About five years ago, a Chicago radio station died. Energy 92.7/5 died and became a Spanish station as "La Onda".
Nowadays, I realize that true dance music isn't just "channeler" music, rather it's also very much Energy. I believe that the reason that Energy 92.7/5 failed is that it was just too much Energy for the Chicagoland area. Chicago is very gritty and industrial. It's generated its own Energry for years and done well enough. The radio station 92.7/5 provided those of us who were aware of it a nearly unlimited source of energy and power for trying to right all the wrongs in the Chicago land area.
Because of that ability to undo many of the things that had been done and also to keep other not-so-pleasant things from happpening...Energy 92.7/5 had to die.
Today, I can tune into XM 82/The System. Satellite delivery of dance music that covers not only the contiguous US but also a good deal of southern Canada as well. Could this be the start of something much larger? No individual market in the US has really had a successful dance station. Could it be that we have to have a nationwide blanket to give us all the Energy?
Just a thought from an early Friday morning. Discuss.
1 comment:
you know, for about a year, Denver had a dance music station, and I loved it, and a lot of people I talked to used to listen to it, but then it just left the air.
but Denver is a messed up market. the ONE R&B/soul station went off the air and switched to country...leaving just one hip hop/rap station to corner the african american market. and Denver also had a KISS outlet here, but it switched to a "Latino and Proud" format...leaving Denver with NO pop stations whatsoever.
interesting
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