix segment at 8:30 this morning, so I have no idea what's happening. The commercials are now also claiming that the club they are broadcasting from has two rooms - one side hip hop, the other side electro and hi energy, then they say "and it's ALL broadcast live from the club, over the airwaves...", so... not sure what this means, or if it's even possible. They've been advertising this.. now for about two weeks, and yet there hasn't been one live broadcast yet. There's been some checking in from time to time, but I don't consider that a "live broadcast". Well, I can only wish and hope for the best, but I'll be thankful that I do have Kiss FM and KZON - VERY thankful! I just got back from Tucson and heard what they have.... and with that being said, I shouldn't even think to complain about what I have here in Phoenix!

 

[Wildstyle K]

..And yes, the Underground Hip Hop Show is NO DOUBT on right now, but I'm not going to complain.
I'll just be thankful and appreciate the fact that KKFR is at least making the effort to promote dance and at least was willing to try it at some level. I really have nothing to complain about because things in radio could be a lot worse than they are right now in Phoenix when it comes to my taste and sound... but then again, judging by the type of stations and formats we have, the potential for things to be so much better exists.

I'll just be happy because some places have it bad, and don't even have the potential for something better to take place without having to go through a drastic change first.

 

[azenergyfan]

Ahhh any dance music in the valley of the sun is great but sure does make me long for the days of Energy rArizona. It had many problems but one thing it gave us was dance music all day and all night. Too bad Movin can't do some current dance in the evening....grr

 

[justthenumbers]

For whatever it’s worth…KKFR had an “Aquanet Set” freestyle flashback mix around 7:45 this morning. It was just amazing to hear “Let the Music Play” and “Fascinated” (and the music from “Take Me In Your Arms” in-between) on that station again.

The Aquanet Set was a common feature on KKFR at the start of this decade on the Sunday Night old school show...I just never thought I'd hear it during morning drive.

 

[Wildstyle K]

They used to do that regularly, but periodically, during the morning show in early 2007 and I believe sometimes in 2006 as well. Knick Knack knows all that stuff.. which is one of the reasons behind appreciating him as a DJ at the station.

Power 106 I think is where the entire idea and sound for many of the shows featuring the aquanet set style of music throughout the years originally stemmed from. There may be other stations that influenced it as well, perhaps 103.9 KPTY and others, too.

 

[2Son]

I don't think Knick Knack does or tries his best on Sat. nights. He's proven himself in the past.....

There was NO ELECTRO HIP HOP OR HOUSE show tonight, which was very disappointing. I have no idea what's going on because they are still advertising it as being a broadcast live on the air from the club in their commercials. Also, before they started the Saturday night street party, they played commercials for the new Sat. mix show the Friday before the week they actually changed the Saturday night sound (meaning that the ad for the Sat. Night Street Party came a week and a day before before it actually reflected on air), so who knows what will happen with Friday's now.

I know it's a five day mix weekend for Cinco De Mayo and they're mixing through Tuesday, but in the past, they've always kept their regularly scheduled mix shows within their Power Mix Weekends or Holiday Party Mixes, so I don't see how this would be the reason why they didn't do it tonight. I guess I'll wait and see if they also skip The Pulse, which is their underground hip hop show that follows, which I'll find out within the next 15 minutes...

They didn't even do their electro house and hip hop mix segment at 8:30 this morning, so I have no idea what's happening. The commercials are now also claiming that the club they are broadcasting from has two rooms - one side hip hop, the other side electro and hi energy, then they say "and it's ALL broadcast live from the club, over the airwaves...", so... not sure what this means, or if it's even possible. They've been advertising this.. now for about two weeks, and yet there hasn't been one live broadcast yet. There's been some checking in from time to time, but I don't consider that a "live broadcast". Well, I can only wish and hope for the best, but I'll be thankful that I do have Kiss FM and KZON - VERY thankful! I just got back from Tucson and heard what they have.... and with that being said, I shouldn't even think to complain about what I have here in Phoenix!

The mix shows on KZON and KZZP are no different than what they have on KRQ in Tucson. They do a mix show (Planet Q) from a club in Tucson Friday nights until close, and usually have another that runs until at least 4 AM on-air. In addition, on KXCI, there are a couple of weekly dance shows. Clearstatic features downtempo, electro, minimal, house, breaks and techno every Friday night from 8-10. Digital Empire features Trance, Techno, House, Drum n' Bass, Jungle, Breaks every Friday night from 10-12.

 

[Wildstyle K]

I didn't know about KXCI, but outside of the mix shows, I found myself extremely bored with what I found in Tucson, and I guess that's mostly because my music taste has changed a bit. I no longer really care too much for a top 40 station that does not lean mostly rhythmic, and I do not care for complete urbans or rhythmics that are mostly urban. This is what makes KZON mostly perfect for me, despite their lack of a decent amount of mix shows during the week. Sometimes I listen to KISS, but not as religiously as I used to because I'm not too fond of many of the alternative or disney leaning pop songs that are coming out these days. Maybe in Tucson I'd sit through it, but not here in Phoenix when there is 101.5 playing all the rhythmic hits I like and flirting with dance music. There was a time when I heavily favored Tucson radio over Phoenix, but now times have changed and I (pretty much) like how things are being ran here now. I do wish we had a mix until 4 a.m. and beyond (like we used to) on KZZP on Fri and Sat, but what they do throughout the week and on Saturday nights is pretty much good enough for now, and I think KZZP has the best feature on Sunday nights (but it's a war between KZZP and KFYI for me personally Sun. nights between 8-12am).

KZZP has more...actually, equal to KZON mix shows when it comes to quantity during the week, however KZON severly overpowers them on the weekends, then to top it off, KZON has more of a playlist that I could enjoy nonstop without too many things I don't want thrown in so I pretty much enjoy it regardless of the lack of mixshows during the week. Also, when I go to sleep at night with KZON on, I do not have to worry about having to get up and change the station in the morning if I should toss and turn and lay awake for a while because I know there will be music in the mornings, and a mix, so KZON pretty much wins overall for me. There was a time in the past when I used to love KRQ after our KPTY died and I struggled moving my antenna around trying to pick it up, but then KRQ tweaked and changed their format quite a bit since then and now I think they are just o.k. I liked KRQ best back when N-TYCE, FIVE, AALIYAH, and all those type of rhythmic artists were hot.

I see that KRQ's top played songs are somewhat mostly rhythmic leaning, but when I heard the top requested songs at 8 and compared them to our KZZP's top requested, there seemed to be quite a bit of difference.. I like KZZP's music selection more than KRQ's... and then don't forget on top of this that overall I still like KZON more than KZZP. Just let KZON bring back the mixes during the week and it wouldn't matter what happens in the after life if I should die because I'd already be in heaven.

KZZP
KZON
KNRJ
KKFR

and
KAJM

and then outside of those I have

KMVA
KPKX

to turn to from time to time, and then

KMXP
KVIB

and

KTAR

There was a time when I could only dream of this in Phoenix, and I remember when I thought dreaming of a KZON format alone was asking for too much.... just imagine if we had a pure dance station too, or if any of those stations, especially KZON, were to pick up or produce an exclusive scheduled pure dance music mix show. As a fan of the rhythmic sound, I think I have it pretty good, now that I see it laid out in front of me. More mix shows would be great though, and I wouldn't even care if they chose to play the entire 5 to 7 minutes of each extended versions of the songs in the mix to take up time - as long as it was done and arranged nicely.

 

[2Son]

I didn't know about KXCI, but outside of the mix shows, I found myself extremely bored with what I found in Tucson, and I guess that's mostly because my music taste has changed a bit. I no longer really care too much for a top 40 station that does not lean mostly rhythmic, and I do not care for complete urbans or rhythmics that are mostly urban. This is what makes KZON mostly perfect for me, despite their lack of a decent amount of mix shows during the week. Sometimes I listen to KISS, but not as religiously as I used to because I'm not too fond of many of the alternative or disney leaning pop songs that are coming out these days. Maybe in Tucson I'd sit through it, but not here in Phoenix when there is 101.5 playing all the rhythmic hits I like and flirting with dance music. There was a time when I heavily favored Tucson radio over Phoenix, but now times have changed and I (pretty much) like how things are being ran here now. I do wish we had a mix until 4 a.m. and beyond (like we used to) on KZZP on Fri and Sat, but what they do throughout the week and on Saturday nights is pretty much good enough for now, and I think KZZP has the best feature on Sunday nights (but it's a war between KZZP and KFYI for me personally Sun. nights between 8-12am).

KZZP has more...actually, equal to KZON mix shows when it comes to quantity during the week, however KZON severly overpowers them on the weekends, then to top it off, KZON has more of a playlist that I could enjoy nonstop without too many things I don't want thrown in so I pretty much enjoy it regardless of the lack of mixshows during the week. Also, when I go to sleep at night with KZON on, I do not have to worry about having to get up and change the station in the morning if I should toss and turn and lay awake for a while because I know there will be music in the mornings, and a mix, so KZON pretty much wins overall for me. There was a time in the past when I used to love KRQ after our KPTY died and I struggled moving my antenna around trying to pick it up, but then KRQ tweaked and changed their format quite a bit since then and now I think they are just o.k. I liked KRQ best back when N-TYCE, FIVE, AALIYAH, and all those type of rhythmic artists were hot.

I see that KRQ's top played songs are somewhat mostly rhythmic leaning, but when I heard the top requested songs at 8 and compared them to our KZZP's top requested, there seemed to be quite a bit of difference.. I like KZZP's music selection more than KRQ's... and then don't forget on top of this that overall I still like KZON more than KZZP. Just let KZON bring back the mixes during the week and it wouldn't matter what happens in the after life if I should die because I'd already be in heaven.

KZZP
KZON
KNRJ
KKFR

and
KAJM

and then outside of those I have

KMVA
KPKX

to turn to from time to time, and then

KMXP
KVIB

and

KTAR

There was a time when I could only dream of this in Phoenix, and I remember when I thought dreaming of a KZON format alone was asking for too much.... just imagine if we had a pure dance station too, or if any of those stations, especially KZON, were to pick up or produce an exclusive scheduled pure dance music mix show. As a fan of the rhythmic sound, I think I have it pretty good, now that I see it laid out in front of me. More mix shows would be great though, and I wouldn't even care if they chose to play the entire 5 to 7 minutes of each extended versions of the songs in the mix to take up time - as long as it was done and arranged nicely.

With the ability to pick up both KZZP and KZON down here in Tucson, I truly do not see much difference between what's being played in Phoenix and what's being played in Tucson. I like the idea that we have a AAA station down here - it had a nightly chill show that lasted for a few years. Hot sounds more similar to Jamz now than Power, and KISS sounds similar to KRQ. I liked KISS when it first came out before it leaned too heavily on rhythmic.. KRQ played more dance tunes back in 2000-2003ish - Ian Van Dahl, Darude, Sonique, Daft Punk, Amber, Telepopmusik, Dirty Vegas, etc. It's not like it used to be, but they'll still occasionally throw in some of those today. I guess you have to have the ability to pick up the station all of the time to notice these things.

 

[Wildstyle K]

I'm not even going to look forward for anything to happen tonight. There was absolutely no sign what so ever of any electro hip hop mix show or club play promotions this morning on KKFR, no dance in the mix at all this morning, and last week it didn't happen, so I guess I'll just "prepare for the worst and hope for the best". Like I said, at least they were willing to try and do it, so I wont criticize... however, the slogan... I cannot understand a hit music station that refuses to play Britney's hits. Today's Hottest Music sounds more appropriate since the word "hits" alone makes you think other things. I believe that Kristinia, Britney, Utada, P!NK and Sean Kingston sound more like hit music, and if the station that does play all or most of those hits isn't using the slogan, then the next station closest to that should have it. But I guess it's all good because as of right now KKFR is no longer sharing a slogan with someone else. The best mixes (music-wise) in the morning these days are on KZON, although KKFR has more and does ok, too.

Well, I guess if there's no electro-hip hop and house tonight, I still have the mix starting at 5pm on KZON to look forward to up until the live broadcast at 10, which I no longer care too much for. Then after that, I guess I can just wait until 12 when the live broadcast is over and listen again until 3am, if I feel like it. At least KZON keeps their mixes pretty evened out with slower and faster bpm sets (with exception to the club broadcast) and no 6 minute songs in the mixes. I'm sure KZZP will be "housing it up" a bit again tonight at some point between 11pm and 12 am, so that's good too. Other than that, Friday nights may just become another Zune and Ipod night since I'm usually not online during those times. It's funny I already know pretty much what I'm going to hear, but I still feel the need to hear the mixes on some stations. I guess it's just wishful and hopeful thinking that something may happen..

In an unrelated electro pop note, it's so funny how Pussycat Dolls "I hate this part" was the most played song on KVIB for a while. How did that happen? And I'm waiting to see who breaks "be with you" by Akon first! KVIB doesn't count because that's an unfair advantage since they've already been doing it. Between KKFR, KZZP, and KZON, who will do it first? It's hard to tell. I haven't heard it on Future Flavaz yet... but just because KZON has the Future Flavaz show, doesn't mean KZZP wont just straight up start playing it as a regular first, like they usually do these days. Congrats to KLSX for playing Far East Movement as a regular!

 

[Mid West Clubber]

If you have internet access, why not just listen to B-96 Chicago on Fri and Sat nights during the street mix, lots of electro Hip Hop,,, House,,, Progressive ETC,, and B-96 usually does their 2 minute average Quick Mixes as well, which I also tend to prefer... Z-1035 toronto has similar mixes that I think you might like, but I think fridays are all Euro,,, but their Saturday Mix sets are all kinds of Rhythmic-Dance-hip hop etc....

I gave up on having local stations air dance, and I gave up on Sat radio and only listen online now... I usually listen to net only, or School stations like KHNC WMPH, and Z 88.9... sometimes pulse in NYC, but not much.. During the day and week I listen to European, Middle Eastern, and Australian stations... I do like some of the u.s CHR and Rhythmic weekend shows for the markets lucky enough to have dance friendly ones...