Fusion Radio Chicago

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Fusion Radio Chicago is an internet dance radio station based in Chicago, which resulted from a merger between former stations Pure Pulse Radio and Energy Internet Radio. Pure Pulse Radio was the result of a re-branding from Moodance.com on June 10, 2003. Moodance has since restarted under original ownership and isn't associated with Pure Pulse Media or any of its affiliates

It aired its first live remote broadcast from Charlie's Nightclub in downtown Chicago on October 3, 2003.

By September 2003, the station aired an exclusive interview with dance artist Amber which included her new material.

In 2004, the station launched a trial music video stream called PPR TV (400k) and Widestream broadcasted at 160k.

In the spring of the following year, Fusion officially ranked better than 50,000 on Alexa web ranking (on June 17, 2006, its rank was 52,994), ahead of any Chicago radio broadcast station and ranked as the 4th largest commercial dance internet dance station and the number 1 internet station in Chicago.

In the spring of 2005, Fusion provided promotional support to ChicagoPride.com and Boi Magazine to help spread the word about each and in June of 2005, FUSION participated in a promotional event during the Chicago Pride Parade and Market Day Festival.

In 2006, Fusion began live broadcasts from Circuit Nightclub in Chicago's Lakeview/Boystown neighborhood.

With nearly 1.9 million tune-ins, FUSION ranks the 3rd largest commercial internet dance station and runs a leading dance music website.

Fusion broadcasts from Chicago and is a founding member of the 1PlusRadio network.