My friend Phil posted a piece today on radio stations and personalities. Check it out at http://nwitimes.com/blogs/potempa/?p=38. It got me thinking about back in the 1990s when I used to listen to 103.1 WVVX with Scott Loftus. I posted a comment about this on Phil's blog but I thought I would take a stroll down memory lane here on my own blog. I remember the days when 103.1 used to be a spanish station during the day but at night it changed into something else, a whole different animal. Kind of like Bruce Wayne would turn into Batman, that spanish station would crossover to pure heavy rock at I believe 7 or 8 (I honestly don't recall the exact time). You would know that the change had occurred because there was an intro that was a staple in the station's routine. The station would then continue to defy the current standards set by 103.5 who played the same songs over and over and was very close to them on the dial. DJ Scott Loftus would take requests and play whatever the hell he and the people wanted and the end result was a station with great variety and real character. On the weekends, I remember there being segments like "One Off The B Side" where they would play all the B-sides and rare tracks from certain artists. WVVX was by far the best station that ever existed in my opinion. The only thing that plagued the station if I am remembering correctly, was funding to keep it going. There were many fans but no donations. Scott Loftus in an attempt to change the competition took a job at 103.5 and thus we saw the end of a great station. Scott resurfaced later on Q101 and now I have absolutely no idea what happened to him. If anyone knows or would like to share their memorys of WVVX, please comment to this post. I am anxious to hear if anyone else loved this station like me. Well, the only thing left to say is ROCK ON CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve
I am a really cool 33 year old guy from Westmont, IL, USA. My interests include music, computers, movies, and concerts.
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