Another good radio station is gone

The message played on the radio must have come as a sad shock to people tuned in to 103.1:
"This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience - Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately."
Entravision announced this past week that it was removing INDIE 103.1 from Southern California airwaves, replacing the alternative music station with a regional Mexican format branded as "EL GATO 103.1."
Although Indie's staff promised to continue the station on the Internet, I think the change marks a sad day for radio.
On any given day, Indie 103.1 would play something like THE CURE followed by EZRA FURMAN & THE HARPOONS.
You just couldn't find that type of mix on terrestrial radio.
The station also boasted a number of celebrity presenters, notably Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols ("JONESY'S JUKEBOX") and Henry Rollins ("HARMONY IN MY HEAD").
Whenever I listened to Indie 103.1, I was reminded of the spirit of the great alternative station of my youth, THE QUAKE in San Francisco.
It went off the air, too.
Find Indie 103.1 online by clicking here, I hope.