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WHAT HAPPENED TO PULSE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

DToTheJ said:
Tony Santiago said:
When Pulse does play its last track, then WE, the coalition, will be back to do what we have to do. At least we are organized and on the "ready"....which is certainly an advantage over the oldies fans when 'CBS went to "Jack" as well as country fans (who did try a valiant effort after 'YNY flipped to 'KTU, but haven't heard from since Y-107)...
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I don't need to remind folks that "CBS-FM" returned two years ago, by popular demand - certainly more demand than a dance station in these parts...
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Okay...let's go with this and I will stake my reputation on it. It took oldies fans 2 years before they got CBS back. I bet we will get a new dance station SOONER when Pulse does go off the air in all aspects.
 
Here's hoping that dance music gets an outlet SOONER than oldies people got CBSFM back...
 
I am a firm believer that there should be something for everyone on the radio dial, be it musical genres or talk. However, the people in radio are in business for making money. Even though oldies music is my favorite genre I also listen to other types of music that are not on terrestrial radio. I just have to listen to Sirius/XM, internet radio, or my CD collection to hear them.

Tony, I admire your enthusiasm for dance music radio.

Andrea, you have earned the title of Oldies Diva.

Bruce
 
I don't get it. Plug a laptop into the transmitter site. Go Live at the transmitter site, or pipe in the internet stream to the transmitter.
 
I agree, a wireless card in the laptop and you are back on. I never heard of a commercial station off the air for technical problems this long, unless it was an antenna problem, but that is not the case here.
 
If Pulse 87 goes down for good at the end of this week, we will fight for another dance station. New York lost 3 dance stations in the past, a new station always popped up later. It would be a good opportunity for an underperforming station (Now, RXP, even WBAI) to flip to dance and get an instant million in cume. A station like KTU won't flip to dance because it's successful in rhythmic AC. But a station like WRXP could be performing much better with a dance format than its current format, it's not doing too much better than Pulse despite launching at the same time as Pulse and a full market signal, and it has alternative rock to itself. If we can't get a new dance station on a full signal above 92, we'll settle for another dance station on 87.7. If not, there's HD-2 and pushing dance music to CHR stations that will open up to it like Now 92.3. Even if we don't get any radio presence, you can find an Internet stream of any dance subgenre you like. It isn't like the old days before Internet streaming where you would depend on radio for new music.
 
The Flip

I would like to see WRXP flip to dance and take the call letters WNYZ. That would be Pulse 101.9 or Pulse 102.

The staff who are now at Pulse will be welcomed at the 101.9 signal.

What to do with the Mixers...Glenn would be reunited with Emmis since he was at Hot 97 during the 80s and 90s.

Let's see what happens.
 
For the record, I am imposing my own "moratorium" on discussing matters regarding Pulse.

From here on, I am quiet. I will talk other radio issues but as far as Pulse is concerned, I'm done....at least until something new comes along. This has been too much of a "roller coaster" ride and I just wanna get off.
 
Radio Daze said:
I agree, a wireless card in the laptop and you are back on. I never heard of a commercial station off the air for technical problems this long, unless it was an antenna problem, but that is not the case here.
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Perhaps wireless reception isn't reliable at the top of the big blue building, especially with other RF interference up there? Perhaps there's no internet connection up at the top and installing a new connection would have taken longer than Verizon repairing the T1 line?

The fact that Pulse was off the air for longer than most commercial stations probably has to do with their lack of a backup STL. However, from my own personal experience at another station in the NYC area, I can say that Verizon T1 outages can last as long as three days before they are repaired. There is absolutely nothing unusual about what happened, despite the best hopes and dreams of the "haters."
 
Okay...MORATORIUM OVER!!!! ::)

TO ALL PULSE 87 FANS AND COALITION MEMBERS!!! BE IN ATTENDANCE AT CLUB EXIT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST - 147 GREENPOINT AVENUE, BROOKLYN! IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL TO BE THERE!
 
Nick said:
If Pulse 87 goes down for good at the end of this week, we will fight for another dance station. New York lost 3 dance stations in the past, a new station always popped up later. It would be a good opportunity for an underperforming station (Now, RXP, even WBAI) to flip to dance and get an instant million in cume. A station like KTU won't flip to dance because it's successful in rhythmic AC. But a station like WRXP could be performing much better with a dance format than its current format, it's not doing too much better than Pulse despite launching at the same time as Pulse and a full market signal, and it has alternative rock to itself. If we can't get a new dance station on a full signal above 92, we'll settle for another dance station on 87.7. If not, there's HD-2 and pushing dance music to CHR stations that will open up to it like Now 92.3. Even if we don't get any radio presence, you can find an Internet stream of any dance subgenre you like. It isn't like the old days before Internet streaming where you would depend on radio for new music.
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Sorry...I gotta ask, what the hell are you trying to do here? :mad:
 
neo11 said:
Perhaps wireless reception isn't reliable at the top of the big blue building, especially with other RF interference up there? Perhaps there's no internet connection up at the top and installing a new connection would have taken longer than Verizon repairing the T1 line?

The fact that Pulse was off the air for longer than most commercial stations probably has to do with their lack of a backup STL. However, from my own personal experience at another station in the NYC area, I can say that Verizon T1 outages can last as long as three days before they are repaired. There is absolutely nothing unusual about what happened, despite the best hopes and dreams of the "haters."
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First intelligent post in this thread yet- and correct on all points.

FWIW there is a backup circuit, engineered separate facilities (central offices, telephone poles, etc) for most of it's path; however it too was knocked out by this failure. Proof that when it rains-- it pours.

Many other stations have a microwave STL for situations like this. Unfortunately that is not an option in this case because there is not line-of-sight between the two locations.
 
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