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Pulse 87 is an online radio station with an electronic dance music music format. It started as the audio feed of a channel-6 "Franken-FM" television station in New York City, audible on traditional FM radios at 87.7, before moving solely to streaming online.
On October 24, 2014, Metro Radio announced that its FM translator, W249BE Alexandria, Virginia, would become the second station to adopt the Pulse 87 brand. The station, which simulcasts Spanish AC WTNT, covers the Washington metropolitan area. "Washington To Gain A Dance Pulse", Radio Insight, October 24, 2014 The move was the first time since 2009, when it attempted to bring the format to the market as the proposed format for WDCN-LD until it was cancelled at the last minute by the station's owners. However, the plans for W249BE fell through after it was announced.
On January 8, 2018, Entercom (now called Entercom) entered a deal to bring Pulse 87 to Los Angeles as a HD2 subchannel of the top 40/contemporary hit radio KNX-FM, billing it as "Pulse 97.1 HD2". The deal was expanded to Entercom's Radio.com platform the following March. "Webcast Dance Station Pulse 87 Is On The Air In Southern California On KAMP (97.1 Amp Radio)/Los Angeles' HD-2 Signal", All Access Music Group, January 9, 2018
By October 2018, KAMP-HD2 was no longer a simulcast of Pulse 87.
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