End of an Era
Today, we lost one of the great alt-rock radio stations. At noon today (1/12/05) WFHS switched to a Spanish language channel "El Zol," broadcasting "a current hit blend of Caribbean and Central American dance music".
One could argue that WHFS effectively died in 1996 when they were bought by Infinity broadcasting. Since that point, the station had become progressively more bland and like DC101 (this is not a good thing). HFS used to be the only place you could hear The Cure, Depeche Mode, or electronic music before it was commoditized by Madonna. They played Too Much Joy, The Soup Dragons, Catherine Wheel, PIL, The Clash, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, Portishead, Orbital and a hundred other names I can't recall.
It was the soundtrack to my high school years and most of college (until I moved to Richmond - when I moved home after a year or so, the HFS I knew was already dying).
Ah well. To all things an end must come.
Oh and the last song they played before the switch?
The Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley. How apropos.
One could argue that WHFS effectively died in 1996 when they were bought by Infinity broadcasting. Since that point, the station had become progressively more bland and like DC101 (this is not a good thing). HFS used to be the only place you could hear The Cure, Depeche Mode, or electronic music before it was commoditized by Madonna. They played Too Much Joy, The Soup Dragons, Catherine Wheel, PIL, The Clash, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, Portishead, Orbital and a hundred other names I can't recall.
It was the soundtrack to my high school years and most of college (until I moved to Richmond - when I moved home after a year or so, the HFS I knew was already dying).
Ah well. To all things an end must come.
Oh and the last song they played before the switch?
The Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley. How apropos.
posted by depressoboy at 1:07 AM
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