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SkinsRock · 01-14-2005, 02:56 PM

Satellite radio is the sole reason that stations like WHFS are/were struggling....well, that combined with being ruined by corporate radio giants like Infinity and Clear Channel.
In the late 80's and early 90's you couldn't get much better than HFS for modern rock in the DC/Balt area, but by 2000, they were already headed downhill, thanks to the corporate ownership. Thank goodness Jake Einstein started up WRNR, which is basically a current version of what HFS was in the 80's....the DJ's basically play whatever they want!
Another thing, the way this is being portrayed by their two main former competitors runs from one end of the spectrum to the other, and exemplifies (sp?) why I and many other people feel the way we do about the two cities. 98 ROCK in Baltimore is like "whoopie!"...saying that "they won", and turning it into total self-promotion. While Washington's DC101 is handling it with total class and paying their respects to the fact that HFS was an innovator, and in it's heyday, had a huge effect on the area. That along with offering condolences to the entire staff that lost their jobs with no notice.
As someone who pretty much grew up in the area, even though it wasn't anything near what it once was, and I hardly listened to them anymore, the fact that WHFS is no more is a sad thing.

01-14-2005, 02:56 PM	#40
SkinsRock Impact Rookie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Crofton, MD Age: 55 Posts: 907	Satellite radio is the sole reason that stations like WHFS are/were struggling....well, that combined with being ruined by corporate radio giants like Infinity and Clear Channel. In the late 80's and early 90's you couldn't get much better than HFS for modern rock in the DC/Balt area, but by 2000, they were already headed downhill, thanks to the corporate ownership. Thank goodness Jake Einstein started up WRNR, which is basically a current version of what HFS was in the 80's....the DJ's basically play whatever they want! Another thing, the way this is being portrayed by their two main former competitors runs from one end of the spectrum to the other, and exemplifies (sp?) why I and many other people feel the way we do about the two cities. 98 ROCK in Baltimore is like "whoopie!"...saying that "they won", and turning it into total self-promotion. While Washington's DC101 is handling it with total class and paying their respects to the fact that HFS was an innovator, and in it's heyday, had a huge effect on the area. That along with offering condolences to the entire staff that lost their jobs with no notice. As someone who pretty much grew up in the area, even though it wasn't anything near what it once was, and I hardly listened to them anymore, the fact that WHFS is no more is a sad thing.