The Top 99.1 of 1992 was very well received by WHFS listening audience, so the 1993 program was little changed from the prior year's editions. This year the Just Passin' Thru series ran first, starting at 10AM, followed by the Top 99.1 at Noon. Johnny Riggs (arggh!) kicked it off, followed by Zoltar, the Brother From Another Planet, and then by Will Robinson ("Danger Will Robinson"), sporting his new tattoo and "piercing in the unholiest of places," none of which he remembered getting at all, much to the amusement of Brother Zoltar. Some things that were different: The commercial-free day was not repeated, and there were no inside-produced parody songs. Full disclosure: I snipped a few commercials from the top 18 songs to make them fit within a 200-MB file, in such a way as not to alter the basic feel of the program. Another small difference: "A look back from the station that's always looking forward" changed to "A look back from the station that's always looking ahead." This was a small change that made a big difference for the better, in this blogger's opinion. This phrase stuck around for several years before giving way to "The Rock of the New Millennium" a few years from now.
Will Robinson carried on the WHFS programming after the countdown ended, of which we captured about two hours before the tape expired. If you enjoy this program, please post a comment with your nickname ... think if it as signing a guest book. Thanks!
--jkw
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -1- Just Passin' Thru Part 1.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -2- Just Passin' Thru Part 2.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -3- Top 99.1 to 83.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -4- Top 82 to 67.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -5- Top 66 to 51.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -6- Top 50 to 39.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -7- Top 38 to 19.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -8- Top 18 to Number One.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -9- Will Robinson on WHFS.mp3
WHFS Top 99.1 of 1993 -A- Will Robinson on WHFS.mp3
this blog is the best thing to happen to me in 2014. all other listening has ceased in order to make way for these wonderful trips down memory lane. just hearing gina crash's voice is enough to set my nostalgia wheels spinning--all of the songs that i forgot (because...let's face it...they're forgettable), all of the ones that i still know every word to and love endlessly, the commercials for mcdonald's and the clinton campaign, my god, it's such a source of bliss. grateful i am to you, jkw.
ReplyDeleteShe said it wonderfully ... hate to remember, love to forget. While we're talking about Crash, go check out the very beginning of the 1992 retrospective ... there's a bit of mayhem around the CD containing the 99.1th song ... listening to it I'm not sure if Riggs misplaced it or if she hid it from him. What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting these. It's been really fun listening to these tapes, and it inspired me to post text versions of the lists that weren't available on RockLists.com to my blog.
Quick question: I was unable to open one of the files for this list, so there's a gap of songs missing in my post. Could you let me know what numbers 51 to 67 were? It would help me a lot.
Oh right, the post:
ReplyDeletehttp://pastradioplaylists.blogspot.com/2015/08/bonus-whfs-top-991-songs-of-1993.html
Hey Nick, I just verified the link to the file containing numbers 66 to 51, and it does work. Please try again. I like that you are posting the lists on your blog. I have actually never gotten motivated that way, I just enjoy listening to them :).
ReplyDeleteHi J, I tried the link again and it did work. Now the list is complete. Thank you very much.
DeleteThis is the second post I've googled of your blog in order to find sex is dandy. I can't get the links to work. Do you have the song?? I am looking everywhere for it.
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