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| FeedMeBeats |
NEW YORK -- International DJ Paul Van Dyk has just announced his first-ever weekly radio show in the U.S. on Sirius Satellite Radio to air on channel 'Area 33.' The weekly show, titled "Paul Van Dyk's Vonyc Sessions," will launch officially on August 31, 2006. Prior to that, on August 25, as part of a special 10-hour broadcast, "Paul Van Dyk Live at Central Park - NYC," Sirius will air Paul's outdoor concerts at Central Park. The concerts will be recorded during Van Dyk's August 18th and 19th shows. (Click here for full story on the Central Park show.) Van Dyk's weekly Vonyc Sessions on Sirius Radio are scheduled to air on Thursdays from 6:00PM - 8:00PM Eastern Time, with a weekly re-broadcast on Saturdays from 8:00PM to 10:00PM Eastern.
Speaking with DJ Times writer, Emily Tan, Van Dyk says of his new Sirius Radio show, "I'm really happy and excited about it. That's one of the initial thoughts why we even thought about doing something like this [a show on Sirius]: I know a lot of people are listening through the Internet to my German show, so it makes a lot of sense. If there's a huge number of people listening in the U.S., why not do a show for people in English, directly for them?" When asked how he feels about his Central Park shows being recorded, Paul said, "Broadcasting my appearance at Central Park is the perfect way to kick-off this new endeavor, and I'm thrilled to have Sirius listeners enjoy such an exciting event."
The significance of the world's "number one DJ" signing with Sirius Radio is twofold; up until this point, Van Dyk hadn't even had an American radio show on terrestrial radio. We hear that negotiations with XM Satellite Radio were nearly finalized when Sirius stole the Berlin-based jock away at the eleventh hour. What's more, we can only imagine how badly the programming folks at WKTU must feel right about now. For the thousands (millions?) of dance music lovers around the world, it should come as no surprise that Van Dyk would choose the technologically forward-thinking realm of satellite radio when it came time to commit to a weekly U.S. radio show. By now, every tech-savvy kid will tell you that terrestrial radio is "dead," and although local terrestrial radio stations like WKTU, WLIR and Party 105 may be unusually supportive of the "dance" format, there has been virtually no effort on the part of national behemoths like Clear Channel Entertainment to support dance music on a national level. In a way, the short-sightedness of the hip-hop and pop-minded suits at Clear Channel inadvertently helped Sirius by serving as a catalyst and pushing EDM-lovers into satellite's lap. If you only had one TV channel you could watch for an entire year, would you choose HBO or CBS?
Van Dyk continues, "I want to make my Sirius show as good as it gets. It will include professional jingles, trailers, and such. The whole machine is in gear, in terms of how much time it takes to get everything sorted with my schedule. I have a proper structure of when I do the show, when it's being transferred to Sirius, and that is all 100% in-place." Indeed, visit Van Dyk's website for a look at his tour itinerary -- he takes more than 200 flights-per-year, possibly more than any other DJ -- and it's a wonder he finds two hours each week to be in a recording studio producing shows. We simply don't know when the man sleeps.
Paul Van Dyk's latest album, Politics of Dancing 2 (Vandit/Mute), is out now. Expect Paul Van Dyk's next full-length artist album in the spring of 2007. |
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| CGRumler |
I might just resubscribe back to Sirius because of this....
But I'll first make sure that his new Sirius program isn't just an english version of his weekly Soundgarden episodes. |
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| washout |
sounds like paul might be learning a lession from armin and markus in the area of having a scheduled show.
tho he chose a different avenue of course.
either way ill look forward to how this turns out.
| quote: | Originally posted by FeedMeBeats
Expect Paul Van Dyk's next full-length artist album in the spring of 2007. |
i just jizzed in my pants a little bit, thats all. |
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| CGRumler |
| quote: | Originally posted by washout
i just jizzed in my pants a little bit, thats all. |
While I just cried a little bit...because last time I had heard, this was expected to come out later THIS year....:(
Meh...maybe it'll give him enough time to decide to NOT release that new "Complicated" track of his....I personally hate it. :whip: |
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| THE_Chris |
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Prior to that, on August 25, as part of a special 10-hour broadcast, "Paul Van Dyk Live at Central Park - NYC," Sirius will air Paul's outdoor concerts at Central Park. The concerts will be recorded during Van Dyk's August 18th and 19th shows. |
That will make some people here happy. |
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| ChoBo |
| quote: | Originally posted by THE_Chris
That will make some people here happy. |
yes! +1 |
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| rustyryan |
| cool... looks like I'll have to mooch off my friend's Sirius ... |
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| snowboarder45 |
heh, this could be the deciding factor of whether I resubscribe to my satellite radio when its over in a month.
what kind of tunes is Mr. Van Dyk playing these days? |
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| woscar99 |
| Where can I listen to his Einslive Rocker shows? |
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| pvdclubber |
| will this stream on the internet somewhere as i don 't have satellite radio |
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| FeedMeBeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by pvdclubber
will this stream on the internet somewhere as i don 't have satellite radio |
I'm pretty sure you can only stream it if you have the subscription. |
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