Dance radio
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Dance radio is a format that consists of current and recent dance
/electronic music
.
While the format is popular in Europe and Asia, it has yet to make an impact in North America, although there are several Top 40 and Rhythmic radio stations which include current Dance product in their playlists. As of October 2011, there were 6 stations (4 full-time and 2 part-time) on FM in various US markets. Dance radio is also present on secondary HD radio streams, satellite, cable and internet. In much of Europe there are national and local dance stations and it is a popular pirate radio format.
By the mid 1980s, more stations began to adopt the same formula that has worked for stations like WXKS, while at the same time more artists were incorporating Dance styles into their hits. The concept would go a bit further in 1986, when KPWR
/Los Angeles debuted a "Crossover" format, thus paving the way for more stations to jump onto this genre, which would become Rhythmic Contemporary.
In the USA, the nation's first full-time dance radio format began airing in August 1991 when Los Angeles college radio station KSCR controversially changed its format from alternative rock to the "Pulse of the 90's" techno/rave format. KSCR continued airing this format until September 1993, when it switched back to alternative rock.
The USA's first commercial full-time dance radio format was MARS-FM, airing in Los Angeles and Orange County, California on 103.1 FM KSRF/KOCM from late 1991 to late 1992. The rave-inspired format was created by KROQ DJs Swedish Egil and Freddy Snakeskin. 103.1 FM would later be the home of several subsequent Los Angeles dance radio formats: "Groove Radio" (1996–1998), "Groove 103.1" (1998) and "KDL" (2003).
After the demise of MARS-FM, KSCR's former general manager who had been responsible for KSCR's change to a dance format created a nighttime leased-time format from 1993 to 1994 at Santa Ana's KWIZ 96.7 FM called Renegade Radio, a dance music/techno format hosted by DJ Racer and former rave station MARS-FM DJ Mike "Fright" Ivankay. Renegade Radio also broadcast MARS-FM music director Swedish Egil's syndicated Groove Radio program, which later became a full-time local electronica format at 103.1 KACD/KBCD.
In 1996, the Dance format would return to the commercial airwaves fulltime when WKTU was revived. This would later be followed by others looking to duplicate its success.
In 2002, WPYM/Miami would take the Dance format to a new level. The station's success would result in other newcomers adopting the "Pure Dance" format, but the lack of support from advertisers and issues from signal coverage to ratings would force several stations out the format. Despite the lack support from Top 40 and Rhythmic radio, the Dance format has continued to thrive at stations like KNHC and on satellite radio.
In 2008 Clear Channel dropped two HD dance channels, leaving Club Phusion and Pride Radio as the company's only dance offerings. In November 2008 the merged Sirius XM made cuts in music channels which included eight of the ten Dance stations on XM and Sirius, while WorldSpace satellite radio filed for bankruptcy protection, resulting in The System's discontinuation on XM. 2008 had the most dance music stations lost in recent years.
On October 31, 2008, KNRJ Phoenix went off the air, followed by the November 2008 channel merge of XM and Sirius which resulted in the elimination of Chrome, The Strobe, The Move, The System, Boombox, and the merging of The Beat with BPM and Sirius Chill with XM Chill. Sirius XM returned The Strobe to the channel lineup in January 2009 after a backlash from subscribers over the removal of both classic dance channels, which left no channel playing that music.
In 2009 Music Choice paired down its Dance offerings by merging its Dance and Electronica channels, while Mega Media's plan to expand its Pulse 87 brand to Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, DC failed to occur. Mega Media, which leased WNYZ-LP from station owner Island Broadcasting, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in August 2009 citing $3.5 million in liabilities against assets of $180,000. Island ended its leasing deal with Mega for WNYZ on October 30, 2009, and WNYZ signed off the air the same day. The following Monday, Party 105.3 on Long Island added 87.7 as a simulcast. In September 2009, KNGY/San Francisco was flipped by new owner Royce International to Top 40/CHR, but the following month KMVQ filled the void by adding a HD2 subchannel called "Pulse Radio."
As of 2010, the WPTY simulcast on WNYZ, WMPH/Wilmington, Delaware and iPartyRadio.com became casualties of due to financial situations. However, KXRG-LP/Honolulu
, which signed off the air in 2007 after their frequency was taken over by KORL-FM, returned to the air at a new frequency, followed b the July 3, 2010 debut of WWAC/Atlantic City with a Dance-intensive Rhythmic Top 40 format. In December 2010 KBPA
/Austin's
HD2 channel "Mega HD2" returned to the airwaves on a low-powered translator, but after a few days returned to WBPA's HD2 subchannel.
In 2011, Clear Channel's iheartradio
relaunched the Trance/Electronica HD2 subchannel Trancid
, while WWAC, under new ownership, shifted to a regular Top 40/CHR direction. Even WPTY would exit the format, shifting to Rhythmic AC after seeing more potental in that format after doing a series of "throwback" weekends. On the other hand, KVBE/Las Vegas replaced its Dance format with Rock but the Dance format went over to another rimshot outlet, KYLI
. Interestingly enough, KRXV-KHWY-KHYZ/Barstow
-Mountain Pass, California
, which also serves Las Vegas, dropped their Hot AC format to relaunch KVBE's former Dance format and adopts its former "Vibe" monicker the following September. Also that same month, WPGC
/Washington, D.C.
, a station whose programming history included stints in the Disco and Dance genres, launched a HD2 subchannel billed as "Area 95.5."
Satellite
Terrestrial
Low-Power TV Audio
Internet
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
/electronic music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
.
While the format is popular in Europe and Asia, it has yet to make an impact in North America, although there are several Top 40 and Rhythmic radio stations which include current Dance product in their playlists. As of October 2011, there were 6 stations (4 full-time and 2 part-time) on FM in various US markets. Dance radio is also present on secondary HD radio streams, satellite, cable and internet. In much of Europe there are national and local dance stations and it is a popular pirate radio format.
History
Most of Dance radio's origins can be traced to the early days of Disco in the late 1970s, when stations like WKTU and KIIS-FM made the format a staple on the airwaves. But by the end of the decade, the format began to experience a backlash when sentiments over the music began to force several stations to move on to other genres, with most of them moving to what would become Urban Contemporary, led by such stations as WAMO-FM/Pittsburgh, WLUM/Milwaukee and WHRK/Memphis. These stations would keep the Dance sound alive while at the same time mixed it in with the R&B, Hip-Hop, and Pop songs of the 1980s. At the same time, another former Disco outlet, WXKS-FM/Boston, would become very successful in taking the Urban/Dance sound into a Top 40 format.By the mid 1980s, more stations began to adopt the same formula that has worked for stations like WXKS, while at the same time more artists were incorporating Dance styles into their hits. The concept would go a bit further in 1986, when KPWR
KPWR
KPWR is a commercial radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio...
/Los Angeles debuted a "Crossover" format, thus paving the way for more stations to jump onto this genre, which would become Rhythmic Contemporary.
In the USA, the nation's first full-time dance radio format began airing in August 1991 when Los Angeles college radio station KSCR controversially changed its format from alternative rock to the "Pulse of the 90's" techno/rave format. KSCR continued airing this format until September 1993, when it switched back to alternative rock.
The USA's first commercial full-time dance radio format was MARS-FM, airing in Los Angeles and Orange County, California on 103.1 FM KSRF/KOCM from late 1991 to late 1992. The rave-inspired format was created by KROQ DJs Swedish Egil and Freddy Snakeskin. 103.1 FM would later be the home of several subsequent Los Angeles dance radio formats: "Groove Radio" (1996–1998), "Groove 103.1" (1998) and "KDL" (2003).
After the demise of MARS-FM, KSCR's former general manager who had been responsible for KSCR's change to a dance format created a nighttime leased-time format from 1993 to 1994 at Santa Ana's KWIZ 96.7 FM called Renegade Radio, a dance music/techno format hosted by DJ Racer and former rave station MARS-FM DJ Mike "Fright" Ivankay. Renegade Radio also broadcast MARS-FM music director Swedish Egil's syndicated Groove Radio program, which later became a full-time local electronica format at 103.1 KACD/KBCD.
In 1996, the Dance format would return to the commercial airwaves fulltime when WKTU was revived. This would later be followed by others looking to duplicate its success.
In 2002, WPYM/Miami would take the Dance format to a new level. The station's success would result in other newcomers adopting the "Pure Dance" format, but the lack of support from advertisers and issues from signal coverage to ratings would force several stations out the format. Despite the lack support from Top 40 and Rhythmic radio, the Dance format has continued to thrive at stations like KNHC and on satellite radio.
In 2008 Clear Channel dropped two HD dance channels, leaving Club Phusion and Pride Radio as the company's only dance offerings. In November 2008 the merged Sirius XM made cuts in music channels which included eight of the ten Dance stations on XM and Sirius, while WorldSpace satellite radio filed for bankruptcy protection, resulting in The System's discontinuation on XM. 2008 had the most dance music stations lost in recent years.
On October 31, 2008, KNRJ Phoenix went off the air, followed by the November 2008 channel merge of XM and Sirius which resulted in the elimination of Chrome, The Strobe, The Move, The System, Boombox, and the merging of The Beat with BPM and Sirius Chill with XM Chill. Sirius XM returned The Strobe to the channel lineup in January 2009 after a backlash from subscribers over the removal of both classic dance channels, which left no channel playing that music.
In 2009 Music Choice paired down its Dance offerings by merging its Dance and Electronica channels, while Mega Media's plan to expand its Pulse 87 brand to Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, DC failed to occur. Mega Media, which leased WNYZ-LP from station owner Island Broadcasting, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in August 2009 citing $3.5 million in liabilities against assets of $180,000. Island ended its leasing deal with Mega for WNYZ on October 30, 2009, and WNYZ signed off the air the same day. The following Monday, Party 105.3 on Long Island added 87.7 as a simulcast. In September 2009, KNGY/San Francisco was flipped by new owner Royce International to Top 40/CHR, but the following month KMVQ filled the void by adding a HD2 subchannel called "Pulse Radio."
As of 2010, the WPTY simulcast on WNYZ, WMPH/Wilmington, Delaware and iPartyRadio.com became casualties of due to financial situations. However, KXRG-LP/Honolulu
Honolulu County, Hawaii
The City and County of Honolulu is a consolidated city–county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The municipality and county includes both the urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of Oahu, as well as several minor outlying islands, including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian...
, which signed off the air in 2007 after their frequency was taken over by KORL-FM, returned to the air at a new frequency, followed b the July 3, 2010 debut of WWAC/Atlantic City with a Dance-intensive Rhythmic Top 40 format. In December 2010 KBPA
KBPA
KBPA is an Austin, Texas based radio station. The station's slogan is "We play anything." Its format is similar to other Bob FM stations across the country. Its transmitter is located near Buda, Texas....
/Austin's
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
HD2 channel "Mega HD2" returned to the airwaves on a low-powered translator, but after a few days returned to WBPA's HD2 subchannel.
In 2011, Clear Channel's iheartradio
Iheartradio
iHeartRadio is a Clear Channel Radio network to aggregate local radio brands, personalities and on-demand content. It is best known as a mobile application...
relaunched the Trance/Electronica HD2 subchannel Trancid
Trancid
Trancid is a HD2 Dance/Electronica station and one of seven Dance-formatted HD2 stations launched by Clear Channel Communications through their Format Lab, a new division set up to expand music formats over their HD2 subcarriers in 2006 up until its elimination in 2008...
, while WWAC, under new ownership, shifted to a regular Top 40/CHR direction. Even WPTY would exit the format, shifting to Rhythmic AC after seeing more potental in that format after doing a series of "throwback" weekends. On the other hand, KVBE/Las Vegas replaced its Dance format with Rock but the Dance format went over to another rimshot outlet, KYLI
KYLI
KYLI is a radio station serving the Las Vegas area. The Aurora Media, LLC outlet operates at 96.7 MHz with an ERP of 93 kW and is licensed to Bunkerville, Nevada...
. Interestingly enough, KRXV-KHWY-KHYZ/Barstow
Barstow, California
Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census, up from 21,119 at the 2000 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino....
-Mountain Pass, California
Mountain Pass, California
Mountain Pass is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is situated on Interstate 15 in the southeast mountainous desert region of the state approximately from the Nevada border at an elevation of - the highest point along I-15 between California and...
, which also serves Las Vegas, dropped their Hot AC format to relaunch KVBE's former Dance format and adopts its former "Vibe" monicker the following September. Also that same month, WPGC
WPGC-FM
WPGC-FM is one of the most popular among Washington, D.C.'s urban format radio station's, and has been ranked as one of its top rated radio stations for over 20 years, according to the Arbitron ratings. It has a city of license of Morningside at the 95.5 MHz frequency on the FM dial...
/Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, a station whose programming history included stints in the Disco and Dance genres, launched a HD2 subchannel billed as "Area 95.5."
Dance radio stations in the United States
- KRXV-KHWY-KHYZ/BarstowBarstow, CaliforniaBarstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census, up from 21,119 at the 2000 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino....
-Mountain Pass, CaliforniaMountain Pass, CaliforniaMountain Pass is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is situated on Interstate 15 in the southeast mountainous desert region of the state approximately from the Nevada border at an elevation of - the highest point along I-15 between California and...
-Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... - KYLIKYLIKYLI is a radio station serving the Las Vegas area. The Aurora Media, LLC outlet operates at 96.7 MHz with an ERP of 93 kW and is licensed to Bunkerville, Nevada...
/Bunkerville, Nevada (JelliJelliJelli is a user-controlled radio service, enabling users to select songs for a radio station using their web browsers or iPhone. Jelli.com users vote on songs to determine the play lists of their online streaming stations and participating radio stations. Users can submit "NO" votes or "YES" votes...
96.7) - WCPT-FM (Evenings, during Dance Factory FMDance Factory FMDance Factory, also known as Dance Factory Radio, is the Chicago area dance music radio program that airs every night on the Newsweb Corporation trimulcast of WCPY-FM , WCPT-FM and WCPQ-FM...
)/Chicago - WBZCWBZCWBZC is a radio station broadcasting a rhythmic contemporary hit format, licensed to Pemberton, New Jersey, USA. The station serves the Burlington County area...
/Pemberton, New Jersey (2AM-6PM weekdays) - KNHC/Seattle (C89.5)
- KLBUKLBUKLBU is a radio station licensed to Pecos, New Mexico, branded as Blu 102.9, and serving the Santa Fe area. It broadcasts a format consisting of various Rhythmic music.-KENC - Enchantment FM 102.9:...
/Santa Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
(Blu 102.9) (Billed as "Rhythmic Variety" but leans heavily towards Dance and Electronica)
Low-Power FM
- KXRG-LP/Honolulu
- WJND-LPWJND-LPWJND-LP is a low-power non-commercial radio station in Ocala, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area...
/Ocala, Florida - WNRG-LPWNRG-LPWNRG-LP is a radio station licensed to serve Palm Bay, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Public Radio Information Services of Central Florida, Inc.WNRG-LP station airs a dance music format.-History:...
/Palm Bay, Florida - KRYC-LP/Yuba City, California
HD2 stations
- Mega 103.5-HD2KBPAKBPA is an Austin, Texas based radio station. The station's slogan is "We play anything." Its format is similar to other Bob FM stations across the country. Its transmitter is located near Buda, Texas....
(KBPA/Austin, Texas) - Also on *K288FJ-105.5FM/Bastrop, Texas - Funkytown BostonWEEI-FMWVEI-FM is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format, largely simulcasting Boston-based WEEI. Licensed to Westerly, Rhode Island, USA. The station is currently owned by Entercom Communications...
(WEEI-FM/Boston) - WBBM-HD2WBBM-FMWBBM-FM, known on air as "B96", is a Rhythmic Contemporary outlet in Chicago, Illinois with a Rhythmic based playlist. The station is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts at 96.3 MHz with an ERP of 4.2 kW. WBBM's main competition is WKSC-FM "103.5 Kiss FM", as well as urban rivals WGCI-FM &...
/Chicago - Energy 96.5 (KKHH/Houston)
- KDLD-HD2KDLDKDLD is a commercial radio station in Santa Monica, California, broadcasting to the Los Angeles area on 103.1 FM. KDLE is a commercial radio station in Newport Beach, California, broadcasting to the Orange County area on 103.1 FM....
/Los Angeles - Party 93.1-HD2(WFEZ/Miami)
- Hot Wired (WRDW-FMWRDW-FMWRDW-FM, also known as Wired 96.5, is a Philadelphia radio station owned by Beasley Broadcast Group that plays a Rhythmic Top 40 musical format. Although they lean towards R&B/Hip-Hop, Wired also adds Rhythmic Pop tracks to their playlist...
/Philadelphia) - KDKA-HD2/Pittsburgh
- KSFM-HD2KSFMKSFM is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hits formatted radio station serving the Sacramento, California, USA, area. Its city of license and transmitter are located in Woodland but their studios are based in Sacramento...
/Sacramento - Chill With Alice (KLLC-HD2KLLCKLLC is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KLLC airs an Adult Top 40 music format same as KZZO in Sacramento and on 97.3 HD-2 is Chill With Alice, a Chill format channel...
/San Francisco) - Pulse Radio (KMVQ-HD2/San Francisco)
- Area 95.5 (WPGCWPGC-FMWPGC-FM is one of the most popular among Washington, D.C.'s urban format radio station's, and has been ranked as one of its top rated radio stations for over 20 years, according to the Arbitron ratings. It has a city of license of Morningside at the 95.5 MHz frequency on the FM dial...
/Washington, D.C.) - iheartradioIheartradioiHeartRadio is a Clear Channel Radio network to aggregate local radio brands, personalities and on-demand content. It is best known as a mobile application...
:- Club PhusionClub PhusionClub Phusion is a HD2 Dance Top 40 station, one of three Dance-formatted HD2 stations programmed by Clear Channel Communications through their Format Lab, a new division set up to expand music formats over their HD2 subcarriers...
- Pride Radio (HD)Pride Radio (HD)Pride Radio is a dance top 40 radio network launched by Clear Channel Communications and their online division, CCRD in 2006. This service targets listeners in the LGBT community...
- TrancidTrancidTrancid is a HD2 Dance/Electronica station and one of seven Dance-formatted HD2 stations launched by Clear Channel Communications through their Format Lab, a new division set up to expand music formats over their HD2 subcarriers in 2006 up until its elimination in 2008...
- Club Phusion
Audio/Cable
- DMX
- DMX Dance
- DMX Electronica
- Music ChoiceMusic ChoiceMusic Choice is a United States company that programs music and produces music-related content for digital cable, cell phones, and cable modem subscribers in the US. Music Choice programs dozens of audio music channels for digital cable subscribers, as well as programs and produces music-related...
- Dance/ElectronicaMusic Choice/Dance ChannelMusic Choice/Dance Channel is a 24-hour non-stop Dance music channel that is offered by Music Choice and is available on cable systems and satellite operators in the United States. Although the music is on audio, on the TV screen it will give information on the artists who performed them as well as...
- Party Hits
- Dance/Electronica
- URGE
- Ultrasound/Dance Hits
- Vinyl
- Discotech/Old School Dance/Disco
Satellite radio
- Sirius XM Radio
- Area
- BPM
- The StrobeThe StrobeStudio 54 Radio is a disco and freestyle music radio station, one of four Dance/Electronic music channels operated by Sirius XM Radio. The channel was originally known as The Strobe from 2002 to 2011, when it was relaunched under its current incarnation, a hommage to the legendary New York City...
Dance radio stations in Canada
- CIDCCIDC-FMCIDC-FM is a Rhythmic-Leaning CHR radio station that serves Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. Although the station is licensed to Orangeville, and still has a transmitter there, its studios are located in Toronto. The station is owned by Evanov Communications...
/Toronto - CHOQCHOQ-FMCHOQ-FM is a Canadian radio station which began broadcasting in 2006. A non-profit community radio station for Franco-Ontarians in Toronto, Ontario, the station broadcasts at 105.1 on the FM dial...
/Toronto (Energy 105.1) - CKHZCKHZ-FMCKHZ-FM is a Top 40 radio station serving the Halifax Metropolitan area. The station is owned by HFX Broadcasting, a division of Evanov Communications...
/Halifax
Internet stations
- B91
- Beat Box Radio
- BEATS 105
- BPM.FM (No relation to the satellite channel)
- 1CLUB.FM
- Clubheads
- DanceRadio.ca
- Dance Radio.cl
- Dance Radio.cz
- Dance Radio Amsterdam
- Digitally ImportedDigitally ImportedDigitally Imported is an Internet radio broadcaster playing various types of electronic dance music including trance, progressive techno, eurodance and house across 38 separate streaming channels. It was founded in 1999 as a hobby project by Ari Shohat and was one of the first internet radio...
- DJFM Toronto
- Electric FM
- Energy 98
- Energy FM
- Florida Beat Radio
- Fusion Radio Chicago
- Global Max RadioGlobal Max RadioGlobal Max Radio is a former Metro Manila FM radio station and is a current Internet radio station owned by Nelson Capulso. The main format is Dance music. This was previously heard on DWKX from June 2007 to August 2010...
(formerly 103.5 Max FM in ManilaManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
) - Groove Radio
- Hot 97
- iDanceRadio.fm
- iDanceTechno.fm
- iheartradioIheartradioiHeartRadio is a Clear Channel Radio network to aggregate local radio brands, personalities and on-demand content. It is best known as a mobile application...
- Music One
- ProFM Dance Radio
- Radio Danz
- Radio G!
- RadioIORadioioRadioio is an Internet radio station with several channels in a variety of genres. It was run by Michael Roe until 2006 and is one of the roughly top five Internet radio stations. It is owned by parent company ioWorld Media, Inc....
- Real Dance Radio
- Rhythm 86
- ShoutDRIVE
- Surge Radio
- Tag Art Music ONLINE!
- The Dance Station
- WMPH Tribute
- Xtreme Dance Radio
Defunct
HD Radio- WWMX-"MIX2"/Baltimore
- HD-Power DASH2 (WPOW/Miami)
- Workout ChannelWorkout ChannelWorkout Channel was a HD2 Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 station, one of seven dance-formatted HD2 stations programmed by Clear Channel Communications through their Format Lab, a new division set up to expand music formats over their HD2 subcarriers...
Satellite
- BoomboxBoombox (Sirius)Boombox was a Breakbeat and rock remix radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio created and programmed by DJ Liquid Todd. Notable shows on the channel included "Automatic Static" with DJ Icey on Friday nights, an old-school lunchtime show with DJ Red Alert, the "Flash Mash" with Grandmaster Flash...
- ChromeChrome (satellite radio)Chrome was one of ten dance/electronica music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio on channel 83 , and was one of five dance music channels offered by XM. The channel played classic disco and dance music from the 1970s through the 1980s and freestyle music which was popular from the mid...
- The MoveThe Move (XM)The Move was one of ten Dance/Electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, which in turn operated as part of XM Satellite Radio's five Dance/Electronic formatted offerings, broadcasting on channel 80.-Station history:...
- The SystemThe System (satellite radio)The System is a radio channel on WorldSpace Satellite Radio. The System's format is dance and electronic music.- The System on WorldSpace :The System is heard on WorldSpace's AsiaStar satellite channel 202. The channel is broadcast only on the AsiaStar satellite, covering the southern parts of...
Terrestrial
- WKIE-WKIF-WDEK/Chicago (Energy 92.7/5)
- KKDLKZZA-FMKZZA is a radio station broadcasting an Regional Mexican format. Licensed to the suburb of Muenster, Texas, it serves the Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1990 under the call sign KKDL. The station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting...
/Dallas/Ft. Worth (106.7 KDL) - KXDC/Denver (102-1X)
- KDLD-FM/Los Angeles 103.1 (KDL)
- WPYM/Miami (Party 93.1)
- Beat RadioBeat RadioBeat Radio originally was an unlicensed radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ and programmer, Alan Freed, in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods and reached into the western, northwestern and southwestern...
/Minneapolis 97.7/Beat Radio Network (national) - KNRJKNRJKNRJ 101.1 FM, K224CJ 92.7 FM, K257CD 99.3 FM, and K228XO 93.5 FM are a quadrocast station serving the Phoenix area. KNRJ is licensed to Payson, Arizona, which is 57 miles north of Phoenix, while K224CJ is a 10-watt translator from South Mountain's antenna farm to provide a better signal to the...
/Phoenix (Energy 92.7 & 101.1) - KLNAKSAC-FMKSAC-FM is a business news / talk radio station based in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is licensed to the community of Dunnigan, California.-External links:*...
/Sacramento (Power 105.5) - KPTI/San Francisco (Party 92.7)
- KNGY/San Francisco (Energy 92.7)
- WMPHWMPHWMPH is Delaware's first high school radio station, located in Wilmington. The Brandywine School District Board of Education owns the license granted by the FCC. The call letters WMPH stand for Mount Pleasant High and offered several program formats including Top 40, progressive rock, dance and...
/Wilmington, Delaware (Super91.7) - WPTY/Long Island, New York (Party 105.3)
Low-Power TV Audio
- Pulse 87Pulse 87Pulse 87 is an American television franchise that operated as a radio branding. The brand was formerly owned and operated by Mega Media. As of February 2010, the format was resurrected as an online internet station under new management following the bankruptcy and liquidation of its former...
/New York (Broadcast on channel 6 WNYZ-LP; audio on 87.75 MHz) - Party 87/New York (Broadcast on channel 6 WNYZ-LP; audio on 87.75 MHz)
Internet
Music charts
- Billboard's Hot Dance AirplayHot Dance AirplayDance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart - FMQB's Dance Chart, powered by MediabaseMediabaseMediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals...
- BDS Monitored Dance radio panel