Party 105 (WPTY-FM) returns to Dance/Rhythmic

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

The station is no longer a Dance/CHR/Rhythmic station. The Long Island station went back to its roots like they were back in 1998. Party 105 is now a gold based Rhythmic AC format. They use to play current cutting edge dance music as well as hip hip (dual reporters) but since they were doing the throwback weekend with classics and golds, advertisers took notice and got strong buzz.

www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/97890/the-party-changes-but-still-rages-on-long-island

radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/53922/an-older-party-on-long-island/#.Tp4jzGDRrvs

They also are no longer the reporter of the Hot Dance Airplay panel. This is similar to what happened to WKTU back in 2006. :(

At least they still have Ian van Dahl's "Castles in the Sky", Fragma's Toca's Miracle". Peter Luts "What a feeling" and others on rotation though as well as the new wave and synthpop from the 80's that I don't hear much from radio nowadays.

Here's what they played earlier this morning:

6:32AM Joyce Sims - (You Are My) All And All
6:28AM Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
6:24AM Lime - Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight
6:20AM Cece Peniston - Finally
6:16AM Sean Paul - Temperature
6:12AM Nena - 99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballons
6:09AM Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
6:05AM Janet Jackson - Together Again
6:01AM Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
5:57AM Daft Punk - One More Time
5:54AM Ready For The World - Love You Down
5:49AM Michael Jackson - Rock With You
5:45AM Ne-Yo - Closer
5:41AM MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
5:35AM Nice & Wild - Diamond Girl
5:30AM Laura Branigan - Self Control
5:27AM Emotions - Best Of My Love
5:23AM TLC - Creep
5:16AM Blu Cantrell - Hit'em Up Style
5:13AM Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
5:10AM Commodores - Brick House
5:06AM Real McCoy - Another Night
5:02AM New Kids On The Block - Step By Step
4:56AM Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
4:53AM Ohio Players - Fire
4:50AM Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008
4:46AM C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
4:36AM Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend
4:34AM Rick James - Super Freak
4:33AM Insane Jermaine - I'm A Freak
4:29AM John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease MegaMix
4:24AM Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
4:19AM Mynt Feat. Kim Sozzi - How Did You Know
4:16AM INXS - Devil Inside
4:12AM Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
4:07AM Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love
4:04AM George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
4:00AM Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
3:57AM Madonna - La Isla Bonita

You can check the full play log here:

websvc.bdsrealtime.com/nbds.consumer.tempo/npgenlog.aspx?uid=ServiceWPTY&stnid=7398&lang=

Oooh, Simple Minds "Don't you forget about me". :) But do they have to play 70's Disco?

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UPDATE: As of April 2012, they return to Dance format.

[Minor Scratch]

This is an awesome playlist. Disco from the 70s, Synth from the 80s, Cheese House and Bubblegum from the 90s, and today's hits like Adele and Katy Perry. I hope they start rolling out stations like these everywhere, including my area.

[beach1]

It sucks that they're not as dance as before, but yeah, it still looks great. Love all the classic 80s and 90s music mixed in with the current songs. I'm starting to get more into 70s disco, so that doesn't sound bad either.

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Oct 20, 2011 14:38:08 GMT -5 Minor Scratch said:

This is an awesome playlist. Disco from the 70s, Synth from the 80s, Cheese House and Bubblegum from the 90s, and today's hits like Adele and Katy Perry. I hope they start rolling out stations like these everywhere, including my area.

You can listen to the station online if you like the sound of the station. just click on "Listen Live":

www.party105.com/page.php?page_id=59929

Or if you have an app on your Iphone/Ipod Touch, get an ootunes app or other apps specifically for Internet streams and find party 105 and listen to it anywhere.

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Oct 20, 2011 14:53:27 GMT -5 beach1 said:

It sucks that they're not as dance as before, but yeah, it still looks great. Love all the classic 80s and 90s music mixed in with the current songs. I'm starting to get more into 70s disco, so that doesn't sound bad either.

Station does sound good. I mean having 'Safety Dance" by Men without hats, Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls, Modern English "I melt with you", Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at night" is great. I haven't heard those in a long time as well as latin freestyle.

But it is a shame though that there's only 4 reporters of the hot dance airplay panel left in the U.S. (KNHC in Seattle, BPM on Sirius, WCPT-FM in Chicago during dance factory hours & Music Choice).

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

new article from radio-info.



First Listen: Party 105.3 Long Island

About a decade ago, WKTU New York steered away from Top 40 sister WHTZ (Z100) by playing fewer dance currents and more of the dance classics that had once been the station's calling card. That left Long Island's WPTY (Party 105.3) to carry the torch for current dance music as it went through its various ups-and-downs throughout the last decade.

Now, pop music is dance music again and WKTU has been New York's leading CHR in recent months. And earlier this week, Party 105.3 segued to a gold-based format, effectively becoming what WKTU was a decade ago. Party 105.3's format has been characterized elsewhere as Rhythmic Hot AC, but there's also an '80s pop component. I'd put it with WREW (Rewind 94.9) Cincinnati and the other tempo/variety formats that are launching these days, somewhere between Oldies and Hot AC.

WPTY has always had a history of quirkiness. It was one of the first stations to briefly try running sponsorships, not spots, during which it went Mainstream Top 40 for a few months. Add the unusual musical history of Long Island and it seemed safe that this would be a unique take on Adult Hits or Rhythmic Hot AC. So we took a First Listen.

Here's WPTY at 7 a.m. on October 19:

Warren G & Nate Dogg, "Regulate"
Earth Wind & Fire, "Let's Groove"
George Clinton, "Atomic Dog"
Beyoncé, "Crazy In Love"
Ace Of Base, "All That She Wants"
Donna Summer, "I Feel Lover" (with a '70s stager)
Irene Cara, "Fame"
Stevie B., "Spring Love"
Soul For Real, "Every Little Thing I Do"
Edward Maya, "Stereo Love"
Four Seasons, "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" (playing what Shazam eventually identified for me as the European mix, but I initially thought it was the "Jersey Boys" cast)
Rick Springfield, "Jessie's Girl"
Gigi D'Agostino, "I'll Fly With You"
Sheila E, "The Glamorous Life"

www.radio-info.com/programming/25-plus/first-listen-party-1053-long-island

[Minor Scratch]

Oct 20, 2011 17:02:28 GMT -5 ♛ The Manticore ☯ said:

Oct 20, 2011 14:38:08 GMT -5 Minor Scratch said:

This is an awesome playlist. Disco from the 70s, Synth from the 80s, Cheese House and Bubblegum from the 90s, and today's hits like Adele and Katy Perry. I hope they start rolling out stations like these everywhere, including my area.

You can listen to the station online if you like the sound of the station. just click on "Listen Live":

www.party105.com/page.php?page_id=59929

Or if you have an app on your Iphone/Ipod Touch, get an ootunes app or other apps specifically for Internet streams and find party 105 and listen to it anywhere.

Yea I probably will, but I guess I just meant for the masses. I know this type of station would work really well in my area.

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

It seems Party 105 is playing dance music again with some tweaks. It sounds more like 50% Gold Based Rhythmic AC/50% Dance.

Either they're paying attention to what's happening in Denver or it's a spring/summer thing.

This is some of the dance songs they're playing from past to currents:

Tim Berg - Seek Bromance
Peter Luts & Dominico - What a feeling
Benny Benassi f/Gary Go - Cinema
Sebastian Ingrosso f/Alesso & Ryan Tedder - Calling
AnnaGrace - Don't let go
Fedde le Grand - So much love
Sunfreakz - Drive out
Motorcycle - As the rush comes
Deadmau5 - Raise your weapon
Tom Hangs & Shermanology - Blessed (Avicii edit)
Afrojack & Shermanology - Can't stop me
4 Strings - Take me away
Plummet - Damaged
Above & Beyond - Thing called love
Spencer Hill & Nadia Ali - Believe
Kaskade f/Rebecca & Fiona - Turn it down
Ian van Dahl - Castles in the sky
Nero - Promises
DJ Encore - I see right through to you
Armin van Buuren f/Justine Suissa - Burned with desire
Paris Avenue - I want you
Delerium f/Sarah McLachlan - Silence
Ercola & Daniella - Every word
David Puentez - Melodrama
C+C Music Factory - Robi Rob's Boriqua Anthem
Matt Darey - Chasing the sun
Spiller f/Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If this ain't love)
Lustral - Everytime
Fiori - If I

You can check their playlog here:

websvc.bdsrealtime.com/nbds.consumer.tempo/npgenlog.aspx?uid=ServiceWPTY&stnid=7398&lang=

Also they are back on the FMQB dance radio:

www.fmqbproductions.com/dance/

[beach1]

It's cool that they've started playing some dance music again. The playlist looks pretty nice, although I'm not familiar with a lot of the newer songs. Nice to see oldies but goodies like Collage - I'll be Loving You and Astroline - Close My Eyes on the play log. :)

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Apr 27, 2012 20:47:57 GMT -5 beach1 said:

It's cool that they've started playing some dance music again. The playlist looks pretty nice, although I'm not familiar with a lot of the newer songs. Nice to see oldies but goodies like Collage - I'll be Loving You and Astroline - Close My Eyes on the play log. :)

Collage's "I'll be loving you" is definitely a freestyle classic. Love that song. I haven't heard Astroline's "Close my eyes" in a long time.