The Guide to U.S. Dance Radio

The following dance radio directory lists some of the dance stations across the country; it is also a tribute to some of the pioneers and fallen stations.  Click on Home for a review of the key dance stations.  Check out what’s popular on dance radio by clicking on Radio Megamix.  Click on Radio Airplay for our compilation of real-time playlists.  Since the Internet has no physical boundaries, we have also added some Web-only stations based outside the U.S.  No dance radio directory is complete without a listing of some notable dance/electronic mix shows.  You can go to their Web sites and listen to all the uploaded programs every week.  For the latest updates, set your browser to danceradiopost.com.

When we first published this radio guide in the early 2000s, some stations did not provide live streaming or a real-time playlist for financial and technical reasons.  As these features have become the norm (though you may have to go to third-party sites for airplay archives in some cases), it’s no longer necessary to track their progress here.  So let us know what differentiating Web factors we should document next (Facebook likes?).

The Guide to U.S. Dance Radio

The following dance radio directory lists some of the dance stations across the country; it is also a tribute to some of the pioneers and fallen stations.  Click on Home for a review of the key dance stations.  Check out what’s popular on dance radio by clicking on Radio Megamix.  Click on Radio Airplay for our compilation of real-time playlists.  Since the Internet has no physical boundaries, we have also added some Web-only stations based outside the U.S.  No dance radio directory is complete without a listing of some notable dance/electronic mix shows.  You can go to their Web sites and listen to all the uploaded programs every week.  For the latest updates, set your browser to danceradiopost.com.

When we first published this radio guide in the early 2000s, some stations did not provide live streaming or a real-time playlist for financial and technical reasons.  As these features have become the norm (though you may have to go to third-party sites for airplay archives in some cases), it’s no longer necessary to track their progress here.  So let us know what differentiating Web factors we should document next (Facebook likes?).

 

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Radio Now

 

Radio Now

 

Dance Radio Survey

Call Letters or Name (Market No.)/ Web Site (Frequency or Channel)	Established	Owner
All-dance
KNHC Seattle (13) c895.org	1979	Educational *** Megamix panelist
KXRG-LPFM Honolulu, Hawaii (63) my959.com	March 2006	Public
WZFL Miami (11) WBGF West Palm Beach, Fl. (48) revolution935.com	2016	ANCO Media Group *** Megamix panelist
KGAY Palm Springs, Calif. (131) kgaypalmsprings.com	December 2018	KGAY PSP
KSFE Albuquerque (69) pirate967.com	January 2022	Vanguard Media
KGHD Las Vegas (31) acid877.com	November 2022	Obidia Porras *** Megamix panelist
Dance-leaning
KRYC-LPFM Yuba City, Calif. rhythm1059fm.com	2004	Public
Adult Dance
KRKQ Telluride, Colo. mountainchill.com (95.5)	October 2011	Brown Mountain Broadcasting
Digital HD (dance/dance-leaning)
WTDY-HD2 Philadelphia (9) todays965.com	2005	CBS Radio
WBBM-HD2 Chicago (3) b96dance.com (96.3)	2006	CBS Radio
WFEZ-HD2 Miami (12) (See Party 93-1 below)	2008	Cox Radio
KMVQ-HD2 Bay Area (4) 997now.com/pulse	2009	CBS Radio
KKHH-HD2 Houston (6) facebook.com/pages/energy… (95.7)	2009	CBS Radio
WPGC-HD2 Washington, D.C. (7) area955.com	September 2011	CBS Radio
KNX-HD2 Los Angeles (2) audacy.com/wearechannelq	November 2018	Audacy
Digital HD (adult dance)
KLLC-HD2 Bay Area (4) radioalice.com (97.3)	2006	CBS Radio
Digital HD (oldies)
WBEN-HD2 Philadelphia (9) 957benfm.com (95.7)	2006	Beasley Broadcast Group
Satellite/Cable
Dance/Electronica, Philadelphia musicchoice.com	1987	Music Choice *** Megamix panelist
Dance, Austin, Texas dmx.com (17)	1994	Mood Media
Electrosphere, Austin, Texas dmx.com
Global Gruv, Austin, Texas dmx.com (115)
House Party, Austin, Texas dmx.com
Power Hits, Austin, Texas dmx.com (61)
Riviera Discotheque, Austin, Texas dmx.com (56)
Subterranean, Austin, Texas dmx.com (57)
Retro Disco (oldies), Austin, Texas dmx.com (78)
BPM, Washington, D.C. siriusxm.com (51)	2001	Sirius XM Radio *** Megamix panelist
Electric Area, Washington, D.C. siriusxm.com (52)
SiriusXM Chill, New York siriusxm.com (53)
Syndicated/Internet-based
Groove Radio, Los Angeles grooveradio.com	1992	?
ClubJam.com, Chicago clubjam.com	1997	JamTraxx Media
DanceMixUSA, Kansas City, Mo. dancemixusa.com	July 1999	Ryan Scott
DanceRadio.Net, Bay Area danceradio.net	2001?	DanceRadio.Net Production
Music One, New York musicone.fm	May 2001	?
AOL Radio Top Dance aolradio.com	October 2001	AOL
Energy 98, Portland, Ore. energy981.com	March 2003	Mikeo Radio Group Productions *** Megamix panelist
NonStopPlay.com, U.K. nonstopplay.com	May 2003	NonStopPlay.com
Nexus Radio, Chicago nexusradio.fm	June 2003	Fusion Media *** Megamix panelist
DJFM.ca, Canada djfm.ca	September 2003	?
1Dance.FM, Oklahoma City, Okla. 1dance.fm	2003	?
Energy FM, U.K. energyfm.co.uk	2003	?
ClubbersRadio.com, Australia clubbersradio.com	August 2004	?
Party 93-1, Miami party931.com	February 2005	Cox Radio
MyFlexRadio myflexradio.com	2005	?
1.fm Dance One 1.fm	2005	Energy Group Networks
Hotmix Radio, France hotmixradio.fr	2005	HotMixMedias
Radio G!, Los Angeles radiog.org	January 2006	Public
Pride Radio prideradio.com	April 2006	iHeartMedia
B91, New York therhythmofthecity.com	April 2006	John Parker
Dance Factory, Chicago dancefactoryfm.com	May 2006	TKC Entertainment
Radio Danz, Miami radiodanz.com	2006	Electronic Music Radio Group *** Megamix panelist
Pure.FM, Bay Area pure.fm	2006	?
1CLUB.FM Dance Hits Chicago, Chicago 1club.fm	2007?	Dot 1 Media
ShoutDRIVE, Los Angeles shoutdrive.com	2007	?
ElectricFM, New York electricfm.com	February 2008	Creations Interactive (Break between May 2017 and September 2020) *** Megamix panelist
RHYTHM 86, Bay Area rhythm86.com	2008	?
iDanceRadio.fm, Bay Area idanceradio.fm	2008	CAPP Records
Dance Mix America, Orlando dancemixamerica.com	2008	DMA Radio Network
Danceradio.ca, Canada danceradio.ca	January 2009	?
BPM.FM, Tampa bpm.fm	2009?	?
Pulse 87, New York pulse87ny.com	February 2010	Joel Salkowitz *** Megamix panelist
HOT102, Milwaukee hot102radio.com	January 2011	Wellstream Media
PulserEDM, San Antonio pulseedm.com	February 2011	Axis Entertainment
Florida Beat Radio, Orlando floridabeatradio.com	April 2011	DJ Smooth
The Vibe, Las Vegas myvibelv.com	June 2011	Mikeo Radio Group Productions
AscenDance Radio, South Florida, Fla. adr.fm	2011	?
Evolution iheartevolution.com (simulcast on KYLD-HD2 Bay Area, WFLZ-HD2 Tampa, et al.)	November 2012	iHeartMedia *** Megamix panelist
Surge Radio surgeradio.org (simulcast on KCXL Kansas City, Mo. overnights and weekends)	September 2016	Surge Radio
HDF Touch, France hdftouch.fr	September 2017	?

 

 

Radio Then

 

Radio Then

 

Dance Radio Then

Call Letters or Name/ (Frequency or Channel)	Period	Archive or Tribute Web Site
1970s
WPIX New York (101.9, “Disco 102”)	1975-1976	nyradioguide.com
WCAU Philadelphia (98.1, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm”)	1976-1981?	phillyradioarchives.com
WDMT Cleveland (107.7, “Disco 108”)	1976-1978	N/A
WVEE Atlanta (103.3, “V-103”)	1976?-?	N/A
WHRK Memphis (97.1)	1976-198x	N/A
KKDA Dallas (104.5, “K-104”)	1976-1979?	dfwradioarchives.com
WKTK Baltimore (102.7)	1977-1979?	N/A
WZZD Philadelphia (990, “Wizzard 100”)	1977-1980	phillyradioarchives.com
WKTU New York (92.3, “Disco 92”)	1978-1985	rememberdisco92.com
KSFX Bay Area (103.7, “The Beat of the Bay”)	1978-1980	bayradio.blogspot.com
WBOS Boston (92.3)	1978-1980	bostonradio.org
KUTE Los Angeles (101.9, “KUTE 102”)	1978?-1979	N/A
WDAI Chicago (94.7, “Disco DAI”)	1978-1980	wlshistory.com
KNOK Dallas (107.5)	1978?-1980?	dfwradioarchives.com
WPEG Charlotte (97.9)	1978-1979?	N/A
WOKO Albany, N.Y. (1460)	1978-1980	N/A
WMAS Springfield, Mass. (94.7)	1978-1979	N/A
WMJX Miami (96.5, “Disco 96”)	1979	N/A
WIKS Indianapolis (99.5, “Kiss 99”)	1979-1982	N/A
KNHC Seattle (89.5)	1979-present	c895.org
KIIS Los Angeles (102.7)	1979-1980	N/A
WXKS Boston (107.9, “Kiss 108”)	1979	bostonradio.org
WAYV Atlantic City, N.J. (95.1, “The Rhythm of South Jersey”)	1979-1981	N/A
WOKV Cincinnati (103.5)	1979-1981	N/A
WSWF Fort Myers, Fla. (107.1)	1979-1985?	N/A
KRLY Houston (93.7, “Disco 94”)	197x-1980?	N/A
WPWT Philadelphia (91.7)	197x-1980	phillyradioarchives.com
WKYS Washington, D.C. (93.9, “Disco 93”)	197x	N/A
WAMO Pittsburgh, Pa. (105.9)	197x-?	N/A
WBDG Indianapolis (90.9, “Disco 91”)	197x-198x	www.wayne.k12.in.us/bdwbdg
WEEJ Fort Myers, Fla. (100.1)	197x-?	N/A
WCHB Detroit (1440)	197x-198x	N/A
1980s
WLUM Milwaukee (102.1, “Hot 102”)	1983-1991	hot102radio.com
WHQT Miami (105.1, “Hot 105”)	1985-1987	N/A
KPWR Los Angeles (105.9, “Power 106”)	1986-1992	N/A
WQHT New York (103.5, “Hot 103” [later 97.1, “Hot 97”])	1986-1993	myspace.com/originalhot97
WPOW Miami (96.5, “Power 96”)	1986-?	N/A
KNRJ Houston (96.5, “Energy”)	1988-1990	N/A
WBBM Chicago (96.3, “B-96”)	1989-1999	N/A
1990s
KSCR Los Angeles (104.7, “The Pulse of the 90s”)	1991-1993	kscr.org, kxsc.org
KSRF/KOCM Los Angeles (103.1, “MARS-FM”)	1991-1992	mars103.tripod.com/info.htm
WTWR Monroe, Mich. (98.3)	1995-1996	N/A
WKTU New York (103.5, “The Beat of New York”)	1996-2006	ktu.com
KACD/KBCD Los Angeles (103.1, “Groove Radio”)	1996-1998	geocities.com/fubu102/groove.htm (see archive.org), davesfunstuff.com
WDRQ Detroit (93.1)	1997-1999	N/A
WPTY Long Island, N.Y. (105.3/101.5, “Your Party Music Leader”)	1998-2011	party105.com
WZBZ/WGBZ Atlantic City, N.J. (99.3/105.5, “The Beat of South Jersey”)	1999-2002	N/A
KLNA Sacramento (105.5, “Power”)	1999-2001	geocities.com/power1055/ (see archive.org)
WDBK Philadelphia (91.5, “Wild”)	1999?-2002?	camdencc.edu
R.I.P.
KQSP/KSPS Houston (95.1/99.9, “Pulse”)	2001-2002?	N/A
WKIE/WDEK Chicago (92.7/92.5, “Energy”)	2001-2003	energychicago.com
KXDC Denver (102.1, “Ecstasy”)	2002-2003	N/A
KXMG Austin, Texas (93.3/99.7, “Mega”)	2001-2003	N/A
KCJZ San Antonio (106.7, “JAMZ”)	2002?-2003	N/A
KDLD/KDLE Los Angeles (103.1, “The Party Station”)	2003-2003	songfinder.mypuppet.net (see archive.org)
KPTI Bay Area (92.7, “Party”)	2002-2004	danceradiopost.com/kpti
KKDL Dallas (106.7, “The Texas Party Station”)	2002-2004	songfinder.mypuppet.net (see archive.org)
WXQQ Toledo, Ohio (96.9, “Q”)	2003-2004	q969.net (see archive.org)
WPYM Miami (93.1, “Party”)	2002-2005	party931.com
Mak Radio/The Pulse, Harrisburg, Pa.	2003-2006	N/A
KENU Enumclaw, Wash. (1330, “Pulse”)	2001-2006	myspace.com/thepulse1330am
WJND Orlando (100.7)	2005-2006	N/A
whereveRadio.com, Pittsburgh, Pa.	2000-2006	myspace.com/whereveradio
KLBU Santa Fe, N.M. (102.9, “Santa Fe’s Choice for Chill”)	2003-2007	santafe.com
KNRJ/K244CJ Phoenix (101.1/92.7, “Energy”)	2002-2008	myspace.com/energyarizona
XM The System, Washington, D.C. (82)	2001-2008	N/A
SIRIUS The Beat, New York (36)	2002-2008	N/A
SIRIUS Area 33, New York (33)	2002-2008	N/A
KNGY Bay Area (92.7, “Energy”)	2004-2009	danceradiopost.com/kngy, facebook.com/pages/energy-927-fm/13461591683
WNYZ-LP [TV] New York (87.7, “Pulse 87”)	2008-2009	pulse87ny.com
iPartyRadio.com, Chicago	2005-2010	facebook.com/ipartyradio
WMPH Wilmington, Del. (91.7, “The Beat of Wilmington”)	2000-2010	myspace.com/wmph
URGE Ultrasound, New York	2006-2010	N/A
Beatboxradio, Canada	2002-2010	beatboxradio.ca
KVBE Las Vegas (94.5, “Vibe”)	2008-2011	myvibelv.com
WWMX-HD2 Baltimore (106.5, “Mix 2”)	2010-2011	facebook.com/pages/mix-2/91569958178
Dance Radio Network, Wilmington, Del.	2010-2011	danceradionetwork.com
iPartyRadio, New York	2012	facebook.com/ipartyradio
KDHT Denver (107.1, “Hot”)	2012	ilovejackfm.com
WNRG-LPFM Palm Bay, Fla. (107.9, “Energy”)	2008-2013	N/A
Club Phusion	2006-2013	N/A
KLBU Santa Fe, N.M. (102.9, “The Beat of Santa Fe”)	2010-2013	santafe.com
KPMW-LPFM Maui, Hawaii (105.5, “Wild”)	2003-2013	ustream.tv/channel/mix1055
Surge Radio, Los Angeles	2011-2014	surgeradio.org
WEEI-HD2 Boston (93.7, “Funkytown”)	2006-2014	weei.com
WEDX Boston (101.7, “Evolution”)	2012-2014	iheartevolution.com
WXJZ Gainesville, Fla. (100.9, “Party”)	2013-2014	wow1009.com
WBZC Pemberton, N.J. (88.9/95.1/100.7, “The Pulse of Burlington County”)	2006-2014	z889.org
KXJM-HD2 Portland, Ore. (107.5, “Too Wild”)	2012-2016	vibeamerica.com
KYLI Las Vegas (96.7, “Pulse”)	2011-2016	pulse87ny.com
WEGG Wilmington, N.C. (710/100.5, “Surge”)	2014-2017	surgeradio.org
WPTY Long Island, N.Y. (105.3, “Party”)	1998-2017	party105.com
KBPA-HD2 Austin, Texas (103.5, “Mega”)	2009-2020	megahd2.com
KQPS Palm Springs, Calif. (103.1, "Channel Q")	2018-2023	audacy.com/wearechannelq
KREV Bay Area (92.7, “Pirate” then “Revolution”)	2022-2023	danceradiopost.com/wtf (Pirate playlist)

 

Mix Shows

 

 Mix Shows

 

Dance/Electronic Mix Shows

Name (Hours)/ Host	Established	Home Station/ Archive Web Site
U.S.
Hearts of Space (1) Stephen Hill	1973	hos.com
Star’s End (5) Chuck van Zyl	1976	WXPN Philadelphia starsend.org
Musical Starstreams (2) Forest	1981	starstreams.com
Dekadance (2) Eric Olsen	1984	KSCU Bay Area kscu.org, live365.com/stations/dekadancer
Powertools (2) Richard Vission	1991	KPWR Los Angeles richardvission.com
Groove Radio International (4) Swedish Egil	1992	grooveradio.com
Off the Beaten Path (2) Victoria Z	1995	KPFA Bay Area kpfa.org
House Nation (3) St. John	1996	KMVQ Bay Area housenation.fm (Show off the air between 200x and March 2009)
Subsonic (3) Aaron Axelsen	1996	KITS Bay Area live105.radio.com/shows/subsonic-saturday (Show off the air between December 2005 and March 2009)
Below Zero (4) Mason Rothert	2005	belowzerobeats.com
Ghetto House Radio (2) Josser Meza	2008	ghettohouseradio.com
Evolution Beatport (2) Pete Tong	2013	petetong.com/evolution
R.I.P.
ModernMix Steve Masters	1985-1994	KITS Bay Area stevemasters.com
An Ephphany of Sound J.C.	1993-200x	KZSU Bay Area jcthedj.com
Afterhours Jason Bentley	19xx-2008?	KROQ Los Angeles kroq.com
Thump Radio	1999?-2008	KUSF Bay Area kusf.org

 
The Stats

U.S. Dance Radio Stations

Type	Number
Commercial (total)	26
Dance FM	2
Dance-leaning FM	3
Digital HD channels	9
Satellite and cable channels	12
Noncommercial (total)	5
Dance FM	4
Dance-leaning FM	1
Total	31

 

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