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, Club Phusion was a radio station on Clear Channel HD2's across the country that played commercial free dance music 24/7 from 2006 to 2013.

History

Club Phusion was launched on March 31, 2006, over the subcarrier channel of

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KZCH KZCH (96.3 FM), also known as "Channel 963," is a Mainstream Top 40 radio station licensed to Derby, Kansas, and serving the Wichita area. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 50 kW from its transmitter just north of downtown, and is owne ...

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. At the time, it was one of eight Dance-formatted stations being offered by the Format Lab, along with WiLD en Espanol, Trancid, Workout Channel,

Pride Radio Pride Radio (United States) is an LGBTQ+ electronic dance music and top 40 radio network launched by Clear Channel Communications Format Lab under the direction of Michael Albl, who conceived the format, on terrestrial HD2 & HD3 stations and on ...

, KDWB's Party Zone, WFLZ's House Party and Classic Dance. Since then, WiLD en Espanol, Trancid, and Workout Channel have been eliminated, while WFLZ merged their formats with Club Phusion. Since June 2008, Club Phusion, Pride Radio and Classic Dance remain as the only Dance-formatted holdovers from the Format Lab, which since have been replaced by

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. On August 19, 2010, Club Phusion was added to the channel line-up on iHeartRadio, allowing people with iPads, iPhones, Blackberries, and Androids to listen for free with the iHeartRadio app. On November 19, 2012, the station was pulled on iheartradio.com in favor of a new pure Dance platform called "Evolution," but continued to be available on HD2 subchannels up until March 31, 2013. They claimed "in the 2 short years that Club Phusion has been on iHeartRadio, you helped us not only become the 4th most listened to digital station on iHeart, but we were consistently ranked in the top 25 of ALL stations on the platform, which is over 850+ stations."

Programming

At the start, Club Phusion offered a heavily focused Top 40 playlist that was mostly made up of current Dance hits and Rhythmic/Pop remixes, along with some R&B/Hip-Hop, all commercial-free and jockless 24/7, but it has since been retooled into a Dance-focused approach. Even though they still feature current Rhythmic/Dance/Pop hits, there is now more emphasis on Club/Electronica product. The R&B/Hip-Hop elements have since been removed, thus allowing Club Phusion to become completely Pure Dance. Brian Fink, who resides at

WFLZ WFLZ-FM (93.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida. It airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR/Top 40) format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station's studios and offices are located on Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa. ...

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, was Program Director for Club Phusion.

Stations

''These stations used to carry Club Phusion on their HD2 subchannels. Some of these stations, like WVKS, now air "Evolution" on their side channels.'' * KHYL/

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WAKS WAKS (96.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Akron, Ohio, known as "96.5 KISS-FM" and featuring a contemporary hit radio format. Owned by iHeartMedia, WAKS's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland ...

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WCHD WCHD (99.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Channel 999") is a commercial radio station community of license, licensed to Kettering, Ohio, and serving the Dayton metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and airs a contemporary hit radio ...

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* WKST/

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WQEN WQEN (103.7 FM, "103.7 the Q") is a commercial radio station licensed to Trussville, Alabama, and serving the Birmingham metropolitan area. It airs a Top 40--CHR radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It carries the nationally ...

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WSNX WSNX-FM (104.5 MHz "104-5 SNX") is a top 40 (CHR) radio station located in iHeartMedia's Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters. The station is licensed to Muskegon, in Western Michigan with the station serving the Grand Rapids area, and is one ...

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WVKS WVKS (92.5 FM) also known as ''92.5 KISS-FM'' is an iHeartMedia-owned station serving Toledo, Ohio with a top 40 (CHR) format; it is the most popular Toledo station in this format. WVKS' studios and offices are located at Superior and Lafay ...

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* KBKS/

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External links

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