Looking For New Dance Music? Or The Old Hot 97?
Written Mar. 29, 2007 by Sean Ross in Internet Radio with 2 Comments
I've always been intrigued by the concept of a "throwback radio station"--the idea of bringing back, say, WCAU-FM Philadelphia from its Hot Hits era or doing a new Top 40 in Detroit called CKLW with updated formatics from the '60s/'70s AM giant. Now, veteran PD Joel Salkowitz has done something similar on-line in hopes of filling the hole for new dance music left by WKTU's segue to Rhythmic AC. Salkowitz, who programmed WQHT (Hot 103.5/Hot 97) as a dance station in the late '80s and early '90s has launched an on-line radio station called "The Original Hot 97" which seeks to recreate the format as it would exist today: a mix of today's dance music (with an emphasis on remixes of pop hits) and gold that dates back to the Hot 97 era, buffered by the original drops and stagers from Hot 97. Salkowitz's station, one of an increasing number of on-line stations programmed by broadcasters with history in mainstream commercial radio, is not to be confused with the current WQHT's HD-2 throwback channel, which plays classic Hip-Hop.
Here's "The Original Hot 97" at 10:45 a.m. today:
Pussycat Dolls, "Don't 'Cha (Remix)"
George Lamond, "Bad Of The Heart"
Justin TImberlake, "My Love (Remix)"
Deborah Cox, "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here"
Nelly Furtado, "Say It Right (Remix)"
Gabriel & Dresden, "Dangerous Power"
Sun, "Gone"
Two WIthout Hats, "Try Yazz"
Shakira, "La Tortura"
Killers, "Read My Mind (Remix)"
Michel'le, "No More Lies"
Pink, "U + Ur Hand"
Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way (Remix)"
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Man, this old hot 97 online thing is a blast, what a great Idea. I think Emmis should drop the Hip Hop and throw it back in the face of clear channel with leaving only power 105 around, and bring back the REAl HOT 97, the Dance HOT 97. Hip Hop is fading out and has seen its day, nothing lasts forever. Plus, New York cares more about uptempo feel good music.
Bring Back the dance chr radio to NY Airwaves to hot97 hd2 or hd3. This is the way to go! Bringing todays hottest music for the masses of NYC. Broadway Bill Lee, Fast Freddie Colon, Deborah Rath, Vic Latino and mixmasters Glenn Friscia.