New Wave Outpost Forum

Is anybody from New York old enough to remember when for a few months in 1979 WPIX (I forgot the which number on the FM dial it was) was playing the best in cutting edge New Wave? For a brief moment in time there was a steady stream of Specials, XTC, Talking Heads, Selecter, Elvis Costello and other then current and up and coming artists. Compared to the other radio stations, it was a "Prague Spring" where for just a short while there was a chance for listeners here something different from montonous disco and ossified corporate rock. Alas, within a short time, the commercial pressure became too much and WPIX switched formats to just another disco station (which soon also proved to just as financially successful.

Bobby Retro
New York City

I moved back to NYC in Sept 79 and soon discovered WPIX-FM ("The next 100 years of Rock and Roll" IIRC).
Lisa Hamburger wasn't it?
Someone is writing a book about the station and its legacy.