J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
This got me to remember how important 103.1 WVVX with Scott Loftus was to me in the 80s in Chicagoland. I think they only were on from 8pm to like 2am and the rest of the time the station was a political or religious station.
It was on this channel that you'd also hear all the metal bands that were not big on the radio or MTV (until Headbangers started in '87). It was this station that got me to wait at the door at Sound Warehouse for Mindcrime to come out. Other bands that station opened the door would be Metal Church, Testament, Fates Warning to name a few.
It was the death of these types of stations and lack of internet that made much of the 90s a dead zone for new music me. Just didn't hang around enough metal fans to hear much by word of mouth during that time.
Good ol' VVX! The problem I had with that station was it was mono. It was an FM station, but was mono. Still a great place to pick up on new stuff.That, and Kerrang magazine! Ahhh the good ol' days!