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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 NJ STAGE - ISSUE 44 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 92