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Miami's WPOW Launches HD Dance Station
July 26, 2005
By Ken Tucker, Billboard Radio Monitor
WPOW-FM, Beasley Broadcast Group’s Rhythmic Top 40 station in Miami is the latest station—and the first in Miami—to utilize HD Radio multicast technology to add a second station to its programming offerings.
HD-2 is Power’s new sister dance music station and will feature music from Tiesto, Juliet, Deep Dish, Chemical Brothers and 4 Strings, among others. The channel will also include dance remixes of top 40 records.
“There has always been insatiable demand in Miami for pure dance music,” said Ira Wolf, (a.k.a. Tony the Tiger), interim program director for WPOW, in a release.
“Power 96 has always been on the cutting edge musically, and now we are broadcasting the first multicast HD Radio station airing in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, propelling us to the vanguard of this exciting new era in radio,” added Greg Reed, vp and general manager for WPOW.
The commercial-free, subscription-free, all music channel is being programmed by Power and Italian company Radio 105 Network.
In May, Infinity Broadcasting became the first commercial broadcaster to launch an HD multicast station on WUSN-FM, its Country station in Chicago, followed by its sister station WJMK-FM in the market. The other broadcaster to jump on board the multicast trend is Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL-FM in Raleigh, N.C.
Miami's WPOW Launches HD Dance Station
July 26, 2005
By Ken Tucker, Billboard Radio Monitor
WPOW-FM, Beasley Broadcast Group’s Rhythmic Top 40 station in Miami is the latest station—and the first in Miami—to utilize HD Radio multicast technology to add a second station to its programming offerings.
HD-2 is Power’s new sister dance music station and will feature music from Tiesto, Juliet, Deep Dish, Chemical Brothers and 4 Strings, among others. The channel will also include dance remixes of top 40 records.
“There has always been insatiable demand in Miami for pure dance music,” said Ira Wolf, (a.k.a. Tony the Tiger), interim program director for WPOW, in a release.
“Power 96 has always been on the cutting edge musically, and now we are broadcasting the first multicast HD Radio station airing in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, propelling us to the vanguard of this exciting new era in radio,” added Greg Reed, vp and general manager for WPOW.
The commercial-free, subscription-free, all music channel is being programmed by Power and Italian company Radio 105 Network.
In May, Infinity Broadcasting became the first commercial broadcaster to launch an HD multicast station on WUSN-FM, its Country station in Chicago, followed by its sister station WJMK-FM in the market. The other broadcaster to jump on board the multicast trend is Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL-FM in Raleigh, N.C.