― Douglas, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ron, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
This didn't save my life by any means but I was reminded of the format change that happened when I was in high school and how freaky it was. did not know there was a documentary about it?! May 12, 1992 -- I felt like it was in spring and was pleased to discover I was right! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WENZ
107.9 The End107.9 The End logoOn May 12, 1992, the station changed its callsign to WENZ and flipped its format to alternative rock, branding itself as "107.9 The End".[3] Both the branding and callsign reflected the station's position on the FM dial. In March 1996, Ardman would sell the station to Clear Channel Communications. Both the inception and the demise of The End were stunted: with both format changes, the station broadcast a 24-hour loop of R.E.M.'s song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". A documentary film made about The End, entitled The End of the World As We Knew It, was released in 2009 and featured many of the former staffers and jocks.[4]
107.9 The End logoOn May 12, 1992, the station changed its callsign to WENZ and flipped its format to alternative rock, branding itself as "107.9 The End".[3] Both the branding and callsign reflected the station's position on the FM dial. In March 1996, Ardman would sell the station to Clear Channel Communications. Both the inception and the demise of The End were stunted: with both format changes, the station broadcast a 24-hour loop of R.E.M.'s song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". A documentary film made about The End, entitled The End of the World As We Knew It, was released in 2009 and featured many of the former staffers and jocks.[4]
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 14 February 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
The radio station that actually changed my life was 89.1 WAPS
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 14 February 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
dumb question maybe but did that used to be a common thing, for stations to announce a format change by playing one song on repeat for an extended period? I remember when I was in high school one station we all listened to did that by playing "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc on repeat for a few days straight and we were all excited and baffled, and then when it stopped it was a new station.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 14 February 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
WTJU in Charlottesville VA definitely changed my life
― sleeve, Friday, 14 February 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
I'm grateful for WFMU every day. Discovered it about 17 years ago.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 14 February 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
yeah can't say it 'saved' my life exactly but FMU certainly looms larger over the course of my life than any other single music-related entity
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
WXDU actually did, plus soft spots for WFMU, KFAI and CKUT
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link