WHFS was the call sign for three successive FM stations in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore markets that broadcast on various frequencies for nearly 50 years. The first station in the area to broadcast in FM stereo, it was long a progressive rock station.

WHFS, starting out on the 102.3 frequency, was the first multiplex stereo station in the Washington D.C. area. The station did not land on its current 99.1 frequency until over twenty years later when the staff moved from Bethesda to Annapolis.

Sep 22, 2016 · WHFS (Washington High Fidelity Stereo) began broadcasting on November 11, 1961 at 102.3 on the FM dial. It was the first FM station in the D.C. area, and its play format included classical during the day, jazz at night, and middle-of-the-road music, known in the industry as MOR.

Sep 8, 2016 · If you grew up in the Washington, DC, area in the 1960s and 1970s, as did this reporter, there was one consistently hip radio station that the cool people listened to: WHFS, broadcasting from...

Jan 24, 2018 · After changing owners a few times, the plant officially closed its doors in 1978. Mention the call letters “WHFS” to music lovers of a certain age, and don’t be surprised if a smile instantly...

WHFS, starting out on the 102.3 frequency, was the first multiplex stereo station in the Washington D.C. area. The station did not land on its current 99.1 frequency until over twenty years later when the staff moved from Bethesda to Annapolis.

WHFS, whose call letters stood for Hi Fidelity Stereo, went on the air in 1961 as an easy listening station at 102.3 FM. Back then, the station broadcast from a second-floor studio at Triangle Towers , an apartment building on Cordell Avenue .

Aug 24, 2016 · The idea to tell the WHFS story came to Schlossberg some 30 years later after seeing a group photo on Facebook of the iconic station’s DJs, taken at the April 20, 2013 Record Day celebration at Joe’s Record Paradise in Silver Spring.

Oct 3, 2024 · WHFS Feast Your Ears. The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM

WHFS first started broadcasting on November 11, 1961, out of Bethesda, Maryland. Since it was the first station in the Washington, DC, area to broadcast in FM stereo, its adopted call sign was Washington High Fidelity Stereo, or WHFS.