Area codes 754 and 954 are the area codes for Broward County, Florida, U.S.

The 954 code went into service on September 11, 1995, for all telephones in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida. Prior to that date, Broward County had been part of area code 305 for 48 years; 305 had entered service in 1947 as one of the original area codes, but numerous splits over the years had made 305 more or less coextensive with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

This split was intended as a long-term solution, but within five years 954 was already close to exhaustion due to South Florida's explosive growth and the proliferation of auxiliary devices (cell phones, pagers and fax machines). In November 2000, the Florida Public Service Commission approved the use of an overlay area code to service Broward County, after a telecommunications industry group sought alternatives to relieve the strain on the county. It was projected that 954 was to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2002. The North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) announced on December 4, 2000 that area code 754 would overlay 954 in Broward County.^[1] The area code was activated on August 1, 2001^[2] and began use on April 1, 2002.^[3] As the addition of 754 created an overlay, ten-digit dialing became mandatory in Broward. As exchanges with 954 become exhausted, new numbers for those exchanges use the 754 area code.

The Broward County School Board took advantage of the new area code, changing its numbers to 754-321-xxxx, 754-322-xxxx, and 754-323-xxxx.

Upon activation, area code 954 had the distinction of being the only area code within Florida to encompass only one county.

Rapper 954, who is from Broward County, uses the area code as his stage name, which is pronounced "Nine Fi Fo".

Spirit Air, whose main hub is Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport, uses flight number 954 for their service from Las Vegas to Fort Lauderdale.

Notable cities within 754 and 954 are Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, Weston, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Dania, Dania Beach, and Pembroke Pines.

See also[link]

• List of Florida area codes
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

References[link]

External links[link]

• NANPA Area Code Map of Florida
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 754 Area Code
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 954 Area Code

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D=Out (ダウト, Dauto^?) is a Japanese visual kei band formed in 2006, previously signed to Speed Disk and Geneon Entertainment. They are currently signed to PS Company and Tokuma Japan.

Biography[link]

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D=Out began activities in December 2006. Following Kouki's former band, Mist of Rouge's, disbandment in 2003, he teamed up with Ibuki (guitar), Hikaru (guitar), Reika (bass) and Minase (drums) to start a new band. Only five days after the announcement of D=Out's formation, the five members played their first concert on December 29 at Holiday Shinjuku with a number of concerts at Ikebukuro Cyber and Holiday Shinjuku after that. They signed to Speed Disk in 2007, moved to Geneon Entertainment next year, then moved first to Indie PSC in 2010, then to PS Company, when they signed with Tokuma Japan in 2011. They also released their first two albums in Europe through CLJ Records and had two tours in Europe, first in 2009, then in 2010.

Members[link]

• Kouki (幸樹^?) - Vocal
• Ibuki (威吹^?) - Guitar
• Hikaru (ひヵる^?) - Guitar
• Reika (玲夏^?) - Bass
• Minase (ミナセ^?) - Drums

Discography[link]

Albums and EPs[link]

• Rōman Jōmyakuteki Chabangeki (浪漫静脈的茶番劇, April 30, 2008)
• Cannonball Vol. 4 (June 11, 2008)
• Zipang (August 8, 2008)
• Tōryūmon (登竜門, July 22, 2009)
• Carnival (浮世[初回盤-大, March 10, 2010) Oricon Weekly Album Chart Top Position: 41^[1]
• Music Nippon (February 8, 2012)

Singles[link]

• "Flashback" (フラッシュバック, March 4, 2007)
• "Heisei Bubble" (平成バヴル, June 22, 2007)
• "Shirohata Sengen" (白旗宣言, October 24, 2007)
• "Bara Iro no Jinsei" (ばら色ノ人生, December 19, 2007)
• "Bankoku, Dai Tōkyō / Akai Kasa to Anata" (万國、大東京/赤い傘と貴女, February 27, 2008)
• "Myōjō Orion" (明星オリオン, December 17, 2008) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 44^[2]
• "Hanasaki Beauty" (花咲ビューティ, April 22, 2009) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 38^[2]
• "Aoi Tori" (青い鳥, August 26, 2009) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 33^[2]
• "Psychedelico-Psychedelico"(サイケデリコ∞サイケデリコ, September 8, 2010) Oricon Weekly Single Chart Top Position: 26^[2]
• "One" (March 16, 2011)
• "Roman Revolution" (July 27, 2011)
• "Zenshin Zenrei Lives" (2 November 2011)
• "Aisuru Hito" (2 May 2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (Japanese)