BigYawn

We lost one of the few remaining reasons to own a radio last week, as Los Angeles based Indie 103.1 went the way of the dinosaur. In true scumbag form, the station’s owners switched the programming to Spanish language content in the middle of the day without any warning, and the station is now known as El Gato 103. Sound familiar DC? Of course it does, because the exact same thing happened to 99.1 WHFS in 2005. Of course, HFS sucked by the time it was taken off the air. And rumor has it Indie 103 was slipping a bit as well, playing Soundgarden a little too much apparently. Indie 103 will be making a move to the web, minus their DJ’s though, so not sure what the point of a well stocked ipod is. I already own one of those.

I won’t take this opportunity to rant on terrestrial radio, anyone who knows me knows my feelings on the subject. While I love listening to WOXY and other stations on the web, until car stereos are able to pick up internet stations (I know the technology is out there, but until it is an everyday occurrence) with accuracy, I just don’t see web-only stations really catching on. And certainly not this one, as its DJ’s really made it what it was, especially the celebs like Henry Rollins and Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols. Without them, this one’s over.