Bay Area Gets New Dance Radio Station (May 14, 2002)

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBSA - News), the largest Hispanic-controlled radio company in the United States, today launched an English-language all-dance music radio station in the Bay Area. KPTI, 92.7 MHz (formerly KXJO), to be called "The Bay Area's Pure Dance Channel, 92-7 PARTY" will air dance music 24 hours a day.

Raul Alarcon, Chairman and CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., said the new dance format is a natural fit with the company's Spanish-language radio stations. "We try to match our formats to the available audience within each station's primary signal range, and KPTI has an excellent signal in the San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda areas, particularly in the entertainment districts. Our mission will be to create a dance music sound that will appeal to the area's greatest strength, its ethnic and cultural diversity."

92-7 Party will be programmed by the team of SBS Executive Vice-President of Programming Bill Tanner, National Program Director Pio Ferro, and Vice-President/Programming Jesus Salas, who programs the company's three Miami FM stations. Tanner has programmed highly successful dance radio stations in Miami and Orlando, Florida, since the mid 80's. According to Tanner, "The Bay Area is a natural for this format. We'll be a music-intensive format with no disc jockies, where pure dance music is the star."

About Spanish Broadcasting System:

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is the largest Hispanic-controlled radio broadcasting company in the United States. SBS currently owns 24 stations in eight of the top-ten U.S. Hispanic markets including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, San Antonio and Puerto Rico. SBS programs an additional FM radio station under a time brokerage agreement. Upon completion of the previously announced acquisition, the Company will own a total of 25 stations in these markets. The Company also operates LaMusica.com, a bilingual Spanish-English Internet Web site providing content related to Latin music, entertainment, news and culture.

Dance Music Hits San Francisco (May 11, 2002)

According to several message boards including the Southern California Groove Messageboard, a radio station in the San Francisco area has reformatted a radio station on 92.7 into a dance music format this past May 11-12 weekend.

Here is the composite news about the new Party 92.7 as compiled from numerous posters on the Groove messageboard.

From another board:Los Angeles, CA. 10 de Mayo, 2002 (Radionotas.com).- Spanish Broadcasting System, SBS, la empresa due¤a de radios hispanas en Estados Unidos lanza este s bado 11 de mayo su estaci¢n de (music dance) en el  rea de La Bah¡a. KPTI, 92.7 FM, antes KXJO, se conocer  como, The Bay  rea's Pure dance Channel

Translation is that 92.7 KPTI, Party 92.7 is to be a new dance station programmed by Bill Tanner of Party in Orlando and Power in Miami.

92.7, based in Alameda, was once a simulcast of KSJO in San Jose but Clear Channel had to sell it off when completing the AMFM merger. Clear Channel wanted to keep the signals that penetrated the San Fransciso area, and 92.7, a Class A signal, does not do the job. The signal's best coverage is in the East Bay, Oakland and south.

Bill Tanner is the Vice President of Programming of SBS and he is based in Miami, where he has his main residence in Cocomut Grove, where he spends more time (partly due to his WPOW work) because the SBS corporate headquarters are there. He has a second home in LA.

93.5 is also SBS' in LA; the two stations will soon be returning to SBS control and they apparently are going to do dnace, either in English or Spanish.

Tanner works for Cox in 4 markets and Beasley in Miami. In fact, his son is CE of Cox's Birmingham cluster, and Tanner owns part of a TV station with the Cox manager form Birmingham.

Bill Tanner is the in-house program consultant for Power 96 in Miami and has been for about 10 years. Hew works with GM Greg Beasley, PD Kid Curry and outside consutant Jerry Clifton. Tanner also consults Party in Orlando, and has since it signed on. He also consults Cox's two Birmingham urban stations, The Beat in Atlanta and WBLI on Long Island. He has been consulting all these for at least 5 years.

Tanner was program consultant for KLVE and KSCA in Los Angeles (and for a very short time for WAMR in Miami) for Heftel Broadcasting. He departed just shortly after HBC was created form Tichenor Media Systems and Heftel; he never was involved in any other Heftel or Tichenor market.

Here's What Party 92.7 San Francisco Sounds Like, posted by CHRles on the board...

      Here's what I've heard so far on Party 92.7 San Francisco:

      DJ Encore "Walking In The Sky"
      Madonna "What It Feels Like For a Girl"
      J-Lo "Waiting For Tonight (Remix)"
      Kosheen "Catch"
      Tall Paul "Precious Heart"
      Rockell "What You Did To Me"
      Whitney Houston "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
      Darude "Feel The Beat"
      Plummet "Damaged"
      Modjo "Lady"
      Dee Dee "Forever"
      Paulina Rubio "don't Say Goodbye (Remix)"
      Iio "Rapture"
      Christina Milian "A.M. To P.M. (Remix)"
      Perpetuous Dreamer "The Sound Of Goodbye"
      Fragma "Toca's Miracle"
      Goldtrix "Trippin"
      Ian Van Dahl "Will I"
      Deborah Cox "Absolutely Not"

Please keep in mind this stream is limited, and if you are not listening, to it to close your stream. This stream is only available this weekend so everyone can get a feel for what is going down!

Congrats San Francisco from Binghamton, NY on what seems to be the next of a growing list of commercial dance stations! So far I've liked what I've heard as there's a bit for everyone here, like Energy Chicago and Party Miami. Thanks a bunch Andrew for creating the temporary stream.

Here's a sample hour frokm 11:55 EDT/8:55 PDT until right now:

Delerium - Silence - Airscape Remix
Kylie Minouge - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
Jam & Spoon - Be Angeled (Paul van Dyk Remix) FULL VERSION!
Dee Dee - Forever
Pink - Get This Party Started (Remix)
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor
Iio - Rapture (Original)
Nice n Wild - Diamond Girl (there you go Freestyle fans)
Lasgo - Something (WOSP Remix) FULL VERSION!
Daft Punk - One More Time
Digial Allies feat. Rich Luzzi - Where Are You My Love
Ian van Dahl - Will I
Tall Paul - Precious Heart (.. good version but play the Riva Mix)
Unknown remix of a pop-rnb tune
DJ Encore - Walking In The Sky
Nalin & Kane - Beachball (DJ Icey Mix)
Kosheen - Catch (what remix are they playing? it's not the original and it's def. not good either in my opinion)
Leann Rimes, Can't Fight The Moonlight (Remix)

Here is a translation from radionotas.com Press Release.

Los Angeles, CA. 10 of May, 2002 (Radionotas.com). - Spanish Broadcasting System, SBS, the company owner of Hispanic radios in the United States sends to east Saturday 11 of May its station of (music dances) in the area of the Bay. KPTI, 92,7 FM, before KXJO, will be known like, The Bay  re s Pure dances Channel 92,7 PARTY. It touched music "dances" the 24 hours of the day, according to a report of press published by the company. Raul Alarc¢n, President and CEO of SBS said that the new format "dances", complies to the formats of the stations in Spanish of the company very well. "we are trying to fit our formats for the audience available of each station to a primary distance of the signal, and KPTI has an excellent signal in San Francisco, Oakland and the area of the Tree-lined avenue". 92,7 Party will be programmed by an equipment headed by vice executive president of programming, Bill Tanner, Pio Ferro, national director of programming and vice programming president Jesus Rooms, that program three stations FM of the company in Miami. Tanner has programmed with much success music stations dances in Miami and Orlando in the state of Florida, from the years 80's. According to Bill Tanner, "area of the Bay is natural for this musical format. Ours it will be a format of intense music without disc jockies (speakers), where the star is music "dances". Spanish Broadcasting System, SBS, is at the propietary present time of 24 radio stations, including 8 in the most important markets of the country. Hispanic markets between which one includes New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Scythes, San Antonio and Puerto Rico. The company also programs an additional radio station FM, under an agreement known like: TBA, Time Brokerage Agreement. On the completion of the acquisition previously announced, the company will have a total of 25 stations in these markets. Under the SBS auspice also lamusica.com works a site in the Internet that works in ingles and Spanish that provides the news related to Latin music, the radio stations, entertainment and more.