Zed Radio "The Online Party Station" was a very popular online Dance Hits
web radio
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station based in
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of
...
,
Ukraine
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. It was founded in June 2003 and operated only a few hours per week.
In June 2004, after a legal dispute over an American group of broadcasters bringing the
Europa Plus
Europa Plus () is a Russian commercial radio station. It is owned by the European Media Group and started broadcasting on 30 April 1990 in the Soviet Union. The station primarily plays hot AC and Top 40 music.
Europa Plus spans across Russia, ...
network to the USA, the American broadcasters joined up with Zed Radio and turned the station into a full-time Dance Hits/Chill Out format. Zed Radio now had a new studio in the USA. Zed Radio produced a very popular
metal
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show Mandatory Metal hosted by DJ Zombie, which can now be heard on
Surge Radio
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.
In September 2004, the Ukraine-based Zed Radio was threatened with
lawsuits
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for rebroadcasting shows Garage, EuroMix, and Euro-Hit Top 40 from
Europa Plus
Europa Plus () is a Russian commercial radio station. It is owned by the European Media Group and started broadcasting on 30 April 1990 in the Soviet Union. The station primarily plays hot AC and Top 40 music.
Europa Plus spans across Russia, ...
without permission. Later, Zed Radio refocused its format, leaning more to a
Hot AC
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format. The USA Department built another studio in
Antelope Valley
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, and the Ukraine Department rented a professional radio studio from
TRK Grani.
In November 2004, Zed Radio joined forces with Dimension's DJing and DJ CM3 became the new music director. DJ CM3 flipped the station to a Dance/Hip Hop format, going against the wishes of General Manager
Yegor Veklich.
In March 2005, the General Manager dismissed the USA Department from Zed Radio's operations. The two departments went their separate ways: the Ukraine Department became Dance Hits
Radio Galaktika
Zed Radio "The Online Party Station" was a very popular online Dance Hits web radio station based in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. It was founded in June 2003 and operated only a few hours per week.
In June 2004, after a legal dispute over an American gr ...
while the USA Department became Dance/Hip Hop
Surge Radio
Surge Radio is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls co ...
.
WDOS-FM picked up Zed Radio's unique dance format on their Friday and Saturday Night Dance Parties.
Surge Radio
Surge Radio
Surge Radio is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls co ...
officially opened on April 22, 2005 after renovating the studio. They possessed control of the streaming servers used by Zed Radio, while the newly formed Radio Galaktika was left dead in the water.
Surge Radio
Surge Radio is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls co ...
originally opened with a Dance/Hip Hop format but later flipped to
Underground Punk, Metal and
Electronica
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after the exit of Music Director DJ CM3.
Radio Galaktika
Within a week after
Surge Radio
Surge Radio is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls co ...
opened, Radio Galaktika made a business agreement with Surge Radio in which they could lease server capacity in exchange for producing their
jingle
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s and IDs. They were not in operation 24 hours, and there had been intervals of several months without any broadcasting. Radio Galaktika supposedly held a license for 99.9 FM in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, but now have pulled out of business{fact}.
Zed Radio's Original Staff
*Angela Browne - Air Personality (The Really Really Awesome Friday Show)
*DJ CM3 - Music Director
*DJ Pronto - Assistant Program/Traffic Director
*DJ Howie - Assistant Music Director + Air Personality (Howie's Mixtape)
*Duane Segovia - Sound Technician
*James Fourr - Computer Technician
*Kaylyn Kolesar - Air Personality (The Really Really Awesome Friday Show)
*DJ Smog - Air Personality (Smog's Weekend Liftoff)
*Dima Vasilev - Assistant General Manager + Air Personality
* Yegor Veklich - General Manager + Air Personality
*DJ Whammy - Program/Traffic Director + Air Personality (Overdrive)
*DJ Zombie - Air Personality (Mandatory Metal)
Radio stations in Ukraine
Internet radio stations
Defunct radio stations
Mass media in Zaporizhzhia
Defunct mass media in Ukraine
Radio stations established in 2003