Zoltar is still around…. on XM 82.
WHFS is now......a salsa channel?
wow!!! what the Fuck happend? why did it change, and why?
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Originally posted by J'Mal:That's great news…. for people forking out the $$$ for XM. Anybody hear anything about the other DJs? Neci?
Zoltar is still around…. on XM 82.
BTW, check out www.bigoanddukes.com
I heard Zoltar on the radio in chicago a few years ago.
Originally posted by sybercat:oh yeah, big $$$…. ten bucks a month :roll: it's like two lattes….
Originally posted by J'Mal:That's great news…. for people forking out the $$$ for XM. Anybody hear anything about the other DJs? Neci?
Zoltar is still around…. on XM 82.
BTW, check out www.bigoanddukes.com
What will become of the HFStival and other decent shows? They weren't perfect by any stretch, but they did have power to bring music to the area. Who can pick up that slack?
I know the clubs are where the best music happens, but kids need a place to see big events…really.
I know the clubs are where the best music happens, but kids need a place to see big events…really.
Originally posted by J'Mal:<img src="http://chiaroscuro-dc.com/djs/zoltar.jpg" alt=" - " />
Zoltar is still around…. on XM 82.
He also spins at the Edge on Saturdays every other week I believe for Chiaroscuro.
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And isn't XM owned (in part) by the Infinity - Clear Channel nightmare?
Two days ago I heard Citizen Cope on HFS - that should've been a clue that the DJ's knew what was coming and didn't care if they followed the fascist play-anything-that-sounds-like-Blink182 rules anymore.
Two days ago I heard Citizen Cope on HFS - that should've been a clue that the DJ's knew what was coming and didn't care if they followed the fascist play-anything-that-sounds-like-Blink182 rules anymore.
At 9am, I'm listening to Cakes, JP, Lerch, and EB. And when I left for lunch at 12pm…Spanish??? I blamed it on the fog…what the heck. But no, it's legitamate corporate BS. No offense to all those who grew up in DC, but sadly now, there is no quality morning radio show in the DC area. Take it from someone who grew up listening to stations out of NYC…your airwaves have been reduced to something equivalent to the middle of Pennsylvania minus the country music and adding the political nonsense. Now, here's my call to Infinity Broadcasting…bring it back or at least create a sports oriented radio channel. I have a 30 minute commute, and I hear reading the Post (which also is sub par in sports coverage) and driving can be hazardous. You've totally stuck a knife in the back of the blue collar male, and the 20-something ex-high school jock.
Originally posted by sybercat:Yeah no more getting naked to win HFSTival tickets…
I feel the same way. Even though it has gotten to be pretty shitty in the last few years, HFS was a big part of my youth. This was where I first heard the Ramones, on HFS in the early 90s. I can't believe I'll never go to another HFStival…and all my favorite DJs, gone… DC will never be the same.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:this would be nice.
this from the chat ongoing on washingtonpost.com:
From DCRTV: Empire Scrambling To Replace HFS – 1/12 – A well-placed source tells DCRTV that Steve Kingston, head of Empire Broadcasting, is looking to snatch up Mega's Spanish 94.3 FM, WBPS, in Warrenton and pair it with the 94.3, currently country WINX, in the Annapolis area for a relaunched alternative rock WRNR, now that WHFS has bit the dust. WINX would move to WRNR's current 103.1 FM Annapolis area frequency.
Originally posted by J'Mal:All right J'Mal. I'm on to you. You're working for XM, aren't you? And isn't it $10 a month, PLUS a couple hundred for the receiver??
Originally posted by sybercat:oh yeah, big $$$…. ten bucks a month :roll: it's like two lattes….
Originally posted by J'Mal:That's great news…. for people forking out the $$$ for XM. Anybody hear anything about the other DJs? Neci?
Zoltar is still around…. on XM 82.
BTW, check out www.bigoanddukes.com
There are plenty of summer festivals within a reasonable distance of the area. They draw many better acts than the hfstival has drawn in many years and are smaller and more intimate. A couple good examples are the all good fest in WV and second sunrise fest in PA. The moe.down is another great fest but it's a bit of a hike from here (upstate ny). It's drawn acts like the flaming lips and they might be giants in the last couple years.
The FCC is supposed to monitor and fine radio stations in the event they hear indecent speach over the airwaves. When I turned on 99.1 WHFS at 12pm for my lunch break, I heard alot of indecent speach. It was frequent, and the FCC needs to put forth the effort to knock the ZOL (isn't that the name of an evil sci-fi character) off of the airwaves. EFF el ZOL!!! Your listeners cut the fingers off my buddy at Cinema 29 last week for no reason. Infinity broadcasting what are you thinking. DC is NOT Miami!
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by joz:so how is making money off somebody else "another death knell for the corporate scum commercial radio monopoly?"
preparing for flamage…
i don't think iPOD/XM has really targeted the latino population with their marketing…once they do, maybe they will wise up too and stop listening to the drivel on commercial radio. furthermore, a lot of latinos are not in the financial position to buy pricey MP3 players (not to mention the computers that go with them) and XM satellite radios. that, of course, is the unfortunate repercussion of being amongst the undereducated and underpaid in america (different topic altogether so we'll stop there).
certainly the number of kitchens in dc restaurants blasting the new salsa channel is music to the corporate scum's ears. i know it may be a generalization but there's a captive audience there. some of my friend's are chefs and have been working in dc for years…the radio stations of choice in dc kitchens are latino. case in point.
I'll miss HFS, just about all of my best memories from jr. high and highschool and even some college involve hfstival or that station being on the radio. I just got XM for christmas and this may be all it takes to push me into that and nothing else.
Originally posted by JonJ38:Congratulatons! This is the stupidest post I've ever read on any board, listserve, etc. The competition was fierce but you prevailed. Take a bow!
The FCC is supposed to monitor and fine radio stations in the event they hear indecent speach over the airwaves. When I turned on 99.1 WHFS at 12pm for my lunch break, I heard alot of indecent speach. It was frequent, and the FCC needs to put forth the effort to knock the ZOL (isn't that the name of an evil sci-fi character) off of the airwaves. EFF el ZOL!!! Your listeners cut the fingers off my buddy at Cinema 29 last week for no reason. Infinity broadcasting what are you thinking. DC is NOT Miami!
I just heard on the 11:00 news that the takeover was announced this morning at whfs and a lot of people were "let go." infinity's also not returning calls. that's a cruel way to end it for long-term employees.
Originally posted by Dahlia:Yeah that is pretty underhanded. I've heard that radio was a cruel business but shit. Their own employees had no idea that this was going down until a few hours before the switch? Wow.
I just heard on the 11:00 news that the takeover was announced this morning at whfs and a lot of people were "let go." infinity's also not returning calls. that's a cruel way to end it for long-term employees.
I want to stress a point that makes this a bad thing. We all remember HFS as the way it was. But that was back when many of us were kids, or at least a hell of a lot younger. My point is that while the music was pretty standard, the reputation was sufficient to keep getting decent acts in the HFStival and occasionally other shows. THe DRAW of the station was in fact responsible for decent shows…like it or not.
And, while there are plenty of great shows elsewhere, we need plenty of great shows HERE. LOCALLY! HFStival was local. It DREW people from out of town. It had good bands. There was always somebody worth seeing. Yes, there were crappy bands, but trust me, there were crappy bands in the late 1970s and 80s too. They were punk, new wave, "alternative" "grunge" or whatever. But they sucked nevertheless. Of course, SUCKED is relative. As is "alternative." Now there is one less major lure for those shows. We liked it when we were young. KIDS listen to the station. THey attend the shows. And they get exposed to those few bands that don't (relatively) suck.
You have to be exposed to SOMETHING to be cool, man. You can't just glom on to the guy with the groovy shoes at school, or the girl with the blue hair.
I am getting old, no doubt. But, my 12 year old daughter likes Green Day. She LOVES Green Day. They are fine, I guess, better than many. And she can hear them on the radio almost anywhere. BUT…HFS had them first. And helped them come here again and again…even though the station was stagnating. No, it's not The Cramps at the Marble Bar in 81 (date myself even more) but Green Day is still better than Britney Spears or whatever.
I am on a soapbox and need to get off…but I am bummed. I am afraid that we'll miss out on stuff.
later HFS…
And, while there are plenty of great shows elsewhere, we need plenty of great shows HERE. LOCALLY! HFStival was local. It DREW people from out of town. It had good bands. There was always somebody worth seeing. Yes, there were crappy bands, but trust me, there were crappy bands in the late 1970s and 80s too. They were punk, new wave, "alternative" "grunge" or whatever. But they sucked nevertheless. Of course, SUCKED is relative. As is "alternative." Now there is one less major lure for those shows. We liked it when we were young. KIDS listen to the station. THey attend the shows. And they get exposed to those few bands that don't (relatively) suck.
You have to be exposed to SOMETHING to be cool, man. You can't just glom on to the guy with the groovy shoes at school, or the girl with the blue hair.
I am getting old, no doubt. But, my 12 year old daughter likes Green Day. She LOVES Green Day. They are fine, I guess, better than many. And she can hear them on the radio almost anywhere. BUT…HFS had them first. And helped them come here again and again…even though the station was stagnating. No, it's not The Cramps at the Marble Bar in 81 (date myself even more) but Green Day is still better than Britney Spears or whatever.
I am on a soapbox and need to get off…but I am bummed. I am afraid that we'll miss out on stuff.
later HFS…