THE ULTIMATE VENT ABOUT PARTY FM

[Derrix-Javidd]

Although I may be new to this board, don't be quick to dismiss me or what I have to say in this thread. I used to be a big fan of Pulse 87 when it was on the air, and I have honestly tried to give Party FM a chance. But after what's happened earlier today, I have to SERIOUSLY question whether this station can survive in the NYC market!

I titled my thread "The Ultimate Party FM Vent" because I have been watching this board ever since the demise of Pulse 87 back in October, and I've noticed the other posts/threads of displeasure about the station. My post will be my view of the situation, and will address multiple issues (some of which haven't been touched upon as of yet). Again, I'm not a "hater". I have listened to this station since the day they've been on 87.7.

Tonight (technically this morning) was about the 3rd or 4th time Party FM's signal has gone out on the WNYZ simulcast (I haven't taken an exact count), and it seems as if no one at the Long Island offices either notice---or even care---that no one in the greater Tri-State can even hear what they're playing! They've had issues like this that have lasted for HOURS! What kind of station tolerates hours of dead air to take place? This NEVER happened when Pulse 87 was on the air!

In their latest "mishap", the "Dirty Beats with ALUV" show went out on 87.7 for a while, only to resurface with a TAPE OF WHAT THEY WERE PLAYING BEFORE THEY FIRST SIGNED ON TO THE AIRWAVES IN NYC!! The "New York City, you've felt the Pulse....." thing is disturbing to hear more than two months later. It's a shame, because while they broadcast something totally different on 87.7, their intended program sounds pretty good on the Internet stream-----but that's not how it's supposed to work! The station has taken a GIGANTIC step backwards, and I'm totally disgusted with them!! I'm sure I could program a much better station than this myself!!

If it were left up to me, I'd get rid of most of the hip-hop and the hip-hop DJs (such as Loki, Spanky, and Ted Smooth), and take the station to the next level as a dance station. There are still some former Pulse personalities that could make the station better. I wish Showboat and DJ James Anthony were back! JVC has the potential to succeed where Mega Media failed, but it's as if no one over there realizes that. Maybe they just took us dance fans for granted when they took over the frequency. Big mistake!

Outside of this, I've noticed the station has recently shuffled their lineup around and been trying to add more dance music, but there are problems that persist with this station nonetheless.

From my point of view, it's not just the confusing mix of hip-hop and dance that is a turnoff. Some (if not most) of the on-air personalities are just downright annoying and/or unappealing, and don't make you even care about what they're playing a lot of the time. Pulido is the only one who seems like he could fit in on a NYC radio station, while the others are just there like wallpaper. The station has an obvious "small market feel" to it, and it's as if some of the people there are second-rate amateurs (at least as compared to some of the people that used to be on Pulse). I guess it will take the January and February books to FINALLY make it apparent that the Long Island format isn't working.

Whenever you post "dissenting opinions" about what they're doing on their Facebook page, someone from there deletes them and pretends they were never there in the first place. They want to give the impression that everyone who posts there loves everything they're doing.

Going without a morning show doesn't help overall (although Vic Latino's shift to afternoons was a good move), and there should NEVER be hip-hop played in a so-called "Saturday Night Dance Party". I've heard the arguments for why they need to play hip-hop, but for a lot of us listening, it doesn't wash. Pulse was very successful for what it was, and there's no reason to believe it couldn't be again. IMO, Vic needs to wake up and either go back to the 80/20 format, or split the stations entirely. Otherwise, we could all be here talking about "Why Party FM Failed And Where We Go From Here"! The work of the NYC Dance Music Coalition may not be done yet!

 

[DToTheJ]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

 

[d21ofnj]

Now what's up with the "stunting" they aired before the launch is playing now? Could it be finally that PartyFM is going to be Party 87.7 & Party 105.3?

 

[TonySantiago]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

@DToTheJ - It's kinda funny because when PartyFM launched, as you had thought there would NEVER be another dance station again, I thought it best to rib you on that. I know you're a hater and that's okay, people can argue points left and right. But this is actually a case where I do sympathize with you because the talk in here has become a LOT and for the rest of you that want to talk about other issues going on in New York City radio, it gets tough when your posts are "hidden" with all of the PartyFM/Pulse comments.

Now to business....

First off, welcome Derrix! Before I offer my reply, I want you to read this post.... http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=159794.0. This is the post regarding "The Big Picture". You may have seen this on the coalition page on FB. This is basically my hope for the direction of JVC Broadcasting and Party FM where they make enough to keep the "network" on but at the same time break off 87.7 to become more dance oriented and 105.3 to keep on the "rhythmic" aspect since you don't have a station that far out on the island to cover that ground.

Admittedly I'm not into hip-hop either but I have to see things from both angles and that is where I am caught between a "rock" and a "hard place" because yes, I DO want dance music on as much as possible, yet on the PartyFM side I understand the business angle of why they are doing this. And I might as well just be blunt and say it.

The fact of the matter is, there are more financial resources in hip-hop as there is in dance music in the U.S.. You have MANY major hip-hop record labels, along with other angles spinning into it (fashion being the main one). They also generate revenue in advertising, in terms of licensing the music out as well as selling that "brand" in terms of the fashion. Yet with dance music, you have our labels out there but they just don't have the power (in terms of that money) to generate the type of revenue radio stations are looking for in order to keep their business afloat. Advertisers for the most part have all but totally steered away from dance music (I'm largely thinking because of the "stereotypes" given wrongly to the genre). It doesn't mean that I don't want dance music to work. If there is ANY mission I have to do for 2010, I have to go around different cities and start a "crusade" for us as well as try to meet with advertising execs to convince them somehow that using a dance track in a campaign has potential in reaching to an untapped audience that doesn't fit in with the "stereotypes". With the latter, we need proof and that's the hard part to work on, but we'll do it.

Believe me, I hear it all the time about PartyFM and I'm as disappointed as the rest of us that are dance music afficionados. I'm also getting the blame for why PartyFM is the way it is and I don't even work there, yet because I want to see something happen where they can succeed...all of a sudden I'm "kissing" on them! This is a tough situation and while on one side I want Vic and John (the owners) to succeed, I also have to look out for our community and if the dance music community are upset then yes, something has to be addressed somehow.

Derrix, what you are saying is something that I hear from MANY people, pretty much the same words actually. And yeah it stinks because if Mega Media wasn't in such a financial mess (BEFORE Pulse launched) then Pulse would probably be still on the air. And I say probably because even though they did get advertising, they didn't continually get the "big gun". SoBe aired there but that was it....no other major brand names.

I will be looking at the Feb 2010 PPM's because that would be the best catalyst. But for me, this stinks being caught where I am with this. Yet I'll fight on because we need to

 

[DToTheJ]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

... I know you're a hater and that's okay, people can argue points left and right. But this is actually a case where I do sympathize with you because the talk in here has become a LOT and for the rest of you that want to talk about other issues going on in New York City radio, it gets tough when your posts are "hidden" with all of the PartyFM/Pulse comments...

My point exactly. Though, in all fairness, there are times when a station is so influential, there will be a glut of new threads about that station at any given time (105.3 in Dallas and 104.5 in Philadelphia comes to mind). This is regardless of whether one is a "hater" of the formats on the frequency, or not.

 

[TonySantiago]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

... I know you're a hater and that's okay, people can argue points left and right. But this is actually a case where I do sympathize with you because the talk in here has become a LOT and for the rest of you that want to talk about other issues going on in New York City radio, it gets tough when your posts are "hidden" with all of the PartyFM/Pulse comments...

My point exactly. Though, in all fairness, there are times when a station is so influential, there will be a glut of new threads about that station at any given time (105.3 in Dallas and 104.5 in Philadelphia comes to mind). This is regardless of whether one is a "hater" of the formats on the frequency, or not.

Yes, and that is true.

There was a time on this board where there was a huge flood of 'RXP posts mainly from the rock fans criticizing the musical direction of the station (VERY similar to the PartyFM arguments actually). It may have been much at the time but just as dance fans are passionate about our music, I knew that rock fans were passionate about their music and that whatever arguments were coming out were meant as "constructive criticism". That's basically what is happening here and I'd rather the constructive criticism route take place versus "Party Sucks!"

There has ALWAYS been a disdain here in NYC regarding dance vs. hip-hop. It goes back to when Hot 97 flipped format back in 1992. Whereas you have seen people talking about Pulse, musically, in a positive fashion (the negatives being about their financial situation), you see the criticisms on Party FM on their musical direction.

I DO know why they have to do this; but it still is a tough predicament to be in this corner knowing both sides of the argument.

 

[MarcR]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

It's something of a tradition on the Radio-Info boards to talk interminably about stations with the lowest Arbitron shares. Whether it was Indie 103.1 on the LA board or Pulse (and now Party) on the New York board, the lower the share a radio station garnered, the more it seemed it was discussed and analyzed.

 

[TonySantiago]

I think it might be time for two New York boards: one to talk about Party FM, Pulse, and all other such stations, and another board for everything else.

It's something of a tradition on the Radio-Info boards to talk interminably about stations with the lowest Arbitron shares. Whether it was Indie 103.1 on the LA board or Pulse (and now Party) on the New York board, the lower the share a radio station garnered, the more it seemed it was discussed and analyzed.

Which also may show how the "lower rated" stations are the ones that are most beloved by the fans, and that can pertain to any given musical genre.

But seriously, this IS the New York board on Radio-Info and I do think more of YOU (that aren't fans of Party or Pulse) should start bringing more to the table in terms of discussions about other radio stations. Just looking back 4 pages in here, the only stations I see getting a decent amount of "chatter" in here are CBS-FM, 92.3 Now, a few on X-96.3, one or two on WABC, Kiss and BLS along with some talk on personalities (Curtis Sliwa, Steve Malzberg). I don't hear ANYTHING or very little on these stations (WBGO, anything below 92.1 EXCEPT Party. Amor 93.1, WNYC, WFME, WPLJ, Hot 97, La Mega, WAWZ, WBAI, Z-100, even the RXP posts died out, Fresh 102.7. 'KTU (only talked about on threads regarding Party), Q-104, Power 105.1, WQXR, Lite FM as well as WFAN (to a certain extent), WCBS-AM, 1010 WINS, Bloomberg 1130, 970 The Apple, well..you all get the point).

Start up some topics on those stations as well as the personalities behind them. This IS a New York board and everything in here should be discussed. But if very few are bringing something "to the table" then don't blame us for the influx of PartyFM postings . That's all I'm saying

 

[islanddxer]

As I've said before I couldn't bear listening to PartyFM anymore and removed them from my presets. I had them on for a brief time this afternoon, but after hearing "replay", "so hard", and yet another Pit Bull song I had to turn it off. Its become mostly a hip hop station with a latino twist, with very little dance. I dont get Vic Latino, and why he's respected in the dance community. He's done more to get rid of dance from 105.3 and push a latino hip hop agenda down our throats.
Their 87.7 audio sounds like crap and is unreliable, and the station remains focused on Long Island. They either need to split the simulcast or let someone else like Energy 98, or Las Vegas's Vibe FM step in.
Most of the personalities (esp NATALIA) seem quite small market as well. Vic has a huge EGO and that may ultimately lead to the downfall of PartyFM and JVC Broadcasting, because he wont let the expert programmers like Andre take charge.
The argument that they fill a niche for hip hop is hogwash, even on LI, where in Riverhead I can hear hip hop music on 101.7, 106.1(which leans very urban heavy for a CHR), plus 93.7 as well. And whats with all the Pit Bull? 98.5 plays that as well, and its owned by the same company.

 

[BiggieFats]

There has ALWAYS been a disdain here in NYC regarding dance vs. hip-hop. It goes back to when Hot 97 flipped format back in 1992. Whereas you have seen people talking about Pulse, musically, in a positive fashion (the negatives being about their financial situation), you see the criticisms on Party FM on their musical direction.

Not to nitpick, but Hot 97 didn't exactly flip. I remember it as a gradual shift from dance to hip-hop starting around '91 and completing around '94. I remember always saying to friends at the time, "Hey, Hot 97 is playing [X rap song] that you would normally hear on Kiss or 'BLS at the time."

 

[d21ofnj]

Flipped, tweaked, doesn't matter, bottom line, dance was dropped from Hot 97 and went 100% hip-hop. KTU, tweaked to a Rhythmic AC, but for some reason are heavy on dance remixes it seems.

 

[BiggieFats]

They are not 100% hip hop. No station in NYC is.

 

[islanddxer]

If you took the helm at Party FM, what would you do?

Alot of posts attacking Party but I dont hear much in the way of suggestions on how to fix the format. So here's what I'd do. I'd start with the music, and adding songs like Chicane's "Hiding All the Stars", Tiesto "I Will Be Here", as well as bringing back the popular anthem songs (remember when you'd hear stuff like Amber "One More Night" and the remix of Whitney Houston's "Its not Right" and "My Love is Your Love").
I would also add some freestyle into the rotation, and always play remixes of pop songs instead of original versions, like Beyonce's Singe Ladies, for instance I'd put on the Dave Aude edit. Songs like Ascension "Someone" and Fragma "Miracle" would return to the rotation. I would get rid of most of the hip hop (GOODBYE PIT BULL!) but would keep the crossover stuff like Akon's "Sexy Chick" and Kid Kudi "Day N' Nite". Speaking of that song, I sure do miss it, they dont play it anymore but that Crookers Remix is excellent.
DJ's...I'd get rid of Natalia, and keep the rest. Natalia has too much of an urban feel and doesnt fit in with dance music. I'd keep all the DJ Mix shows as well as DJ Impact's Back in the Day Buffet. The Neighborhood is a good show, and adding the PM Drive was a good decision (one of their few good ones).
With a more dance oriented format the station would STAND OUT more both on the island and in NYC. Right now ppl are leaving the station in droves. They dont even get the same enthusiasm on Facebook.
Their playlist (which they finally bothered around to putting up) does list some songs like Tiesto's, but I have yet to actually HEAR them on the station.

 

[Dancerev889]

Re: If you took the helm at Party FM, what would you do?

Alot of posts attacking Party but I dont hear much in the way of suggestions on how to fix the format. So here's what I'd do. I'd start with the music, and adding songs like Chicane's "Hiding All the Stars", Tiesto "I Will Be Here", as well as bringing back the popular anthem songs (remember when you'd hear stuff like Amber "One More Night" and the remix of Whitney Houston's "Its not Right" and "My Love is Your Love").
I would also add some freestyle into the rotation, and always play remixes of pop songs instead of original versions, like Beyonce's Singe Ladies, for instance I'd put on the Dave Aude edit. Songs like Ascension "Someone" and Fragma "Miracle" would return to the rotation. I would get rid of most of the hip hop (GOODBYE PIT BULL!) but would keep the crossover stuff like Akon's "Sexy Chick" and Kid Kudi "Day N' Nite". Speaking of that song, I sure do miss it, they dont play it anymore but that Crookers Remix is excellent.
DJ's...I'd get rid of Natalia, and keep the rest. Natalia has too much of an urban feel and doesnt fit in with dance music. I'd keep all the DJ Mix shows as well as DJ Impact's Back in the Day Buffet. The Neighborhood is a good show, and adding the PM Drive was a good decision (one of their few good ones).
With a more dance oriented format the station would STAND OUT more both on the island and in NYC. Right now ppl are leaving the station in droves. They dont even get the same enthusiasm on Facebook.
Their playlist (which they finally bothered around to putting up) does list some songs like Tiesto's, but I have yet to actually HEAR them on the station.

Always playing remixes of pop songs? Thats the worst thing you can do. A lot of pop songs do not need a remix. Radio is for the masses not just a niche audience. Party just made some changes and besides "THEY ARE NOT A DANCE STATION" They never said they were.

 

[TonySantiago]

They are not 100% hip hop. No station in NYC is.

No, but the lean on hip-hop on that and Power 105.1 is much more greater than Party.

 

[Derrix-Javidd]

Last night, Party FM's version of a Saturday Night "Dance" Party felt like a tale of two extremes. The first half sounded good when they were playing DANCE music, but halfway through, someone got the idea to change over to HIP HOP. I don't know if the rest of the show finished like that or not, as I eventually got disgusted and turned them off before the 1AM hour was done.

I started listening to some of the "Pulse alternatives", and they made Party FM look like crap. The Saturday Night Dance Party played on the Original Hot 97 sounded just like this show was meant to. It really did remind me of Pulse 87. I also tuned into Energy 98, and I can already see why they would have been a more logical choice to take over the WNYZ frequency.

Someone on here said that Party isn't a dance station and never identified themselves as such. Well, considering how much they've flirted with dance in both the past and present, we can't help but consider them some form of a dance station. It's not always what you say-----but what you do-----that makes an impression in people's minds.

With that last point being said, I can only wonder what Vic Latino's motivation is with Party FM. Is his goal to make Party a true dance station, or just a hip-hop station masquerading as one? Hip-hop and dance aren't exactly compatible formats, and no station can succeed for long trying to be all things to both audiences. It would be like going to a club that plays a few dance tracks and then out of nowhere switches up to hip-hop, only to switch back without warning. Any club that operated in that manner wouldn't be in business for long.

Sadly, if Party doesn't get its act together soon, neither will they!

 

[TonySantiago]

EVEN I MUST ADMIT...

The PartyFM posts are getting out of hand in here. ???

Look...no diss on anyone posting about Party in here, for me I'm still holding out on "the big picture" here (okay maybe in the same way Linus held out on "The Great Pumpkin", but hey it's still something that COULD happen). But the only way that can happen is that we stay SUPPORTIVE to Party FM. As I've said many many times, I don't like hip-hop, but if hip-hop has the financial "engine" that can generate money into JVC Broadcasting, therefore having the financial means to "split" the signal on their network, then that is how dance will prosper. But it WON'T prosper if we continually piss and moan at the way the format is going because just as long as the money comes in stronger on the hip-hop side than the dance music side, they are going to see $$$$$ and not be too concerned about us.

Can things improve on Party? YES. I also felt that things could have been improved on Pulse 87 as well since certain tracks DIDN'T get airplay but should have. My point is, the only way things are going to change is if we remain patient and give constructive criticism. For me, I'm just trying to see this from ALL angles. Party NEEDS to make money but at the same time, they can't "sacrifice" an audience that wants more dance music into the mix.

Now, for those of you SICK of these Party posts...this IS the New York board of Radio-Info. There are MANY other stations in here that don't get discussed. Start up a topic Talk radio, talk personalities, talk anything you want . This is EVERYONE'S board here

 

[Derrix-Javidd]

Re: If you took the helm at Party FM, what would you do?

Alot of posts attacking Party but I dont hear much in the way of suggestions on how to fix the format. So here's what I'd do. I'd start with the music, and adding songs like Chicane's "Hiding All the Stars", Tiesto "I Will Be Here", as well as bringing back the popular anthem songs (remember when you'd hear stuff like Amber "One More Night" and the remix of Whitney Houston's "Its not Right" and "My Love is Your Love").
I would also add some freestyle into the rotation, and always play remixes of pop songs instead of original versions, like Beyonce's Singe Ladies, for instance I'd put on the Dave Aude edit. Songs like Ascension "Someone" and Fragma "Miracle" would return to the rotation. I would get rid of most of the hip hop (GOODBYE PIT BULL!) but would keep the crossover stuff like Akon's "Sexy Chick" and Kid Kudi "Day N' Nite". Speaking of that song, I sure do miss it, they dont play it anymore but that Crookers Remix is excellent.
DJ's...I'd get rid of Natalia, and keep the rest. Natalia has too much of an urban feel and doesnt fit in with dance music. I'd keep all the DJ Mix shows as well as DJ Impact's Back in the Day Buffet. The Neighborhood is a good show, and adding the PM Drive was a good decision (one of their few good ones).
With a more dance oriented format the station would STAND OUT more both on the island and in NYC. Right now ppl are leaving the station in droves. They dont even get the same enthusiasm on Facebook.
Their playlist (which they finally bothered around to putting up) does list some songs like Tiesto's, but I have yet to actually HEAR them on the station.

I agree with most of what you're saying, and I mentioned it in my debut post on this board. Party still has potential, but their window is closing soon, whether they realize it or not (or even care).

The only way they'll put more dance in their lineup is if the decision is made at the top to finally cut the crap and turn Party loose. Bring the station back to its roots. More people remember Party 105 as a DANCE station, not a HIP HOP one, so why keep up this facade of being a "hybrid station"? They're only alienating their true fanbase! You have good suggestions, but will they listen?

In my opinion, all of their current DJs (except for Pulido) can or should be replaced by people who have more of that "NYC feel". Natalia is so annoying that she makes me think twice about tuning in to Impact's show during the week. But the problems with the lineup go beyond just her. Who is this "Steve" person who only shows up on Friday and Saturday nights-----and is nowhere near the station's website!

I think Loki remaining on in primetime is killing interest in the station. He's a hip-hop DJ that really doesn't fit the dance vibe either, and it wasn't a smart decision to pair him with Pulido. And as far as Facebook goes, they're a joke there. While it's true that there's not as much enthusiasm as there once was, they still make sure they delete comments that criticizes their programming.

I haven't yet left the station completely, but I'm staying away from it for longer durations than when I first started listening. Unless there's a mixshow going on, I have no use for them anymore.

 

[stationless listener]

Re: EVEN I MUST ADMIT...

Since I don't consider myself one of the "fanatics", let offer an explanation as to the number of threads on this one station with a bad signal:

The hip-hop fans have at least two stations (four if you count NOW and Party FM). Classic rock fans have their one station. Folks seem to be happy about the current CBS-FM. Bon Jovi and Nickelback fans have 'PLJ to get their kicks. And then there is the plethora of CHR and Spanish-language stations. So some dance fanatics start feeling entitled to having their one little station. "I want what's mine!" goes the saying.

We here in New York have been told that we need to raise our voice and demand it in order to be served. This is not a trait that I consider to be positive. However, that is what it is. Sometimes, I wish we'd be more civil and considerate of others. I do the best that I can to be civil but I can't compensate for those who don't do that.

To me, Party FM sounds like it's very disjointed. This is all the work of one's idea of what's hip (Vic). He likes the ghetto sound and doesn't care about anyone else but his most loyal people. I will go as far as saying that he doesn't mind if no "Pulse fanatics" listen to his station. He wants an urban-fabulous audience, not a Pulse audience. I'm not whining. I'm not complaining. I'm just stating it as I see it.

There are other options out there. Use it! Stop with this constant drivel about Party FM. Go to di.fm. Go to Pandora. Go to WinAmp. The options we have far surpass what we could dream of 30 years ago. I can listen to a station that plays Italo if I want to. Party FM is not for me and Pulse never played the music that I like.

And now I return to my WinAmp...

 

[Derrix-Javidd]

Re: EVEN I MUST ADMIT...

The PartyFM posts are getting out of hand in here. ???

Look...no diss on anyone posting about Party in here, for me I'm still holding out on "the big picture" here (okay maybe in the same way Linus held out on "The Great Pumpkin", but hey it's still something that COULD happen). But the only way that can happen is that we stay SUPPORTIVE to Party FM. As I've said many many times, I don't like hip-hop, but if hip-hop has the financial "engine" that can generate money into JVC Broadcasting, therefore having the financial means to "split" the signal on their network, then that is how dance will prosper. But it WON'T prosper if we continually piss and moan at the way the format is going because just as long as the money comes in stronger on the hip-hop side than the dance music side, they are going to see $$$$$ and not be too concerned about us.

Can things improve on Party? YES. I also felt that things could have been improved on Pulse 87 as well since certain tracks DIDN'T get airplay but should have. My point is, the only way things are going to change is if we remain patient and give constructive criticism. For me, I'm just trying to see this from ALL angles. Party NEEDS to make money but at the same time, they can't "sacrifice" an audience that wants more dance music into the mix.

Now, for those of you SICK of these Party posts...this IS the New York board of Radio-Info. There are MANY other stations in here that don't get discussed. Start up a topic Talk radio, talk personalities, talk anything you want . This is EVERYONE'S board here

Tony, I don't think people WANT to come on here and write bad things about Party. I don't know about others, but I would like this station to actually SUCCEED. The problem is that there are some annoying drawbacks to Party that simply can't be "swept under the rug", no matter why things remain the way they are. You keep mentioning "The Big Picture", but for all we know, it's pure speculation. We dance fans would like for "The Big Picture" to happen, but unless Party management is also seeing things in the same light, we're just talking about a pipe dream.

It would be much easier to be supportive of a station that appeared to be listening to its fanbase. But ever since they've launched, it's felt as if there's still "an invisible wall" between the people running Party and the former Pulse listener base (who have been tuning out in droves). It seems as if they're already not listening to us. I was particularly pissed off at how they mishandled the station signal issues yesterday. The fact that a station can repeatedly lose a large chunk of its newly acquired audience for hours at a time doesn't display much of a concern for the inherited Pulse audience!

I personally have a problem with BOTH the music mixture AND the lineup of on-air personalities. Both make me want to tune the station out most of the time. We all know radio is a business like everywhere else, and the people in it are out to make money. But if things don't give off the appearance of having improved, you have to wonder who'll they be broadcasting to. From what I've read, a lot of Pulse listeners have tuned out Party, so that raises the following two questions:

1) Will Party ever be able to convince the Pulse fans to come back?

2) If the answer to the former is "no", then who makes up their new listener base?