Dance Nation RADIO, a brand extension of Dance Nation TV, is a weekly 3-hour dance music radio program that celebrates today's club culture. Dance Nation features new pop, dance, and house music, top 10 and new music countdowns, worldwide dance artist interviews, special information segments, and the hottest DJs, artists, and celebrities in the world! Dance Nation exposes listeners to the biggest local and international dance hits. Dance Nation connects to a young, progressive, and influential audience, predominantly 18-24 years old, through a fresh, hip, and interactive approach.
Dance Nation Radio show features include:
The Dance Nation TOP 10 Countdown is a dance music chart that features a countdown of 10 hits that have been based on Canadian, U.S., and U.K. sales and airplay from leading radio stations in these respective markets.
The Dance Nation TOP 5 Crucial Cuts Countdown is a dance music chart that features a countdown of the top five hottest brand new club tracks of the week.
Dance Nation Worldwide is an interview segment that features correspondents from around the world who catch up with the hottest artists, DJs, and producers from around the world and delivers the latest news and information with exclusive premiers of new music.
Dance Nation "In the Nation" is a music and interview segment that features a special spotlight of a dance music track with an in-studio interview of the artists and producers of the track that have dropped by our nation.
Dance Nation EXCLUSIVE is an interview segment that features special and exclusive interviews with pop and dance music superstars and film and television celebrities from around the world.
The Dance Nation exclusive mix set and interview is a music and interview segment that features an exclusive DJ mixed music set and profiles the work and accomplishments of the local and/or international DJ with a special exclusive interview.
Dance Nation Live is a series of special live events at large venues and at intimate club gatherings that feature dance music artists, DJs, and producers, along with the sexiest dancers in the world, which is simulcast or featured on Dance Nation TV and Dance Nation Radio.
WWW.DANCENATION.CA
The Dance Nation web site is an interactive dance music web site that simulcasts Dance Nation Radio and Dance
Nation TV to the world and that features dance music and information.
Your Station Gets:
- SCOT TURNER -
Scot Turner is a pioneer of dance music radio in Toronto, Canada, and, as a music director, program director, and
producer, he is one of the most successful, innovative, and recognized names in Canada's radio broadcast and
music industries.
Before the launch of Corus Radio's country music initiative, Scot Turner has recently been the Music Director
for Corus Radio's Energy FM in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which includes four satellite stations, including
London, Oshawa, and Barrie, with all music programmed out of Energy FM 95.3 in Hamilton. He has also been an
announcer on Energy FM for mid-days 9am-2pm and for "Live to Air" club broadcasts.
Scot Turner has done many voice-overs for countless radio and television projects.
Scot Turner has been a Consultant for the Dallas, Texas based, TM Century, which is a producer of the
"HITDISC" radio promo discs that cover over 3,000 radio stations worldwide every week. He has been the weekly
programmer for their dance series since 1996.
Scot Turner is on the board of directors of 701 MEDIA GROUP, a local, business-to-business E-commerce internet
portal and the producer of the Gold Book business directory and Money Saver coupon magazine.
As a noted musicologist, Scot Turner has been featured several times on CBC radio, and he has been quoted in
countless articles on music in various magazines and newspapers, including Billboard Magazine and The
Toronto Star.
ENERGY 108 FM
Dance formatted Energy 108 FM had been Scot Turner's vision and brainchild that had been launched in
September 1992. As Program and Music Director, from 1992 to 1997, Scot had taken the fledgling station from
100,000 to over 700,000 listeners and to a peak 3.8 share of the Toronto market audience. Moreover, this
was achieved with an inferior signal, no marketing campaigns, and very limited budgets. Energy 108 had
created a cultural renaissance in Ontario, as nightclubs and dance music exploded in growth. Energy 108's
18-34 numbers were often just behind The Mix and The Edge, and Energy had taken the #1 position with Toronto
18-24's on several occasions, even surpassing The Mix.
Scot Turner had been nominated once as Program Director of The Year and four times as Music Director of
The Year, and he had led the station to its achievement of Major Market DANCE/CHR Station of The
Year in 1996.
CFNY-FM
With over eight years at the acclaimed station, and most noted as an on-air announcer and Director of
Foreground programming, Scot Turner had created and had hosted the landmark program "Live in Toronto" and
"The Thursday Thirty", both of which are still on the air today.
Scot Turner has been instrumental in having discovered and in having helped break countless new artists, such
as REM, The Smiths, The Cult, Barenaked Ladies, Chalk Circle, Duran Duran, and countless others.
- JAMES DOMAN -
James Doman is a produced and recognized music producer, songwriter, remixer, DJ, and event coordinator. He
has collaborated with many well-known artists and writers, such as JC from NSYNC and Rob Davis
(Kylie Minogue, Fragma, Groovejet, and Sonique). He has produced and remixed tracks and has produced
demo tracks for all major labels, including artists, Bjork, Lionel Ritchie, BT, S Club 7, and NSYNC to
name a few. He has released tracks on Positiva, Ministry of Sound, Sony, BMG, and Universal Records U.K.
James Doman has written music for many film and TV productions, including the theme for the 2002
Commonwealth games, dance tracks for North American network TV and film companies, and for North American
television broadcast giants CTV, NBC, and ABC.
James Doman has experienced worldwide success with his produced Summer 2002 dance release "Thrill Her",
which has achieved number 4 on the dance chart and has become an club anthem in Ibiza, Spain.
James Doman has played as a DJ in many venues in both North America and Europe.
James Doman had produced a dance music radio show on ENERGY 108 FM for 6 years, and he had been the
producer of the Energy Rush summer dance music festivals at Kingswood Music Theatre. He was behind many
successful dance music parties in Toronto, CANADA.
James Doman is currently living in London, England, and he is running a successful recording and
production studio.
- WADE TAYLOR -
Wade Taylor is an award winning and recognized producer in the radio broadcast industry in Toronto, Canada
and throughout the United States. He has been a radio producer for over 10 years. He had begun his career
at Energy 108 FM and is now at Chum Radio.
As a nightclub DJ for over 13 years, Wade has spun at over 100 clubs in Canada and the U.S.
Wade Taylor's radio awards include:
- LUKE DALINDA -
The Dance Nation brand is the creation of Luke Dalinda, who, while only 16 years old, had produced and
had launched the first television episode of Dance Nation in 1995.
Luke Dalinda has been a produced film, TV, and music producer and writer since 1995, with a portfolio
that has included, and includes, contracts and achievements with Universal Studios, Universal Studios
Canada Ltd., Universal Music Canada, NBC, and FOX to name a few. Luke Dalinda has been a quarterfinalist in
the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Luke Dalinda's Canadian accomplishments include having been the producer of the dance music television programs titled, "Dance Nation", for all 39 episodes. In addition, Luke Dalinda has assisted, and continues to assist, in the management of a music track that has been composed and produced by JC Chasez of the pop music group NSYNC, Rob Rettberg, and James Doman. Luke Dalinda has also founded the media, entertainment, and communications practice group of Royal LePage. Luke Dalinda has played an instrumental role in the launch of Craig Media's TORONTO 1 (September 2003), the first conventional over-the-air TV channel in over 30 years.