is no more...they went out of buessness

I just heard about this today as well. What the hell no more hfstivals, no more nutcrakers. WHFS was the station of my youth, and now all I get is some damn spanish music. If you go to http://www.whfs.com it transfer you to the new site, they dont even explain what happened or nothing...


EDIT:
I Found this on anouther website, I knew ratings had been droping a little but I didnt know they droped so bad that they would switch formats, and non the less all spanish.......

"HFS Goes Spanish - 1/12 - At noon Wednesday, Infinity killed off alternative rock WHFS (99.1 FM). It's now Spanish language El Zol, with "a current hit blend of Caribbean and Central American dance music." Check out whfs.com. "We have made clear our desire to expand into this burgeoning market and believe this move marks an important step in our commitment to Spanish radio," said Joel Hollander, president and chief operating officer of Infinity. "There exists a tremendous opportunity for Infinity to launch a Spanish-language format in Washington DC where almost 10 percent of the population is not being directly served. El Zol will be the most powerful Spanish radio station in the area and will provide listeners with the music, entertainment, and information relevant to the many segments of the Latino culture." Spanish Broadcasting System served as a consultant to and advised Infinity on the reformatting of the station. Infinity announced a strategic alliance with SBS in October 2004, which included an equity interest in the largest Hispanic-controlled radio broadcasting company in the USA. No word about what will happen to the old WHFS airstaff, although there are rumblings that the morning Junkies may move back to Infinity talker WJFK-FM. WHFS was born in the 1960s on 102.3 FM in Bethesda, and became a maverick free-form progressive rocker by the early 1970s. It moved to Annapolis-based 99.1 FM in 1983. After a variety of owners, it evolved into a mainstream alternative rock outlet serving both DC and Baltimore, with studios in Lanham. During the past years, however, its ratings have slumped, particularly in the DC market."

Click Here to listen to the last minute of whfs broadcasting

Jeremy

haha 98 rock keeps cuttin on them....app they went of the air at 12:05 today and now.....ADIOS MUCHACHOS but yea what the hell happened

Hell, I didn't even know this was going on. I listen to Sirius almost 24/7 now. Who needs AM and FM anymore when its coming from Outer Space!

Now, everyone in the DC Metro area will have to find another place to smoke up other than HFS Events.

WTF!!! They just changed over at noon. I don't get that at all, they said their ratings were "slipping" I didn't care much for the guys in the morning but I did still listen to the satation. Those guys did't even know what was coming. Gotta love corporate America.

So what are they gonna do baout the festival, it was one of the biggest shows around, even though the past couple of years haven't been that great.

I am not too excited about the new format, totaly spanish.....Who did te marketing research on this one. I know that some condultant some where made the decesion and all you guys know how I feel about consultants here lately!!!!

Looks who is back.. Http://www.whfs.com

It aint like it used to be but i guess it is better then nothing.

Jeremy

Yeah, I heard about this on the news the other night. Enough people bitched about it so they broadcast on the air during certain hours of the day, but 24/7 on the internet (probably won't last)... But some people still work there. But, I'm sure this is probably the end of HFStivals. Which would not be bad anyways because it has gotton progressively a younger and younger crowd everytime.

Well it has either gotton ounger and younger, or we have gotton older and older. What I think we were 17 or something the first time we went. Damn the first one I went to was almost 6 years ago.

Jeremy

I heard that 99.1 is still on the air some of the time. They used to be a "under ground" music station and I was told that they are back to that same type of music station. Most of the time it's the Spanish station, and I think late at night they switch to Alteritive.

Yeah, they broadcast on 105.7 in the evenings and weekends and I think on AOL Radio too. I think enough people complained about taking them off the air that they put them back on at limited times.