Zed Radio

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Zed Radio

Broadcast area	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
First air date	June 2003
Format	Dance Hits
Owner	Yegor Veklich

Zed Radio "The Online Party Station" was a very popular online Dance Hits radio station based in Zaporozhye, Ukraine founded in June 2003 operating only a few hours per week.

In June 2004, After a legal dispute over an American group of broadcasters bringing the Europa Plus network to the USA, the American broadcasters joined up with Zed Radio and turned the station into a full time Dance Hits/Chill Out format. Zed Radio now had new studio in USA. Zed Radio produced a very popular metal show Mandatory Metal hosted by DJ Zombie, which can now be heard on Surge Radio.

In September 2004, Zed Radio, being Ukraine based, was threatened with lawsuits for rebroadcasting shows Garage, EuroMix, and Euro-Hit Top 40 from Europa Plus without permission. Later, Zed Radio refocused from its Dance Hits/Chill Out format to a more Hot AC leaning format. The USA Department built another studio in the Antelope Valley, and the Ukraine Department rented a professional radio studio from TRK Grani.

In November 2004, Zed Radio joined forces with Dimension's DJing and DJ CM3 became the new music director. DJ CM3 flipped the station to a Dance/Hip Hop format, going against the wishes of General Manager Yegor Veklich.

In March 2005, General Manager Yegor Veklich dismissed the USA Department from Zed Radio's operations. The 2 departments went their separate ways, the Ukraine Department became Dance Hits Radio Galaktika while the USA Department became Dance/Hip Hop Surge Radio.

WDOS-FM picked up Zed Radio's unique dance format on their Friday and Saturday Night Dance Parties.

1 Surge Radio
2 Radio Galaktika
3 Zed Radio's Original Staff
4 References

[edit] Surge Radio

Surge Radio officially opened on April 22, 2005 after renovating the studio. They possessed control of the streaming servers used by Zed Radio, while the newly formed Radio Galaktika was left dead in the water. Surge Radio originally opened with a Dance/Hip Hop format but later flipped to Underground Punk, Metal & Electronica after the exit of Music Director DJ CM3.

Visit the Surge Radio article for more information.

[edit] Radio Galaktika

Within a week after Surge Radio opened, Radio Galaktika made a business agreement with Surge Radio in which they could lease server capacity in exchange for producing their jingles and IDs. They are not in operation 24 hours, and sometimes goes months without operating. Radio Galaktika supposedly held a license for 99.9 FM in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. Currently, Radio Galaktika appears to out of business.