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What is the key to success with Internet radio dance formats.

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Mid West Clubber

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I keep refocusing and changing names to see what sticks.. So far i had the most luck with Freestyle beleive it or not,, Several many listeners in a two day spam,, 32 in two days from 8 countires, But Although I love freestyle, I just couldnt hang with playing it 24/7, so Today I refocused again and am just throwing paper towls on the wall to see what sticks.. I would just love to have something like 5 to 10 listeners at nearly all times,, im not trying to be the next E-98 or pulse, or I-party R.I.P... Do I need to focus mainly on one genre to get and keep listeners,, do you guys suggest I do all comerical dance 24/7, or all house, or all progressive,, my stations flows between trance, house, freestyle, drum n bass, Progressive,, every EDM under the sun, and I get many 3 or 4 listeners that listen to one or two songs, or less, and they drop off never to return... Since Ive been webcasting ive been heard in 15 countires, but that is with several different formats.. Check out my stream and tell me what im doing wrong,, Im looking for suggestive cristism here, but you need to tune in at multiple times, and listen for longer periods, I know this is hard as most of you run your own stations.
 
Be consistent, I like to hear the same subgenre of dance on the same Internet station.

Pulse 87's commercial dance with a lot of pop remixes. Electric FM and Energy 98 have a lot of pure dance with little pop remixes and are quick to add new music. Party Radio USA has a lot of specialty shows. Mix 106.5 HD2 has a tight rotation of current dance hits and pop remixes. Vibe 94.5 is a lot of electro/house. I like that I can fill up my presets on the iPhone ooTunes app with all dance stations, and just flip between them as easily as I can flip between FM stations (usually I pick one and listen for hours).

Bottom line, have a consistent format and you'll build a following!
 
HMM your email wont open for me... Shoot me a PM and tell me what you have in mind.
 
The first thing you need to do is ask yourself what do YOU want to do. Are you trying to create a station that has the most listeners or something that you yourself would want to listen to. The choice should always be the later. No matter what you do, you aren't going to get a ton of listeners out of the gate. The field is too crowded for that.

Get your station up and make sure that you give your station an identify that is consistent and a reflection of what it plays. People will find you if they are interested in that sound.

jp
 
Well Ive refocused it on House and Progressive with some house POP Remix Sets. Everything and ever song is tagged individually,, and this is indeed something that I want to listen to, and I think others will as well, since its focused. Check me out if you want and give an honest opinion.

http://centova2.cpcustomer.com./tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.pls Winamp and Itunes
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.asx WMP
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.ram REAL PLAYER
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.qtl Quicktime
 
Mid West Clubber said:
Well Ive refocused it on House and Progressive with some house POP Remix Sets. Everything and ever song is tagged individually,, and this is indeed something that I want to listen to, and I think others will as well, since its focused. Check me out if you want and give an honest opinion.

http://centova2.cpcustomer.com./tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.pls Winamp and Itunes
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.asx WMP
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.ram REAL PLAYER
http://centova2.cpcustomer.com/tunein.php/jowarr00/playlist.qtl Quicktime
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I also am running in Centova, but went the AutoDJ way.

Links are up on 967party.com. Official launch this thursday @ 7PM EST.
 
Looks like if Stevie B or anyone decides to relaunch a station playing strictly modern bass & freestyle sounds today, it would be an impossible sound to label. We'd probably just have to call it KissFM or NOW if it's pop.  ;D
 
For what I'm doing over at Party Radio USA, what I try to do is be "unique" and balance it in such a way whereas newbies to the dance music scene can hear a variety of music that they are comfortable with, and yet at the same time keep the core audience happy as they get "challenged" to hear new music for their advanced tastes WITHOUT alienating the new/casual fan in the process. With that I try to be "delicious and refreshing" in terms of the presentation.

I may have a couple of house/electro instrumentals in there, but I would also follow it up with something mainstream. And somehow, for me, that balance works out because both aspects of the audience are satisfied. Plus, I always intro each track and if possible give a historical background on an artist or DJ/remixer/producer. In that sense both the core and casual/newbie fan get equal "education" and perhaps learn something about someone they never knew before. Also at the end of each show, I do provide a playlist that anyone can download, to find out what I played as well as the DJ's tracklisting on the "DJ Spotlight" portion of my show.

Granted, my show is more "specialty" than format but that's what I do and it's been working out well :)
 
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