TM Century HitDiscs - the end of ...

I just learned that TM Century's HitDiscs are being discontinued on Dec 31 2018. They discontinued the physical CDs a year or two ago and went to strictly download only. Now it appears they're ending the download only (which was great for getting WAVs of dj only single mixes, edits, no-rap versions) and just even discovering new songs that never make it to the radio!

The only replacement I can think of is Promo Only - but they are lacking in 2 ways: (1) For any particular genre, they only release one disc per month (instead of 4-5 with HitDiscs) (2) There's no UK Promo Only, like there is a UK HitDisc, which I LOVED.

There are all sorts of other formats at Promo Only like Latin (many genres), Club (many genres), etc. But for someone who wants mainstream pop, at Promo Only I'm limited to about 20 songs per month instead of 80-100.

And in terms of UK, does anyone know a radio service located in the UK that's like TM Century's HitDiscs or Promo Only? There's got to be something! This topic came up in the post about Clean Bandit's "Rockabye" featuring Anne-Marie without Sean Paul, but no one knew of any service.

With HitDiscs going away, this question is more important than ever... especially for anyone who likes UK pop :)

So has anyone ever looked into a UK equivalent of TM Century's HitDiscs or Promo Only. I have to believe something exists. It's probably "download only" at this point, but that's ok.

Edited by EdisonLite

Wow, John, that's great to know. Thanks.

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Edited by EdisonLite

The email many of us received was directly from Jim and
that the team at TM that was being laid off was moving
to Hits Now Music. I've also noticed that what was a
temporary placeholder for that website is gone and that
the site can't be reached. I'm presuming the site is
being designed for use sometime after Christmas.

There is a private group on Facebook where he chats with
users of what is now TM. He hasn't given any indication
of moving on to any other company other than creating
Hits Now. Trust me, there are a lot of users at stake
and I presume lots of radio stations too. I can't
imagine a big announcement like this only to abandon
those plans.

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Edited by aaronk