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WHFS, the 80's and Progressive Pop Way back, one afternoon in DC, around 1980, I was trying to flip the radio dial to one of my favorite funk stations, OK 100...I turned too far to the left ...and heard the strains of what turned out to be Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers".... and I was immediately hooked ...I thought, "What station is this?"... I had grown up on R&B ,Jazz, Funk and even Classical, but most of the Pop I heard was through "Top 40" radio...But now I had stumbled on WHFS ,a progressive free - format "College"-Radio station -- that began my introduction into all the stuff I wasn't hearing on the rest of the Dial...They don't exist in the same way anymore, but this is a tribute to the 80's sounds they introduced to me over the next decade...
                                         
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paligap said: Way back, one afternoon in DC, around 1980, I was trying to flipping the radio dial to one of my favorite funk stations, OK 100...the old radio ..I turned too far to the left ...and heard the strains of what turned out to be Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers".... and I was immediately hooked ...I thought, "What station is this?"... I had grown up on R&B ,Jazz, Funk and even Classical, but most of the Pop I heard was through "Top 40" radio...But now I had stumbled on WHFS ,a progressive "College"-Radio station -- that began my introduction into all the stuff I wasn't hearing on the rest of the Dial...They don't exist in the same way anymore, but this is a tribute to the 80's sounds they introduced me too over the next decade...
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I remember turning to that station as well and hearing Nina Hagen. I thought it was the strangest thing ever. Then I got hooked on WHFS and loved the disc jockeys there. Free-format for the most part. I think Tom Terrell was the funk dj. He would play odd Prince songs and Fishbone. I got turned on to so many bands by that station. Sadly they sold out and then even sold out again recently to Spanish radio. Thanks for recalling those days. | |
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pkidwell said: I remember turning to that station as well and hearing Nina Hagen. I thought it was the strangest thing ever. Then I got hooked on WHFS and loved the disc jockeys there. Free-format for the most part. I think Tom Terrell was the funk dj. He would play odd Prince songs and Fishbone. I got turned on to so many bands by that station. Sadly they sold out and then even sold out again recently to Spanish radio. Thanks for recalling those days.
Yup!....and they would never play the obvious hit stuff, they played all the album tracks you usually never got to hear... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: pkidwell said: I remember turning to that station as well and hearing Nina Hagen. I thought it was the strangest thing ever. Then I got hooked on WHFS and loved the disc jockeys there. Free-format for the most part. I think Tom Terrell was the funk dj. He would play odd Prince songs and Fishbone. I got turned on to so many bands by that station. Sadly they sold out and then even sold out again recently to Spanish radio. Thanks for recalling those days.
Yup!....and they would never play the obvious hit stuff, they played all the album tracks you usually never got to hear... do you use acdsee or somethiing? how do you get your covers grouped like that? | |
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lilgish said: paligap said: Yup!....and they would never play the obvious hit stuff, they played all the album tracks you usually never got to hear... do you use acdsee or somethiing? how do you get your covers grouped like that? I just put 'em real close together, backspacing to edit out most of the space between them.... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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I was raised in PG County....when I was a little kid, it was all about WPGC and Q107 (it was on Q107 that I first heard Rapper's Delight on the Top 5 at 5...I will never forget that evening). Junior high...I was listening to Howard Stern in the morning and Adam Smasher in the evening on DC/101. High school...it was all about WHFS!! Good thread. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Stax said: I was raised in PG County....when I was a little kid, it was all about WPGC and Q107 (it was on Q107 that I first heard Rapper's Delight on the Top 5 at 5...I will never forget that evening). Junior high...I was listening to Howard Stern in the morning and Adam Smasher in the evening on DC/101. High school...it was all about WHFS!! Good thread.
Wow, yeah, I remember WPGC (the Ramblin' Raft Race!) and Q107 ("It's Happenin' Right on Q"!),  and Stern on 101...man, that takes me back...
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paligap said: Stax said: I was raised in PG County....when I was a little kid, it was all about WPGC and Q107 (it was on Q107 that I first heard Rapper's Delight on the Top 5 at 5...I will never forget that evening). Junior high...I was listening to Howard Stern in the morning and Adam Smasher in the evening on DC/101. High school...it was all about WHFS!! Good thread.
Wow, yeah, I remember WPGC (the Ramblin' Raft Race!) and Q107 ("It's Happenin' Right on Q"!), and Stern on 101...man, that takes me back...
... [Edited 5/11/05 19:26pm] I once made my dad take me to one of Stern's live broadcasts when I was about 13. This was back in the day when Stern had a mustache and a fro and was doing "Your mama" jokes. To this day, when something about Stern hits the news (FCC fines, usually), my dad calls to tell me that Howard's in trouble again. lol. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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paligap said: But now I had stumbled on WHFS ,a progressive free - format "College"-Radio station -- that began my introduction into all the stuff I wasn't hearing on the rest of the Dial...They don't exist in the same way anymore, but this is a tribute to the 80's sounds they introduced to me over the next decade...
That was around the time I landed in L.A. and K-ROQ was handling the bulk of that material. Coming from a recent fusion immersion, outside of groups you've listed (XTC, Dolby, Scritti, Jackson) this sound didn't immediately appeal to me. Even some early Tom Petty found its way into this format. K-ROQ and beyond, things I stumbled into during this time period. (some might be considered Progressive others Rock and still others (ugh) New Wave)...   
  
 
 
  
Believe it or not, there are still some wild, wild, west format college stations out there. Ones where the playlist ranges from Sun Ra to Hendrix to...uhm...Tribal Disorder. 
tA  Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: paligap said: But now I had stumbled on WHFS ,a progressive free - format "College"-Radio station -- that began my introduction into all the stuff I wasn't hearing on the rest of the Dial...They don't exist in the same way anymore, but this is a tribute to the 80's sounds they introduced to me over the next decade...
That was around the time I landed in L.A. and K-ROQ was handling the bulk of that material. Coming from a recent fusion immersion, outside of groups you've listed (XTC, Dolby, Scritti, Jackson) this sound didn't immediately appeal to me. Even some early Tom Petty found its way into this format. K-ROQ and beyond, things I stumbled into during this time period. (some might be considered Progressive others Rock and still others (ugh) New Wave)...
Believe it or not, there are still some wild, wild, west format college stations out there. Ones where the playlist ranges from Sun Ra to Hendrix to...uhm...Tribal Disorder.
tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm Don't forget Dramarama. Good call on Oingo Boingo, KROQ loves that band. [Edited 5/11/05 22:20pm] a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Stax said: Don't forget Dramarama. Good call on Oingo Boingo, KROQ loves that band.
Agreed. 
More KROQ staples and others...   
  
  
  
  
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theAudience said: Stax said: Don't forget Dramarama. Good call on Oingo Boingo, KROQ loves that band.
Agreed.
More KROQ staples and others...
tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm Rock on TA, I really dig the New Wave Artist you picked. It takes me back in time.   | |
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Yup, it sounds like we were gettin' the same immersion - Oingo Boingo, King Crimson, Dolby, XTC, Genesis, and not only progressive Pop, Rock and New Wave, and WHFS also played ECM-Chamber/Jazz, Folk, Fusion, World, and Ethereal and Soundtrack music out there, and it was all bunched together:
              
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paligap said: Way back, one afternoon in DC, around 1980, I was trying to flip the radio dial to one of my favorite funk stations, OK 100...I turned too far to the left ...and heard the strains of what turned out to be Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers".... and I was immediately hooked ...I thought, "What station is this?"... I had grown up on R&B ,Jazz, Funk and even Classical, but most of the Pop I heard was through "Top 40" radio...But now I had stumbled on WHFS ,a progressive free - format "College"-Radio station -- that began my introduction into all the stuff I wasn't hearing on the rest of the Dial...They don't exist in the same way anymore, but this is a tribute to the 80's sounds they introduced to me over the next decade...
... [Edited 5/12/05 2:55am] ----- Man, you are bringing back some great memories. I only wish I still had the tapes I made off of WHFS. Does anyone remember the BBC top ten 10 program that use to come on DC101 on Saturday nights. | |
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theAudience said: Stax said: Don't forget Dramarama. Good call on Oingo Boingo, KROQ loves that band.
Agreed.
More KROQ staples and others...
tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm Great albums..... | |
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paligap said: Yup, it sounds like we were gettin' the same immersion - Oingo Boingo, King Crimson, Dolby, XTC, Genesis, and not only progressive Pop, Rock and New Wave, and WHFS also played ECM-Chamber/Jazz, Folk, Fusion, World, and Ethereal and Soundtrack music out there, and it was all bunched together:
... [Edited 5/12/05 2:46am] Thank you Pali for putting some Andreas in the mix. | |
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theAudience said: Thank you TA for the Power Station and my man Tom Petty. | |
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 YES! YES! YES! This is ALL the stuff i'd listen to before i got into Prince. Growing up in the ghetto too.Who's gonna stop 200 Balloons?
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