Dance radio is a type of

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that focuses on

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

and

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. These formats typically feature current and recent hits in the genres, and may often include mixshows featuring songs mixed by DJs (including station personalities and special guests). Some stations—especially on digital platforms such as

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—may focus specifically on certain genres of electronic music, but many typically focus on genres under the umbrella of

electronic dance music Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...

(including

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and

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

). The format is popular in Europe and Asia. It is not as common in North America, where EDM-oriented stations are often a specialty format carried on

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or less-prominent outlets, although some attempts at major-market dance music . Electronic dance music is typically played as a component of the wider

rhythmic contemporary Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 20, Rhythmic Top 30, Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and upbeat R&B hit ...

and

rhythmic adult contemporary Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic contemporary, rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the cla ...

formats, and may appear on

contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ...

stations if they reach mainstream

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History

Most of dance radio's origins can be traced to the early days of disco in the late 1970s, when WKTU New York, WBLS New York, an
WRKS 98.7 KISS-FM New York
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 Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary r ...

, led by such stations as

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Pittsburgh, WLUM-FM Milwaukee and

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Memphis. These stations kept 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 WXKS-FM (107.9 MHz), branded ''Kiss 108'', is a commercial contemporary hit radio station licensed to serve Medford, Massachusetts, and covering Greater Boston. Owned by iHeartMedia, the WXKS-FM studios are in Medford and the station transmits f ...

Medford/Boston, became 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 WXKS-FM, such as KMEL in San Francisco, 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 Power 106 Los Angeles and its sister station WQHT HOT 103 New York (later becoming HOT 97 by 1988) debuted a "Top 40 Crossover" dance format, thus paving the way for more stations to jump onto this genre, such as WPOW Power 96 in Miami by 1988. This format would later become known as Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio, or Contemporary Hit Urban (CHUrban) by the 1990s. In the US, 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 ’90s" 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, the former general manager of KSCR, who had been responsible for that station'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 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 dance/electronica format at 103.1 KACD/KBCD. In 1996, with Groove Radio making its debut in Los Angeles, WKTU New York was revived. This would be followed by stations in other cities 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 Seattle 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 pared 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, D.C. 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

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, 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 by 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

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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 potential 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. 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" moniker the following September. Also that same month, WPGC-FM 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." Meanwhile, in

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, CHWE-FM debuted with a Top 40/Dance presentation, billed as "Energy 106." In 2012, KXJM

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would bring the Dance format to the local HD airwaves with the launch of "Too Wild," while in Halifax, Nova Scotia, CKHZ-FM, a Top 40 that was launched in 2006 with a Dance-leaning direction before shifting to a regular Top 40/CHR presentation in 2009, returned to its Dance roots and rebranded itself as "Energy 103.5," using the same direction as sister station CHWE. This was followed by WOLT-FM Greenville, South Carolina adding Dance mixes to its brokered programming schedule, KDHT-FM Denver bringing the format back to that market and WARG Summit/Chicago joining KNHC in being the second current high school outlet in the United States to offer a Dance format but on a part-time basis. Another surprise move would also take place in late April 2012, when WPTY returned to playing Dance full-time after a brief stint as a Rhythmic AC. By November 2012 KDHT would drop the format for Adult Hits, but in December 2012, WHBA, who had been programming an Adult Hits format in Boston, went the other way around and made headlines by flipping to an EDM-focused presentation, billed as "Evolution 101.7," with the call sign WEDX. As of 2013, the Dance format would see WOLT change format to Oldies and dropping brokered programming while it picked up another full-time outlet, this time in

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, where on June 1, JVC Media, the owner of WPTY, expanded its "Party" brand to its newly acquired property WBXY, followed in November by non-commercial outlet KVIT Phoenix. In January 2014, WPCF/W227CE Panama City Beach, Florida, which previously programmed a "Trop-Rock" format, flipped to Dance under the operation of Patrick Pfeffer, owner of Club La Vela, a dance club in Panama City Beach, followed by

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Las Vegas launching a HD2 subchannel called "SIN107.5." The same month saw Mediabase and All Access team up to launch a Top 50 Dance Airplay chart with 23 stations reporting. On June 13, 2014, WEDX flipped from Dance to Country but moved its format over to the HD2 subchannel of Top 40/CHR sister WXKS-FM. By 2015, Miami would once again have a full-time Dance station when Zoo Communications took over the translators of WHYI and later WMIA (at 93.5), which later coincided with the launch of

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in 2016 and later expanded to West Palm Beach with the acquisition of WBGF in August 2017. On May 3, 2019, at 5PM, the Research Triangle region of North Carolina ( Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill) welcomed NC State University's WolfBytes Radio onto 88.1 WKNC HD3. The station had been online-only up until that point.

Stations in the United States

With the increasing

scene in the United States, there are several terrestrial radio stations in the country that broadcast a dance-oriented format as their primary programming. Joel Salkowitz, program director of Pulse 87 and Las Vegas station KYLI, argued that the format is not as widespread in the country because popular EDM songs often cross over into the playlists of

and

stations, presuming that major station owners would not want the listenership of their pop and rhythmic-oriented stations to be cannibalized by an EDM-specific outlet.

Full-time

* KGHD-LD

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(Club 87.7 FM) * KHYZ/KHWY/KRXV Mountain Pass, California, Essex, California, and Yermo, California (Vibe 99.7) * KNHC

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(C89.5) * WBGF

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(simulcast of

) (Revolution 93.5) * WKNC 88.1 HD3 Raleigh-Durham, Cary,

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( WolfBytes Radio) * WZFL/W228BY

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(Revolution 93.5)

Part-time

* KGAY/K293CL/K226BT Thousand Palms, California/

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(KGAY 106.5) * WCPY

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(Evenings, during Dance Factory FM) * WGAY (FM)

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(Party 105.7) * WPTY Calverton- Roanoke, New York (Party 105.3) * WPNA-FM

(Sunday-Friday 9-midnight during Party Mix and Saturday 10-midnight during Clubbing) * WUGM-LP

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(weekends)

Low-power FM

* KRYC-LP

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* KXRG-LP

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* WCKP-LP Ocala, Florida.

HD stations

* Fire Lane ( KNX-HD3

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) * Revolution 93.5 ( WMIA-HD2

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) * Party 93.1-HD2 ( WFEZ-HD2

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) * WolfBytes Radio ( WKNC-HD3 Raleigh) * Pulse Radio ( KMVQ-HD2

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and KZZO-HD2

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) * LasVegas.Net Radio ( KHYZ-HD2

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) * Drive FX ( WGNY-HD2 Rosendale) * The Party ATX ( KGSR-HD3 Cedar Park) * Sin 100.5 ( KXQQ-HD2 Henderson) * Rave 99.9 HD2 ( KMGG-LP-HD2

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) * Vibez 103 ( KFTZ-HD3 Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Audio and cable

* DMX ** DMX Dance ** DMX Electronica * Music Choice ** Dance/EDM ** Party Hits

Satellite radio

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** BPM (Dance currents) ** Diplo's Revolution (Global/underground Dance, House, Deep tracks, festivals, mix shows) ** Studio 54 Radio (Disco, Freestyle, 70's, 80's, and Nu Disco) **

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(Deep house, downtempo, indie/alternative dance, electronica) ** Radio Monaco (

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and European pop) **

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(90's, Y2K, and 2010's Dance)

U.S.-based Internet radio

97.5 Dance Hits
Nanuet, New York
Cardio Dance Radio
Louisville, Kentucky * Digitally Imported New York, New York
Energy 98
Portland, Oregon
Groove Radio
Los Angeles, California *

: ** Club Jam Country ** Club Jam Dance ** Club Jam EDM ** Club Jam Hits ** Club Jam Retro ** Dance Nation 90s **

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** Pride Radio (HD) ** The Spin*Cycle ** Trancid **
Insomniac Radio
Los Angeles, California
Miami Mike Radio
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mix 247 EDM
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Nexus Radio
Chicago, Illinois
Party 732
Asbury Park, New Jersey * Pulse 87 New York, New York
PulseEDM Dance Music Radio
San Antonio, Texas
Radio Danz
Miami, Florida
A Reason To Dance - Radio G!
Los Angeles, California
KVPN DIGITAL 1
San Francisco, California
RHYTHM 86
San Francisco, California
ShoutDRIVE
Los Angeles, California
subSTATION.one - United We Dance®
Los Angeles, California
The Beat EDM
Michigan City, Indiana
WolfBytes Radio
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Vegas Dance Radio
Las Vegas, Nevada

Stations in Australia

Massive Dance Radio

Kiss FM Australia

Raw FM

Q Dance

Energy FM

Gorilla Radio

Fresh 92.7
* NovaNation * Dance Hits

Stations in New Zealand

George FM

Stations in Canada

* CHWE-FM

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(technically CHR, but feature Dance/EDM currents) * CIDC-FM Orangeville (technically Rhythmic contemporary, but feature Dance/EDM currents) * CIRR-FM

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(technically Hot AC/CHR, but features Dance/EDM currents) * CKBE-FM

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(technically Rhythmic adult contemporary, but features Dance/EDM currents) * CJLL-FM

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(simulcasts internet station DJ.FM everyday from 12-6 AM local time)

Stations in Mexico

* XHSON-FM

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(Beat 100.9) * XHFM-FM

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(One 94.9 FM) * XHVOZ-FM

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(Vibe 107.5)

Stations in Europe

Capital Dance
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BBC Radio 1 Dance
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Frisk Radio
UK *Danceradio,

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(Amsterdam) DAB+ radio, various radio apps, www.danceradio.nl * TOPradio, Belgium's Flemish Region * SLAM!FM

(some of the frequencies can be heard in portions of Belgium and Germany) *89 and 102.9 DanceRadio, Prague, Czech Republic *Reef FM

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(also available as DAB) * Blast 106,

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Northern Ireland (fusion of pop)
Energy 106

Northern Ireland *DFM, Moscow, Russia * Radio Record, Saint Petersburg, Russia *Radio M2O,

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*Radio CFM, Constanța, Romania *Unika FM,

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* Fun Radio, France and surrounding countries *Kiss FM,

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*Dance FM, Romanian cities of

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, and

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*Ibiza Global Radio

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, and

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* Radio FG,

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and

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*Future Generation 93.8,

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*Sunshine Live,

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) * WRDW-HD2

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(Hot Wired) * SIN107.5 (KXTE-HD2

) * B96 Dance (WBBM-FM HD2

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) *

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(WCFS-FM HD2

) * Evolution 99.1 (KUBT-HD2

) * KSFM (KSFM-HD2

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) * KDLD-FM (KDLD-HD2

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) * Chill with Alice (KLLC-HD2

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) (House/Electronica) * Too Wild (KXJM-HD2

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) * Club Phusion Satellite * Boombox * Chrome *

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* The Beat * Electric Area * The System * Tiësto's Club Life Radio Internet * WFSH - Fresh 106 New York * Music ONE * Party Radio USA Terrestrial * CING-FM (Energy 108) Ontario Canada (switched to a hybrid Top 40/CHR/Dance format in 1998 and was shut down and replaced with a country format in 2002, brought back the energy name in 2018 but no longer plays dance (only during occasional events/raves) and has played CHR/Top 40 since 2012) * KRXV/KHWY/KHYZ

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; Laughlin, Nevada; Mountain Pass, California (Highway Vibe-still under this name but no longer plays Dance) * WEDX Boston, Massachusetts (Evolution 101.7) * WKIE/ WKIF/ WDEK

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; Kankakee, Illinois;

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(Energy 92.7/5) * KKDL

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(106.7 KDL) * KXDC

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(102-1X) * KDHT-FM Denver, Colorado (Hot 107.1) * KVBE

(Vibe 94.5) * KYLI Las Vegas, Nevada (Jelli 96.7) * KYLI Las Vegas, Nevada (Pulse 96.7) * KDLD/KDLE Santa Monica, California;

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(103.1 KDL) * WPYM

(Party 93.1) * Beat Radio

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(Energy 92.7 & 101.1) * WKOE

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(Hot 106.3) * KLNA

(Power 105.5) * KPTI

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(Party 92.7) * KNGY San Francisco, California (Energy 92.7) * KREV

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(Pirate Radio 92.7) * KREV

(Revolution 92.7) * WMPH

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(Super 91.7-still under this name but no longer has Dance programming) * KENU Enumclaw, Washington (Pulse 1330) * WNRG-LP Palm Bay, Florida (Energy 107.9) * WXJZ

(Party 100.9) * WBXY LaCrosse, Florida (Party 99.5) * WBZC Burlington, New Jersey(Z88.9) * WWAC Ocean City, New Jersey (Wild 102.7) * WSTK Aurora, North Carolina (Surge 104.5) * WEGG & W263BE Rose Hill, North Carolina (Surge Radio 100.5 & 710) * WPTY Calverton- Roanoke, New York (Party 105.3-still under this name but has shifted more towards a Rhythmic

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direction with some dance tracks and remixes) * WRMA

(DJ106.7) * KLBU

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(Electronica/Chill) * KPMW

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* KVIT

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(Pulse Radio) * KXMG

(Mega 93.3) * WGWE Little Valley, New York (Energy Radio Buffalo) * CKHZ-FM

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(Z103.5) * XHCHL-FM Monterrey, Nuevo León (Beat 90.1) * DZUR

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(107.9 U Radio) * WPCF & W226CJ Panama City, Florida (93.1 Play FM) * WZDJ

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(DJ 105.3) * KAAU

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(105.1 FM) * WOLT

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(103.3 Spin FM) * WSHE Miami, Florida (Evolution 103.5) Part-time * CHOQ-FM

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(Energy 105.1) (nightly from 10pm-6am) * KCPR

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(evenings during Club 91) * WOLT

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(103-3 SPIN FM) (branding during certain hours) * KCXL/K275BQ/K284CH

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(Surge Radio - aired Sunday 5-6pm) * XHPUE-FM

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(evenings during Kick FM 104.3) * WKEY-FM

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(93.7 NRG) * KQPS

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(Affiliate for Audacy's "

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" HD platform) Low-power FM * W228BY Miami (Revolution 93.5) * WUOH-LP

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(U100.7) * W244AS Oakhurst, New Jersey * K244FE Minneapolis, Minnesota (Pride Radio Minneapolis) * K248CU Austin, Texas (Pride Radio Austin) * K256AS

(Evolution 99.1) * W228BV

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(Revolution 93.5) Low-power TV audio (also heard on FM) * Pulse 87 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)

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