‘Net gain

More than a year later, Y100Rocks.com survives with an all volunteer staff

By Danny Adler

Philly EDGE Correspondent

Let’s face it, Y100 wasn’t perfect. There was no J. Mascis and the Fog or Descendents. But for those who hate Aerosmith and would rather go deaf than have to sit through another Led Zeppelin song, Y100, before it was yanked off the air on February 24, 2005, provided an outlet for alternative rock music by playing everything from Stone Temple Pilots and Foo Fighters to Rancid and Bad Religion.

Just over a year ago, when alt-music fans tuned in to find Philly’s only alternative station blaring hip-hop and R&B as The Beat (FM-100.3), Y100 promotional director and DJ Josh T. Landow was busy fighting back by creating Y100Rocks.com, an internet radio station that wants to bring buzzing guitars back to the Delaware Valley.

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