Well, on the eve of the debut of New York's "newest" FM station, I thought I would open up a thread for people who want to put in their wish list for the new station. What do you think they should do, whether it can be reasonably done or not? Which things from Pulse would you like them to keep? OK, here goes my wish list, so please bear with me:
1. Become, over time, identified with New York, at least the 87.7 part. I hope that, over time, they would be able to have a separate feed for the New Yorkers. If they have to play the hiphop and r&b, then better on the Suffolk feed, where there is a need there, so better they can fill the heavy dance demand in the big city.
2. I hope a new law is passed that allows the station to have an FM audio broadcast on either 87.7 or 87.9, instead of the TV audio on 87.75. That'll depend on what Island Broadcasting wants to do with the TV station, of course. This would hopefully enable some more radios to receive the station. For example, my mini-stereo system (purchased in the 1980s) has a tuning dial that can reach to 87.75 and the car radio can receive that frequency as well but the living room home stereo, which has a digital tuner, can't receive any signal beyond a tenth of a digit. It can go to 87.7 and 87.9 but not in between. I read that newer digital stereos don't go below 87.9, which is a problem for Party FM.
3. Weekends be opened up for guest DJs. I would like to hear Liquid Todd on the air again.
4. Specialty shows on weekends and holidays. These would be a good way of putting on trance, techno, rave, triphop, Latin House, without the fear of alienating fans of the official musical focus.
5. Play tracks like Ian Carey - Redlight (original mix) & MBM - Mindstream (Orbital remix)
6. Don't get too caught up in what's considered happening in the now. That's how bad dance tunes get heavy rotation in the first place. Sometimes, you need to differentiate from the competition. And create your own buzz!
7. Resist the temptation to become more urban. Just because we're a big city doesn't mean the music has to be stereotypically a "big-city sound", if you get what I mean.
8. If this new station does get a solid footing, then I wish that there would a mix show every late night on the weekdays some time in the future. This is where you give unknown but good DJ a chance to break in where they won't have that opportunity at Corporate Radio (TM).
Other than those, I wish Party FM the best of luck in succeeding where Pulse failed.
