Pulse 87.7 NYC, New Dance Station On Air Now

[Slinky]

www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/11/29/2007-11-29_dj_star_will_bring_back_his_radio_show_t.html

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/hip-hop-dj-fired-for-threats-returns-to-airwaves/?hp

The big story is that Star and Bucwild will be returning to NYC, but I'm more interested in what 87.7 is going to sound like musically. The articles say there will be a "dance" component, along with Pop, Hip-Hop, and Rock, so I'm wondering if they'll be a Pop or Rhythmic.

The Pulse 87.7 website is here:

www.pulse87.com/

Looks like the station will debut in the middle of January.

[EvanJ]

I don't want a noncommercial station that can't appear in the ratings hurting Z100's ratings.

[lsutigerfan]

What is the sound quality going to sound like for this station? We have a channel 6 here and the audio sounds horrible on 87.7.

[atlantaboy]

Yeah I thought those frequencies were almost reserved for college radio, NPR, gospel, classical, etc.

[johnm1120]

87.7 is Channel 6 here as well.

If it's gonna be "dance" then it might go under Rhythmic.

[tico]

atlantaboy said:

Yeah I thought those frequencies were almost reserved for college radio, NPR, gospel, classical, etc.

It doesn't matter what the format is as long as it is noncommercial. If formats mattered, KNHC Seattle wouldn't have its format.

BTW, isn't 87.7 reserved only for audio for TV stations that are on channel 6?

[reception]

Dec 27, 2007 0:54:56 GMT -5 @ said:

BTW, isn't 87.7 reserved only for audio for TV stations that are on channel 6?

Perhaps, and I'm quite sure folks at RadioInsight and Radio-Info would agree.

[Slinky]

This station is on air and also streaming:

wnyz64.streamonfiber.com/player/player.php?username=WNYZ&stream=64k&type=1#

The mix is mostly dance, programmed by veteran NY programmer Joel Salkowitz, who also was in charge of NY's dance station Hot 97 in the 80's and early 90's.

[areyoureadytojump]

How is it so far??

I'm getting very tired of Z100.

[blfdguy1]

Feb 23, 2008 17:22:19 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

How is it so far??

I'm getting very tired of Z100.

It's everything KTU should be. The only thing that sucks is that it has such a weak signal...at least in Northern Jersey and Manhattan. It comes in very staticky (sp?).

Also, they are just starting to get DJ's on which will help identify some o fthe songs. I know most of them but there are others that I just don't recognize.

[shadster]

Would I be able to pick it up in the upper west side?

[Slinky]

Should be able to, yeah. Broadcasts from right over the river in western Queens.

[nitro]

I love this station, but I don't get it on many of my receivers. It's frequency is low for some of my stereos, and on others, the reception is very shaky. It's so sad, b/c when I have been able to get it (in the car), I enjoy it quite a bit.

I think it's a great station, and is a format that is much needed.

[areyoureadytojump]

I can't get it in the West Village.

[blfdguy1]

This morning they were having a beg-a-thon. They were soliciting donations from listeners. They could be off the air as soon as next week because they can't pay their bills.

That would be a huge loss for NYC, IMO. I've heard so many songs on their station that I would otherwise never discovered.

[botoxic]

Yes, this article headlines All Access this morning:

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Is Pulse 87/New York In Trouble?

Asking For Donations
What's up at MEGA MEDIA Top 40/Dance PULSE 87/NEW YORK? The station is hitting hard times. And, if money is not raised, may have to pull the plug.

The station's website posted the following this morning:

PULSE 87, NEW YORK's New Dance Leader, Is Urging You To Save PULSE 87. For more than a year, we've brought dance music back to NEW YORK. New music every week. Unique mixes every day. Dance music every hour. Now, we're getting close to our final hour. Due to the economic situation we are all facing, and the fact that we are a small company, PULSE 87.7 FM is in a unique predicament. We have reached a crossroad where a decision needs to be made.

We have approximately one week left to be on the air if we do not generate the appropriate funds to stay afloat.

PD JOEL SALKOWITZ told ALL ACCESS, "It's very simple, PULSE 87 is a live and local radio station, without big corporate owners, and it is fighting to stay alive.

"We are reaching out to our very local following of 800,000+ listners and asking them to help. For less than what someone spends to get into a club or buy some adult beverages, they can help save something that they really like ... dance music on NEW YORK radio."

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This may also explain why Pulse DC has yet to launch.

[Slinky]

If they only have one week's worth of cash on hand, I don't think listener donations are going to help.

[shadster]

Well 800,000 1 dollar bills could probably help a lot I would think.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

It's a shame they are struggling this much as I have actually liked their music selection, on air people, and mixshows in comparison to some of the other stations.

[botoxic]

From FMQB Dance:

Pulse still beating

Last Monday (7/20) at 9am, WNYZ (Pulse 87.7)/New York had some bad news for its listenership, they needed to raise big money to save the station from its creditors. The only way to raise the money fast enough, they felt, was to go on air and ask the listeners to lend a hand. To give what they could to help save dance music on the airwaves in the greatest city in the world. During the day the station had some of the dance music industries finest stop by or call into the station. Artists like Lucas Prata, Sophia May, Filo & Peri and Danielle all called in. Industry types like Michael Weiss from Nervous and Cary Vance from Promo Only Promotions went by to lend a hand. Celebrities like the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa donated to the cause. But by the end of the day all references had been taken down from the Pulse website. The on-air mentions had all disappeared. So what happened?

These actions led some in the message board world to guess that this was all a big publicity stunt. They wondered how a station in NYC could be a commercial enterprise and ask for donations on the air. For the record, it was made clear that these donations were not tax deductible. 24 hours after it all began we got an answer from Pulse. They said that they had been granted an extension from their creditors so that they no longer needed to ask the listeners for help. They said that all the donations would be returned to the people that donated. But this raised other questions for some. How long do they have to raise the money they owe? How much is it? What happens if they don't come up with it in time? Was this really a stunt? I can only answer one of those things and I don't believe it was a stunt at all. I was in the building, and on the air, and I saw people at Pulse working hard to make all happen. You just can't fake it with that many people. I don't know what the future holds for Pulse but I do know that the people of the Tri-State area showed their love for dance music that day and it was truly something amazing to be a part of.