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South Florida's
House/Trance/Electronic Dance Music History Timeline
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NY and
Miami Miami's
Power96 S. Florida's Party93.1
was
FloridaDiscJockeys
Freestyle
was
was the
hottest a 'relief' from Power96's
lack of still keeps up with
and
brand new&exploding Freestyle and
Dance dance play.
Party93.1 played supports Hot
Techno/House
on all radio
stations
Music radio
station
Hit Techno/House/Freestyle,
/Freestyle Dance Music.
but
then folded in
2005 DANCE MUSIC LIVES!
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Comments About the
End of Party 93.1 in 2005
So this morning I get in my car to
go to work, and put on 93.1, and.. Party 93.1 is GONE! What the
hell? They're playing boring 90's rock music now! Party 93.1 was
an AWESOME South Florida radio station that played nothing but
dance music. New dance, classic dance, you name it. They had these
great classic freestyle mix shows at noon and filled a market that
simply didn't exist anymore in this area. They seemed to be doing
well, too, with lots of promotions, and lots of people I know were
listeners. So why the hell did they abandon their market? They
were the ONLY dance radio station in this market at the moment;
there are already several rock stations. How can they possibly
hope to compete? Not to mention they now have millions of angry
listeners wondering where the hell Party 93.1 went. Power 96 is
completely useless now, since they play nothing but hip-hop. So us
dance music listeners have nowhere to go. I called the old number,
but couldn't get through. I bet thousands of former Party 93.1
listeners are complaining at the moment. I honestly hope they get
mercilessly harassed into changing back to the dance format. If
not, I'm going to miss hearing all those freestyle tracks again.
It was such a great path through memory lane...
UPDATE 3/25/2005: I'd like to thank everyone for their comments
here. I never expected my little rant about this station dying
would draw so many comments. It just further proves what a great
station this was and what a crime it was for Cox to do a format
flip. Hopefully dance will be back; Party 93.1 had good ratings,
so I bet some other company is working on filling the hole... The
market is out there!
UPDATE 4/19/2005: This has become a somewhat popular post, so any
trolls or flames will be deleted. Thank you.
UPDATE 4/29/2005: I found Salsa 98.3 FM
playing Freestyle today a bit after noon while scanning for radio
stations across the dial. The fact that a Spanish station is
playing Freestyle with English lyrics shows that there is indeed a
market for it!
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