Dance Factory FM

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Dance Factory

Broadcast area	Chicago, Illinois
Branding	NINE FM
Slogan	"Chicago's New Dance Authority"
Frequency	92.5 WDEK FM (MHz) 92.7 WKIE FM (MHz) 99.9 WRZA FM (MHz)
First air date	May 19, 2006
Format	Daytime: Adult hits/AAA Nighttime: Dance Hits
ERP	WDEK 20,000 Watts, WKIE 1,800 Watts, WRZA 50,000 Watts
Class	WDEK Class B, WKIE Class A, WRZA 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 Nine FM, the Newsweb Corporation simulcast combo of WDEK-FM (92.5), WKIE-FM (92.7) and WRZA-FM (99.9). On Dance Factory's official website DanceFactoryFM.com, the radio broadcast can be streamed to internet listeners anywhere in the world.

1 History
2 On-Air Hosts
3 Weekend Mixers
4 One-Off Events
5 Weekly Events
6 Retail
7 Predecessors
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] 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 4:30AM Sundays through Fridays, and from 8:00PM to 5:00AM on Saturdays.

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

[edit] On-Air Hosts

Will (Dylan) Rudisill (Sunday to Thursday 9:00PM to 4:30AM)
Luis2Live (Friday 9:00PM to 4:30AM and Saturday 8:00PM to 4:30AM)

[edit] Weekend Mixers

Bobby D
DJ Markski
To Kool Chris
Erik K
DJ Caffiene
Danny V

[edit] One-Off Events

Dance Factory Mega Jam (November 11, 2006 at the Odeum in Vila Park, IL)
Dance Factory Mega Jam 2 (May 19, 2007 at the Odeum in Villa Park, IL)
Dance Factory Halloween Jam (October 27, 2007 at the Ven-U in Joliet, IL)
Dance Factory Turkey Jam (November 21, 2007 at the Ven-U in Joliet, IL)
Dance Factory Christmas Jam (December 22, 2007 at Vision Nightclub in Chicago, IL)

[edit] Weekly Events

Dance Factory Live Remote every Friday @ Blur in Naperville, IL
Dance Factory Fridays @ Mannequin in Chicago, IL (begun May 2008)
Dance Factory Saturdays @ Sound-Bar in Chicago, IL (begun April 2008)

[edit] Retail

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

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.

[edit] 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. 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).