Comments on: 99.1 WHFS disappears

By: Jason Lancaster

Jason Lancaster — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:09:52 +0000

I think just about all that can be accomplished has been by moving them to 105.7. It’s not a bad deal really… I love listening to Howard Stern!

By: Drew Porter

Drew Porter — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:56:18 +0000

OK, the second question is, what, if anything can we do about it?

Picket the station?

Boycott of post format change advertisers and advertisers of the owners in general?

Letter writing campain?

Anyone with the time, energy, and inclination to spend time organizing such a thing?

Or, do we just lament the loss and get over it?

By: Drew Porter

Drew Porter — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:47:37 +0000

I miss WHFS!!!!!!

Asside from the catastrophic loss of their format to the local radio market, to the detriment of the local radio audience, this has to be the dumbest marketing/management decision in history. There are numerous spanish language "latino music" stations on the dial. There was only one, and quite unique stateion, WHFS, that played their former format. They have gone from a market with zero competition to one with much competition. The result is, the radio consumer has lost "big time" and a DC radio "landmark" is no more.

By: Adam Douglass

Adam Douglass — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:26:55 +0000

A nice follow-up on the whole El Zol flip and some behind-the-scenes of how Infinity is handling the change from HFS.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49715-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_business

By: Daddio

Daddio — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:17:42 +0000

Regarding the resurrection of WHFS: I wasn’t even what you’d call a listener, ’cause they played lots of stuff I couldn’t stand, but I liked their spirit, and I’m glad to see it living on, part time at least, on another station. Now if they’d only stick to groups like I Mother Earth, Ministry, Cranberries, Nine Inch Nails, Dave Matthews, Tool, and the like, I’d be an avid fan!

By: Jason Lancaster

Jason Lancaster — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:47:07 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty darn sweet! If it’s true (as long as the word gets out) I think it’ll be a very good thing for 105.7.

By: RJM

RJM — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:19:03 +0000

Cheer up – HFS is back and broadcasting on 105.7 Two hours nightly (7-9) and all weekend long.

By: steph

steph — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:41:18 +0000

that is not the point. I have been listening to HFS for the whole five years I have lived in MD, I had DC101, the DJs suck and 106.5 plays gay music. But, the point is who needs a Spanish station? And, if they think it was that important, put it on another station!

By: digga

digga — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:17:59 +0000

the hell with commercial radio. get sirius or xm. all you get is a plug for the station every now and then.

its worth it to be able to hear what genre you want, when you want.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:31:43 +0000

well, that blows… time to get that ipod i’ve been thinking of pickin’ up that FM transmitter for my ipod..would be nice to use it on any car i use. But i’ve heard some *eh* reviews of it…