Camarillo,
This
has been fun but here is my last tape from the ‘HFS-102.3 days. I know
versions of this have been posted before. In fact, I’d be interested
if you would repost your last 3 hours tape. To give it a bit of a
twist, I’m including some of the newspaper clippings showing the
announced sale of 102.3 to the Outlet Company and the speculation that
HFS would re-surface on AM 1390. Thankfully, that didn’t happen and the
long run on 99.1 did happen, although for most of the fans of the old
102.3, the 99.1 years were a slow fade to irrelevance.
Jim
Last Hours of 102.3
Here
is my last tape of WHFS-102.3 FM Bethesda, MD. Fittingly it is the
last 90 minutes or so of the final sign off on July 14, 1983. The
announcement of WHFS’ sale to the Outlet Company (as shown in The
Washington Post story from December 31, 1982), got hundreds of tape
recorders busy in the 6 ½ months to follow. There were many references
to ‘The Other Side’ which was intended to be 1390AM. Interestingly that
stirred resistance from another generation, as 1390 was playing a Big
Band format at the time. As we know, that move never happened and the
other side ended up being a move across the river to Annapolis and 99.1
FM.
Milo spinning tunes on 102.3 for the last time
Followed by the group sign off and the first verse of the Velvet Underground’s ‘After Hours’ … and the tape fades out…
9 comments:
Jim,
It's been great that you shared all your 'HFS tapes! They sounded great, and it's been a great addition to my massive 'HFS collection!
Thanks again for sharing!
Here's the links for my last shows of 102.3 that I taped on my Akai Open Reel deck...
1983 07-14-1983 Weasel's Last Show
http://www80.zippyshare.com/v/v8GqsoXg/file.html
1983 07-14-1983 WHFS 102.3 Bethesda The Last 3 Hours
http://www71.zippyshare.com/v/443GBL6O/file.html
Thanks for giving me the outlet to post these. I still have a few Top 99.1 countdown tapes from the early 90's. I'll check them out and share if they are in good shape. And thanks for re posting your last hours tapes. Looking forward to giving them a listen.
Any idea if one of the posts here has the bit by the "Balloon Man". "Make the ladies happy, make the children happy...". Been trying to find that forever.
Tim T.
Sad, sad, sad. End of a fabulous era of music
Hi Camarillo,
Robbie White & Weasel have a weekly show on Takoma Park community radio (http://takomaradio.org) most Sunday mornings. Robbie posts shows on Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/robbinewhite/)
Best,
Suzanne
apologies if I've asked this before, but have you looked at uploading your WHFS recordings to the Internet Archive at archive.org? it's a permanent archive, so the links don't expire, and the community handles track listings and other metadata.
Looks like all the HFS posts are dead links now. Anyway other way to get some copies?
I've been converting my small collection of cassettes and was looking for more.
Tim Twomey
Tim,
If you want a certain tape, I'll be happy to upload them again if you make that request from that page.
In the meantime, here's a link for Jim's last tape of WHFS-102.3
http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/Cdpxu9KI/file.html
I'll make a deal with ya, I have over 46GB of WHFS tapes. You send your tapes on a USB Drive large enough to hold all my files, I'll post your tapes on here for all to share. Then I will copy my files to your USB stick, [or SD card or whatever] and I will mail it back to you.
email me kayaker 729 at yahoo dot com. (no space betwixed kayaker and 729)
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