Billboard's Hot Dance Countdown launches for US radio syndication

Excelsior Radio Networks and Entertainment Management Group Worldwide are launching a new dance chart show they hope to syndicate on stations around the US, with the catchy name Billboard's Hot Dance Countdown. Hosted by Washington DC radio personality Jenni Chase, the show will exist as a Top 20 two hour show and Top 40 four hour show (forty tracks in four hours – long dance remixes or lots of ads?). "We are very excited to be in business with Billboard and EMGW on this brand-new countdown show for the Hot Dance format," Excelsior’s General Manager Larry Kahn told reporters. "Billboard's Hot Dance Countdown fills a void in this extremely popular and rapidly growing format. We are excited to be bringing it to the marketplace of radio stations and advertisers." The show will launch later this month.