Dance Factory FM

Dance Factory

Broadcast area	Chicago, Illinois
Slogan	"Chicago's New Dance Authority"
Frequency	92.5 WCPY FM (MHz) 92.7 WCPT FM (MHz) 99.9 WCPQ FM (MHz)
First air date	May 19, 2006
Format	Dance Hits
ERP	WCPY 20,000 Watts, WCPT-FM 1,800 Watts, WCPQ 50,000 Watts
Class	WCPY Class B, WCPT-FM Class A, WCPQ Class B
Owner	Chris Chudzik and Newsweb Corp
Website	http://www.dancefactoryfm.com

Dance Factory, also known as Dance Factory Radio, is the Chicago area dance music radio program that airs every night on the Newsweb Corporation trimulcast of WCPY-FM (92.5), WCPT-FM (92.7) and WCPQ-FM (99.9). On Dance Factory's official website DanceFactoryFM.com, the radio broadcast can be streamed to internet listeners anywhere in the world.

History

Produced by TKC Entertainment, Dance Factory began broadcasting on May 19, 2006 on Friday nights from 9:00PM to 4:30AM. After August 12, 2006, the show expanded to Friday and Saturday nights, and then on May 10, 2007, the show expanded again to weeknight broadcasts. Dance Factory now airs every night from 9:00PM to 5:00AM Sundays through Fridays, and from 8:00PM to 5:00AM on Saturdays.

Before Dance Factory, there was Energy92.7&5 (see Predecessors).

Retail

In February 2008, Dance Factory released its first CD-song collection, "Dance Factory Radio Ultimate Dance Hits Volume 1", with 22 tracks, May 2011 :

• 01) "Love Is Gone" / David Guetta
• 02) "Kill 4 Love" / Kyara
• 03) "Carry Me Away" / Chris Lake feat. Emma Hewitt
• 04) "Together" / Bob Sinclair feat Steve Edwards
• 05) "Wheels In Motion" / Funkerman & Fedde Le Grand
• 06) "White Lies" / Paul Van Dyk feat. Jessica Sutta
• 07) "Shining Star" / Get-Far
• 08) "Flow" / Vinny Troia feat. Jaidene Veda
• 09) "Call Me" / Groove Coverage
• 10) "Bring The Noise" / Public Enemy vs. Benny Benassi
• 11) "Me & U" / Ultra DJ's
• 12) "I Want Your Soul" / Armand Van Helden
• 13) "Let Go" / Paul Van Dyk feat. Rea Garvey
• 14) "Half As Much" / Sylver
• 15) "When Love Comes" / Flash Brothers feat. Antonia Lucas
• 16) "In The Dark" / Tiesto feat. Christian Burns
• 17) "Don't Belong" / Andy Duguid feat. Leah
• 18) "Summerfish" / Leonid Rudenko feat. Daniella
• 19) "If I Were You" / Central Seven feat. Lyck
• 20) "Get It On" / Spencer & Hill
• 21) "Not Over You" / Damae
• 22) "Your Love" / Topmodelz

"Produced, arranged, and programmed by Chris Chudzik aka TKC/ To Kool Chris for TKC Entertainment & Dance Factory Radio Chicago."

According to Amazon.com the CD's label is Toucan Cove, and its ASIN is B00127I3WM.

Predecessors

As to dedicated stations for dance music in Chicago, Dance Factory has an immediate predecessor: Energy92.7&5. Energy92.7&5 aired dance music 24/7 round-the-clock in Chicago and northern Illinois from 2001 to 2003 On 92.5 WDEK in Dekalb, 92.7 WKIE in Arlington Hts., and 92.7 WKIF in Kankakee, Illinois. At the time, Energy92.7&5 was very popular with its target radio audience, even producing two consecutive CD-song collections, "Energy92.7&5 Dance Hits Volume(s) 1 & 2", for retail sale. In 2003, however, financial difficulties by Energy's parent company forced the station off the air.

Said NineFM's program director Matt DuBiel: "Ever since 'Energy FM' left the Chicago airwaves a few years ago, there has been a void on the radio dial, and Chris has been fighting to get the music back on the air. 9FM" is "glad to" be "able to fill that void while still being able to play all the other great songs from our music library" (sic).

See also

• WCPY
• WCPT-FM
• WCPQ

External links

• Dance Factory FM Web Site
• Dance Factory FM on Myspace
• The Ultimate Dance Hits CD at Amazon.com
• Energy92.7&5 Official site (in remembrance)