Yes it has been that long! The station has been on the air for 6 months now. It has come a long way. Compared to Party, Energy has done really well. The DJs, the music, and the advertisers are pretty good. And it’s getting better. There have been some changes in the DJ lineup, but that’s okay. There have been many adds during the last few months. During the last few weeks. See the list here.
And on another note, one year ago this week, Party 92.7 signed off after being on the air for just 23 months. It was just weeks shy of completing 2 years.
Changes & New DJs In addition to the regular personalities, Fernando Ventura, Patrick LeMix, Matt The Brat, Trevor Simpson, Dieter, and sometimes Chris Shebel, Joey V will be joining them. He takes over for Jeff Miles who recently was tapped to work at another station somewhere else. I wish him well. He was doing pretty well.
And on Saturday nights, renowned DJ Dimitris Mykinos teams up with Trevor Simpson to bring hot music from the clubs to the airwaves. Dimitris holds it down on the mikes while Trevor spins on the wheels of steel bringing the hottest club hits to the masses.
And in terms of new additions, DJ Hope, formerly of Wild 94.9 has been hired. He mixes during the Saturday night mixes.
Songs That Have Gone MIA Yes, it’s that time again too. Only three songs have fallen under the mighty axe that casts these great songs into a dark abyss. Ashlee Simpson’s “Pieces Of Me”, Motorcycle’s “As The Rush Comes”, Flexy’s “Mamasita” and Mario’s “Let Me Love You” have disappeared. The latter was just added a month and a half ago. What’s going on?
Songs That Went MIA & Came Back Deborah Cox’s “Easy As Life” has come out of the abyss and made it back on to the airwaves again. Hopefully it will stay that way. And Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl” is back too. This went away for a couple weeks and has made a steady return. Destiny's Child's "Lose My Breath" and Beyonce Knowles's "Naughty Girl" back too.
A Comment Or Two On Adds The list of the adds is available here. Many of the songs added during the last few weeks have been new songs that came out during this year. The majority of the songs have been from last year. Better late than never. Don’t get me wrong, those dance mixes of some of the songs are great. We’ll get to the Anna Vissi disaster in a minute.
It’s great to hear Emma Bunton’s “Free Me”. It’s a fun little track which we should have heard sooner, but it’s great that it’s here.
And the dance mixes of The Killers’ “Somebody Told Me” and Maroon5’s “This Love” are refreshing to hear. The originals have been huge on other formats, and these two songs were DJ favorites as official dance mixes were available. Thankfully, Energy jumped on these.
And the new Kelly Osbourne track “One Word” is quite hot in Chris Cox’s Radio Mix. It’s hard to believe she is the same young woman who covered Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” several years back! This is a great track and deserves more play.
Jen Cuneta’s “Come Rain, Come Shine” is another fun little song. The day feels just a little brighter after this song comes on. You feel really energized and good. Like you have gone on a nice 3 and half minute vacation.
Now I wish I could say the same for that awful remix of Anna Vissi’s “Call Me” by Trevor Simpson they are playing! The remix that is being played is like a nightmare you wish you would wake up from. The beats, the bassline and the elements are fine. It’s hypnotic. It makes one think of Deep Dish’s recent smash hit “Flashdance”, but the vocals are the problem. It’s not too much vocal. Too little. It’s just the chorus and the refrains repeated over and over again. A version with the verses used would have been better. If this remix is re-done and has verses put back, the track could significantly improve. This goes under the “What were they thinking category?!”.
Narcotic Thrust’s latest “When The Dawn Breaks” is one of the new adds this week. This is a male vocal house track. This one is quite good as well. It’s hard to compare it to the previous singles, but it stands out.
On a similar note, Ryan Cabrera’s “True” is simply amazing. It’s nice to hear some male vocal tracks.
Gold & Recurrents Some new recurrent tracks have been added to Energy during the last few days. In-Grid’s “You Promised Me (Tu Es Foutou)”, Enya’s “Only Time [Remix]”, Jennifer Lopez’s “Jenny From The Block”, Madonna’s “Die Another Day” and Britney Spears Featuring Madonna’s “Me Against The Music” . In terms of older tracks, George Michael’s “I Want Your Sex” has begun to be played a little more.
This could be a very good thing as this track has excellent vocals, and is perfect for the dance clubs and dance radio stations in its main mix. Hopefully the instrumental won't be changed for the English version as several of the translated songs on Despina Vandi's Come Along Now sounded dramatically different from the way they were on the original album Gia. If and when that happens, we'll have to wait and see. Anna's simple, but intelligent dance-pop is a great departure from much of the cookie-cutter stuff that can be heard on the airwaves these days. CHR and Pop radio has yet to embrace this new style of music.
This is the latest album from Mariah Carey! It has been too long since she has released a new one. After the disastrous 
