It was also rather short lived.
With the exception of a few radio
stations, most moved from free
form to a more structured playl-
ist in the 1970s. One station that
stayed free form was WHFS 102.3
- a small station based in the
large market of Washington, DC.
That station remained free form
until 1983 and its story is told in
the upcoming documentary Feast
Your Ears: The Story of WHFS
102.3 by Jay Schlossberg, a New
Jersey native (raised in Chatham)
who moved to Maryland in 1969.
In 1983, the station left Bethes-
da for Annapolis and moved to
99.1 on the radio dial. A new
generation fell in love with its
alternative rock and roll playl-
ist. The station was no longer
free form and was often pro-
grammed in advance as op-
posed to purely live on the air.
The documentary only focuses
on what is called the station’s
golden age - the period when
the freeform started in the late
sixties up until the change in
1983.
Watch the trailer for Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3
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