January 12, 2005
I'm on a (Spanish language) radio
WHFS, once a great station that played lots of interesting music but in later days sold out to the suburban teens, kicked the bucket. Or should I say "golpeó el cubo con el pie."
It's probably not worth arguing whether a tight, repetitive playlist aimed at listeners within a five-year age band encourages or discourages the maximum number of people from spending the maximum amount of time from listening to the station -- 'HFS is gone and it's not coming back.
Now on to the next problem: What replaces 99.1 on my car stereo preset? Here are my current button allocations:
Preset 1: WHFS 99.1
Preset 2: WWDC 101.1
Preset 3: WARW 94.7
Preset 4: WAMU 88.5
Preset 5: WIYY 97.9
Preset 6: WBIG 100.3
No, I'm not 35 years old, but my radio selections sure make me look that way. When I lived in Batlimore, I had essentially the same selection, swapping NPR and Classic Rock outlets and replacing Big 100 with Annapolis' WRNR, a far superior station that I don't get here without tons of static.
What Washington really needs a powerful college radio station that actually plays "college radio."
Posted by rj3 at January 12, 2005 1:56 PM
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Wow, you were right on top of that, it only happened at noon today.
http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=61446
Posted by: nm at January 12, 2005 2:25 PM