The Overload
The Overload is an electronic dance music (EDM) radio show hosted by Niagara Falls DJ - Taylor D. Williams.
The Overload started in the summer of 2009 on Niagara Falls radio station CKEY FM (branded Z101 on 101.1 fm). The show ran Friday nights from 2 am to 4 am, and repeated Saturday nights from midnight to 2 am. Originally it was a nameless - Top 40 - generic mixshow, to match the station's contemporary hit radio format. As time went on, the show took a turn to the more underground and pure forms of EDM. By November 2009 the show was dubbed "The Overload".
In November 2009, the Saturday night repeat was cancelled.
The Overload, at the time of its naming, was a two-hour program. The first hour featured house and electro music, and the second hour featured progressive house and trance music. The show continued under this format from November 2009 to June 2011.
In June 2011, CKEY FM was purchased by Haliburton Broadcasting Group. Management wanted to create a fresh start for the station and The Overload was cancelled. At this point, The Overload became an online podcast, available to the public online. It also went from a two-hour show down to one hour of progressive house and trance music.
In December 2011, after five months off the air, Z101 decided The Overload was to make a comeback. Taylor started a new mixshow on Friday nights at midnight featuring the Top 40 style; and The Overload followed at 1 am with the progressive and trance format.
In November 2012, Z101 (CKEY - reassigned CFLZ) was purchased by Vista Radio, and rebranded as 2Day FM. The Overload was not a part of the new programming schedule.
In July 2016 The Overload was rebranded as "Overload Radio" to be in line with online marketing, and the programming shifted slightly more towards the underground trance scene and less from the commercial festival sounds. Taylor D. Williams also now ads a voice-over to most episodes.
Overload Radio has since grown in the online dance music scene, now receiving support from over 850 record labels from across the world. Overload now airs on Play Radio in Lithuania, Electronic Global Radio in France, 107.9 U-Radio in the Philippines, Bollywood Radio & Beyond in the USA, Danceradio.ca in Canada, and Digitally Imported Club Sounds Channel. More information can be found at www.overloadradio.com [1]