And another... (WRVU 91 Rock)

And another.

So, you're thinking, did I go to college with this guy? Was he a WRVU DJ? Nope - My only connection to 91 Rock is that I lived in Murfreesboro for a couple years back in 1986. I had just moved from the Washington DC area where I listened to the infamous WHFS 99.1 radio station. WRVU was a welcome to what I thought would be sad ears living in the country music capital of the world. I rented a stereo and hit the record button and that's what you have here. Over 25 years later I digitized the recordings and now getting them online.   

Leave a comment if you will and say hi. Do you have a great memory of WRVU, put it here! 

More WRVU 91 Rock station breaks

Really great alternative set by John Lanka. An awesome WRVU air check by Ranking Roger of General Public (among other bands).

If they can revive WRVU as WXNA, we'll all be happy. And for those of you not living in the Nashville area, no problem, they'll be worldwide via the Internet. Check out their funding page at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wxna-lpga/x-plosive-radio-wxna-lpfm-nashville

Leave a comment and say hi! 

WRVU - 91 Rock's DJ John Lanka

John Lanka, a WRVU, 91 Rock DJ (Vanderbilt studio radio) had a rough start to his shift. Recorded off the radio around 1986/7 when I lived in Murfreesboro, TN. WRVU is attempting a comeback and needs your support - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wxna-lpga/x-plosive-radio-wxna-lpfm-nashville

Leave a comment and say hi! I'll parse through some more of the tapes and post them when I can. 

DC 101's Local Lix with DJ Cerphe

I must have switched over from the Graham Dene to DC 101 and caught 12 minutes or so Local Lix with DJ Cerphe. I'm often attempting to connect with people I hear on the recordings while digitizing them, like contest winners, callers, or in this case a Manassas, VA local whose song was played on the radio and reunite them with their 15 seconds of fame.

Cerphe recapped two songs and introduced another. One by a local band in Largo, MD named the Sunday's and the other, John Yankoviak from Manassas, VA. Wouldn't know it but there is a John Yankoviak still in Manassas and I've reached out to him, let's see if I found the right one. I honestly believe I remember playing this song back then and really really liking it. I bet I played this cassette often. So, fast forward 25 plus years, I hear it again.

The recording has that typical warble in parts of the tape.




 Does anyone remember any of these three bands? Are any of you out there? Say hello if your here.

Thomas Grooms - local Washington DC DJ Blues Room set

While digitizing tapes today, I found one labeled Blues Room Aug 02 complete with Thomas Grooms station breaks. The 0 on the tape is circled a couple times; when listening to the tape, the commercials talk about 1992 so the assumption is the recording is in fact from Aug. 1992. This is the one and only recording of this type that I have from 105.9 WCXR. There are several DJ breaks along with vintage commercials.

By the way, listen to the entire recording, even if you have to come back, it's that good!

 

 Please leave a comment with a memory about Thomas Grooms or just say hi!

Thomas Grooms - local DC area DJ

While digitizing tapes today, I found one labeled Blues Room  Aug 02 complete with Thomas Grooms station breaks. The 0 on the tape is circled a couple times; when listening to the tape, the commercials talk about 1992 so the assumption is the recording is in fact from Aug. 1992. This is the one and only recording of this type that I have from 105.9 WCXR. There are several DJ breaks along with vintage commercials. By the way, the blues spun will move you.

Before I upload the recording, here's an interview I found on YouTube with Thomas Grooms and Randy California.

 Thomas Grooms interview with Randy California

WHFS 102.3 song recap with DJ Milo

WHFS 102.3 song recap with DJ Milo second week of March 1983.

Over three minutes of song recap and commercials. Robert Fripp promotes his Frippatronics show at Gaston Hall - 1983. REM was to be in the studio later in the night.

As always, please leave comments and any memories this short clip might bring.

Glenn

WHFS - sweatshirt commercial - DJ Weasel

This classic "...but now Fall is coming" sweatshirt commercial Here DJ Weasel with this vintage on air commercial.

Let me know what you think. Do you remember this commercial? Do you have this sweatshirt? I still have mine. It's the one with the cool cat and headphones.

DJ Milo's short set

I'm starting to add Windows Media audio clips that play right inside the blog. I've experimented with audio files that streamed but they opened up in their own page. Sorry, no downloads! Press play then go about your online browsing - these files will play in the background.

I may not be adding new blog entries but actually going back through the blog and updating the old threads with the streaming file. 

This one is a great short set with DJ Milo along with some great commercials including U2 latest album (War) at just $5.99! 

Anyone ever go to DC Space? Never really heard of it. Listen to hear a concert listing. Sounds like a jazz place. 

Kemp Mill Records commercial featuring the U2 album, War. 

This was the set where Milo talked about REM showing up in the studio after a local concert. I'm not sure if they showed but I don't have the tape. Sure wish I did. 

 
If you enjoyed this, please leave a comment.

Concert Calendar plus more!

Over 8 minutes of classic 1988 WHFS with song recap along with a awesome concert calendar with Meg! 

Close your eyes and drift back to Washington DC 1988.

Dj break Bob "Here"
Featured artist-The Church
The Church - Constantinople (cut off toward end)
The Lucy Show – Remain
Cowboy Mouth – Long Hot Ride
REM – Welcome to the Occupation
The Grapes of Wrath – O’ Lucky Man

Dj break/commercials

• Kemp Mill Records “But honey-what about my needs -CD sale!”
• Weasel promoting Tracey Chapman on Electra
• Kemp Mill Records – ...No need to decide between a BMW or having kids…w/CD prices this low
• Live recording with Danny Gatton at the Birchmere promotion.
• Honda of Annapolis "Showroom renovation sale"
• Awesome Concert Calendar with Meg from Saturday June 11, 1988
• Incredible venues and bands (Need to listen!)
• @7:20 PETA (First ever animal rights music concert" - What a lineup! Were you there? 

Donovan - Tangarine Puppet (Supergirl)

ENJOY! Please leave comments on what you liked - your 'HFS stories, etc.

Drive Baby Drive...

I found this gem with the lead-in from Shona Laing. What an impressive
voice...the words Drive Baby Drive have never sounded better together than when she sings this song.

Dave Issing is in for Bob and recaps the last four songs then throws it to commercials.

Commercials: 
Car Stereo Systems
Kemp Mill Records presents "They Might be Giants" live in store in Georgetown.
The Roxy concert review with The Slickee Boys meet the Neighborhoods.

Dave spins U2 - I will Follow.

As always, please leave a comment what you thought of this post and a memory or two.

I'm back!

Yesterday I revealed myself abruptly after more than a year behind the curtain. Well, behind the curtain would infer that I was working on and retooling this site for a grand re-opening. That was obviously not the case. What simply happened is I recently found the DC Scene 80's & 90's group on FB and uploaded an old You Tube :21 clip of Weasel. Well, that got my mojo going a bit. Then, when looking at an external drive that I don't connect much, I saw a folder labeled WHFS_digital_music. Well, I knew what this was and after scanning some of the titles, yesterday's post was born, abruptly.

So I edited the recording in WMM (Windows Movie Maker) then uploaded it to You Tube and then linked it to this blog. I liked how it looked, but I didn't like the related videos it showed after it played. Having a three year old in the house that uses my iPad often, I really hate how You Tube serves those related videos. Some are really not related at all except for the key words someone used to deceive.

What frustrated me was in the HTML design area on blogger.com, there's no uplink video option so I thought they changed and required you to link from another source rather than directly upload it. Well, a day later and a few clicks I found the video uploaded and decided to see if going directly from my computer to blogger.com worked, it did! So now I'll be posting Window's Media files directly to www.naplesgc.blogspot.com and we can rejoice there will be no "related" videos that appear after listening.

One more issue before we get to the next clip. This site is full of links to Megaupload and streaming links to eclips, both are dead now. For kicks, click on one of the download links, you'll see this: 

FBI Anti-Piracy Warning

So with this stern warning from the government, I will not be posting any downloadable content, just either streaming or uploaded content that can't be saved or downloaded. Also, you won't be hearing full length songs, I don't believe. I may have to do some research on that. If there are any sites or information that someone can point me to, please let me know. I would much rather upload an entire rip than have to edit out the music. I will say, if you hear a song or a recap of a song and like it and need it, please go to iTunes and buy it, support the bands and makers of the music we love. 

So, as this was an afterthought post, I'll make what was going to be my second post, my third post. 

Welcome back everyone, I hope your lives have been fulfilled since we have last communicated. 

Glenn

As always, please leave a comment what you thought of this post and a memory or two.

WHFS station break with Susan and a Dash-in Dan commercial

From late 1986 or early 1987. Susan starts out great then has a hard time remembering who stars in the movie Something Wild. A classic Dash-in Dan commercial (Dash-in Food Stores). Love the recap set. Radio like never before and never again.


So you may be here and see the other posts and wonder where all the music and clips went. Well, the hosting site was stormed and taken down so all the links are gone. The clips were stored on a site, eclips which seems to be dead, don't try to click on them. This blog was my passion for a while and had a good stream of visitors. Over a two year period I was able to obtain many vintage tape recordings of classic WHFS. I've digitized most them, leaving the tapes with mostly music and few dj's. It's funny to me, while WHFS played awesome music without walls, I love to hear the DJ's identify the music and banter with the thousands of listeners through the airwaves.

Most of what I'll start posting, through up-links to You Tube, will be DJ station breaks, music recaps, period commercials and concert calendars.

So, even with all I have going on, my family, a busy photography schedule and my day job, I'll attempt to upload some clips when I can. My photo site is www.gchristopherphotos.com, check it out.

Feel free to leave a comment here or better yet on the 80's, 90's DC scene music Facebook page.

Weasel running down local concerts at Richie Coliseum and The Bayou

April 20, 1983

Wow, great Penguin Feather commercial and concert update from Weasel (Not the concert calendar).

Penguin Feather commercial

At the Richie Coliseum 
U2
Dave Edmonds

Tickets available at Commander Salamander

At The Bayou 
Gary US Bonds
The Blasters
and more...

Clips are currently not available.

102.3 WHFS signing off on 07-14-1983

Here's the last 18 minutes of WHFS signing off from 102.3 on Cordell Ave in Bethesda. All the dj's are there to celebrate not the end, but the beginning of the next phase.

Does anyone know the last song played? The Velvet Underground's "If you close the door"

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The last 18 minutes of WHFS 102.3 signing off on 07-14-1983

Please leave some comments here - Oh, I have Weasel's last hours as well, stay tuned.

Classic WHFS when it was 102.3 on Cordell Ave in Bethesda

Because of the new found interest thanks to a post by Mike Yellin on the Facebook group "You know you grew up in Rockville, Maryland if you..." I have started updating my WHFS blog again and this time adding more streaming audio so you can listen and enjoy the tunes and dj's right from the site.

WHFS with dj Weasel at the helm this 20th day of April in the year 1983.

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This recording is part of the collection brought to us from Camarillo Brillo and includes  Albert Lee, Dave Edminds, Micky Jump, Rick Nelson, Kirsty McColl, Leroi Brothers, Joe Ely, Joe King Carossco, Big Bopper, Dire Straights. Click, close your eyes and go back to a time and place where anything could be played and was.

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Just as always, please post some comments.

The year was 1987 and these were the tunes

As perfectly written by Lefty - I thought why retype when I can use my new magic wand that my wife gave me for my birthday. She's glad to see I'm using it for something.

The year was 1987 and these were the tunes Side B

The year was 1987 and these were the tunes Side A

Let's get some comments going on this tape - download and let us know what you think.

WHFS Party Weekend 1990 style and more...

First of the Lefty collection - Thanks Lefty for the run down of songs and description of what we have here.

Track 5 (1990) - 7:06
Wild Weekend by The Rockin' Rebels
Until the Weekend by Nick Lowe
Party Weekend by Joe King Carrasco

From Weasel's 1990 afternoon show. This is great since I had already moved to FL when this aired. This is a variation of the Freaky Friday set with the 1963 version of "Wild Weekend" rather than the more common NRBQ version we heard so ofter in earlier years.

Party Weekend 1990 style

Track 1(1983) - 4:28
"Bob's Theme"
Bob used to play these two songs to start his early morning show: a Zydeco song followed by a somewhat Hawaiian-themed acoustic number.

"Lefty" says "I don't know the artists or titles, but would love to find out some day". Well Lefty, hopefully the knowledgeable music heads here on this site can help out.

"Bob's Theme"

Track 2 (1983) - 4:22
Take a walk on the Kosher side by Gefilte Joe and the Fish
Joe Lewis school of Elocution by the Rhino Brothers

This short set is followed up by Weasel

Two odd songs


Please please please, leave comments and thank Lefty for keeping WHFS alive!

More than a year later...

...I have received more WHFS goodies - thanks "Lefty", you know who you are. These were sent to me already dubbed onto CD so I ripped them to the computer today, the day I got them and now will start the posting process.

"Lefty" has done a super job documenting the songs and artists along with the DJ spinning the tunes. Let's give it up for "Lefty" as he's put a lot of work into these few tapes as well as documenting the entire Jeff M collection - stay tuned for that.

Of the two CD's I received today, one is labeled 1987 and the other is 1983 - 1990 odds. The latter contains about 15 minutes of 5 short sets including 7 minutes of Party Weekend while the 1987 CD includes two sides, one 31:28 and the other a solid 43:50 minutes featuring 12 songs from Billy Bragg, the Bo Deans to The Smiths and Violet Femmes. This is going in my car tomorrow without a doubt!

Check out the next post for the first of this set- Party Weekend from 1990.

Enjoy!!!!

WKDU Philadelphia

So, it seems those in Philly had WKDU in the 70s & 80's just as those of us in the DC area had WHFS. I had never heard of this station but from listening to the only tape sent I like what I heard. There's no DJ's on this upload, and as Jeff said, who would have known years later it would have cool to have the DJs, but the music speaks to their non-conformance to pop-top 40 stations. 

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKDU

WKDU is an award winning non-commercial college radio station located in Philadelphia, USA, broadcasting on 91.7 FM. It is owned and operated by Drexel University students, with several Drexel alumni among its on-air staff. It is the only free-format non-commercial FM station in Philadelphia.


WKDU's musical format is free-form, meaning that playlists are dictated solely by the taste of the on-air DJs. On an average day, one might hear punk, electronica, indie rock, acid jazz, J-pop or metal.

Get the tape here

As always - please leave a comment