WHFS is now......a salsa channel?

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HFS never won huge ratings numbers, but as Brooks says, "It was always much more fervent than it was quantity." Rockers playing Washington gigs would make the pilgrimage to the studios on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda and play on the air, then maybe stop by the Psyche Delly nearby. Listening to HFS was a marker, a cultural identifier as powerful and telling as what you wore and where you hung out. It meant that you spurned conformity, sneered at the slick and cherished rebellion.

i actually liked hfs even though some (ok most) of its music sucked. because unlike some stations in this area it also played good songs and had decent talk shows
i wonder how much dc101 benefitted from hfs going el zol because most of 99.1s listeners turned to the only other modern rock station in the area

Anyone have a link to the actual last minute of WHFS? I'd like to hear what is, whether the station has sucked for the last 10 years or not, the end of an era.

it's here as part of the orginial hfs going of the air blurb

http://www.dcrtv.org/index.html

Originally posted by Lauren522:
Call it racial if you would like. But I pay taxes every year and i do not feel that the Balt/Wash taxpayers should be affected by the HUGE increase of spanish immigration. Everyone knows that 1/2 of them are not legal… shit the government will even tell you that. Everyone is entitled to live in America, Land of the free… but it sure isn't free for me to live here… why should it be free for others.

ugh, can you people leave soon?

Lou Dobbs kicks ass!!!

just received an email saying the station would be back tonight starting at 7pm on 105.7…the email was sent by HFS, I was on their previous email list. Who knew?

I rec'd the email too. Darn it for not removing my name from their list.

Originally posted by hitman:
just received an email saying the station would be back tonight starting at 7pm on 105.7…

Did this really happen?

1/21 - DCRTV hears that Infinity will put WHFS tunes and personalities on Baltimore's WXYV, Live 105.7. The talk station will, for the time being, keep Howard Stern in mornings and Don and Mike in afternoons, but will run alternative rock during evenings and overnights, and on weekends. Starting tonight (Friday) at 7 PM. Say goodbye to DC's Ron and Fez. Personnel from the old WHFS at 99.1 FM, which flipped to Spanish-language music last week, include former afternoon driver Tim Virgin. They'll be heard via the new incarnation, which will also be available fulltime on the internet at whfs.com and via America Online's Radio@AOL. Programming will include new music, archive programming from WHFS, and performances from past HFStivals. "We heard loud and clear how important WHFS and its programming are to the Washington DC-Baltimore community, and through our partnership with AOL, we are thrilled to be able to bring WHFS back to its passionate and loyal fans," said Infinity marketing suit David Goodman. "The legacy of WHFS as a pioneering music station will continue to live on for millions of listeners around the world."

Originally posted by Arthwys:
but will run alternative rock during evenings and overnights, and on weekends.

But what will I listen to at lunch and after football practice?

Originally posted by Lauren522:
Call it racial if you would like. But I pay taxes every year and i do not feel that the Balt/Wash taxpayers should be affected by the HUGE increase of spanish immigration. Everyone knows that 1/2 of them are not legal… shit the government will even tell you that. Everyone is entitled to live in America, Land of the free… but it sure isn't free for me to live here… why should it be free for others.

typical HFS listeners?

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After reading the signatures on those petitions and some of the posts on this thread, I'm starting to think that David Duke was the program director at hfs for the passed 5 years. :-)

Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:

Originally posted by Lauren522:
Call it racial if you would like. But I pay taxes every year and i do not feel that the Balt/Wash taxpayers should be affected by the HUGE increase of spanish immigration. Everyone knows that 1/2 of them are not legal… shit the government will even tell you that. Everyone is entitled to live in America, Land of the free… but it sure isn't free for me to live here… why should it be free for others.

typical HFS listeners?

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Heard a funny 60 second spot on Live 105 here in SF on my way home that after a 15 second introduction in spanish "The rumors you've heard about from Craig's list about Live 105 follwing the fate of our sister station in Washington, DC, the legendary HFS, are unfounded and completely without merit. Alternative music is live and well in the Bay Area. We will not be turning into a spanish music channel." back into 15 seconds of spanish gibberish and then back into regular programming.

I laughed out loud. A couple of times.

maybe that petition or lame protest worked?

we'll never know. but it kinda makes me smile. even though I'll never listen….

HFS' meandering around the dial – this is its third spot on the airwaves in its history that I can remember – nicely parallels its steady decline. It's hard to imagine it getting any worse at this new frequency than it already is, and the blatant racism expressed by fans at the thought of it being replaced by a Spanish-language station shows better than anything else how far it has fallen.

Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:
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Stripes are "IN" again.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by hitman:
just received an email saying the station would be back tonight starting at 7pm on 105.7…

Did this really happen?

Yeah, I heard a few minutes of it last night. I'm pretty sure the DJs were drunk. Good for them.

I actually have hope that maybe the new station will loosen up a bit and give them some freedom in what they play. Who knows - maybe this is the kick in the ass they need to turn HFS back into a decent station.

In the 10-15 minutes I was listening they played promos that referred to themselves as "legendary" 3 times. Damn that gets on my nerves.

Fuck HFS!

KHS is what it's about in Balto.