Pure Dance

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Pure Dance was a UK radio station specialising in dance music. It broadcast on digital satellite television, [1] and by Internet, in Windows Media, RealPlayer and mp3PRO.

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Typical music included trance, hardcore, old skool, and the very latest straight from the clubs. The channel began falling silent for long periods of time in January 2006, [2] with its website and webstreams going offline. It was removed from the Sky EPG in March 2006 after having not transmitted any audio for over two weeks.

Presenters

Presenters included Warren Street, [3] Dan Wood, [4] Matt Forest, [5] Ryan Morrison, Ben & Nixxi, Stu Allan, [6] [7] Billy 'Daniel' Bunter, [8] Slipmatt, Lisa Lashes, Agnelli & Nelson, and Warp Brothers. [9]

Sale of Pure Dance

In November 2005, Pure Dance was put up for sale [10] by its owners. It was claimed at the time that the station had "a regular audience of nearly one million listeners every month, primarily in the 16-30 year old age group". [11]

Legacy

In April 2024, a Mixcloud page was created, featuring a number of specialist music shows originally broadcast on Pure Dance in 2005. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "HF / What's on". Harder Faster. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Puredance Radio (No sound)". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Warren Street". Pure Dance. Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
  4. ↑ "Dan Wood". Pure Dance. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Matt Forest". Pure Dance. Archived from the original on 18 October 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2004.
  6. ↑ "Mixcloud". Mixcloud. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mixcloud". MixCloud. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "HF / What's on". Harder Faster. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mambo". Pure Dance. Archived from the original on 8 June 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pure Dance up for sale". RadioToday. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Pure Dance up for sale". RadioToday. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Mixcloud". www.mixcloud.com. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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