Musicians weren’t the only ones
to remember though. Once
word started to trickle out about
the documentary, fans of the sta-
tion began flocking to the film’s
Facebook Page. The tiny 2,300
watt station that stopped broad-
casting 35 years ago has 27,000
fans currently on the Facebook
page - many sharing their own
personal stories of what WHFS
meant to them.
That passion goes way beyond
the music. The station was a
true community with discussion
boards. They had ride boards,
job boards, housing boards, lost
pet boards, etc. The music was
the soundtrack of a generation
embattled in a period of major
change.
“If you look at the Facebook
age, it’s amazing what people
have said about how WHFS
changed their lives completely
- musically, politically, socially,
culturally in many different
ways,” said Schlossberg. “I re-
Listen to a broadcast of Spiritus Cheese on WHFS from 1969
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