Since this station signed on over a month ago (approximately at 7pm on October 2, 2004), dance music is being heard again in the Bay Area. They began with the 5000 dance songs of all time. A wide variety of house, disco, 80's freestyle, pop, and even a bit of trance rounded out the first two weeks of Energy 92.7. A wide variety of songs was heard during this time, and brought back great memories of what was once dance radio.
Energy 92.7 started in regular programming soon after. Current and recurrent songs have been mixed in with older tracks. There's a great selection of classic tracks and international big hits. One of the great things is that Energy 92.7 does not have any commercials yet. However, that may change. Now, some listeners may have to get accustomed to hearing commercials again.
As Energy 92.7 has started up, barely five months after Party 92.7 ended, popular radio station Wild 94.9 has begun playing more dance music in the mixes. For awhile, there was only one thirty minute, uninterupted block of continous mixing in Jose Melendez's "Wild Workout At Noon", now that has changed and there are two continous blocks everyday. Although, both halfs are not quite 30 minutes a piece, it doesn't really matter as the dance music is back.
Withing days of Energy's beginning, classic tracks which have had little to no play for the last one to two years have made a come-back to Wild 94.9. Wild 94.9 exclusives like "Professional Widow [Armand Ven Helden Mix]" by Tori Amos, "In De Ghetto" by Bad Yard Club, and "Around The World" by Daft Punk are back on the air waves. Other classics are back too.
Latin house, 80's freestyle, and some trance is making up a significant portion of Wild 94.9's mixshow playlist. Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone", Sonique's "It Feels So Good", "Sandstorm" by Darude, and "Toca's Miracle" by Fragma are just some trance songs which haven't been played on Wild in over two years (within regular mixshows). These can be heard almost daily. This is a great change for the station.
Could this be the start of competition between Wild 94.9 and Energy 92.7? We'll find out soon.
