The home of NU Rock, NU 107 signed off the air one week ago. Today, I would have been listening to the station via Remote Control Weekend. But alas, today I am not. Last Sunday, they aired their last song, Huling El Bimbo by the Eraserheads. Fans were at the studio singing together and chanting, 'More!' and lit up 107 candles as a tribute to the station.NU is one of the only two radio stations that I actually listen to (one of which is 995 RT). Now I'm down to one because I'm not fond of the so-called masa stations that are coming out like mushrooms. Quite frankly, since the onslaught of these masa stations, the Philippine standards for DJ's considerably went down. I find masa station DJ voices very annoying especially when they laugh.
NU programs that catered to different tastes though they did play genres of the rock kind. They had stots for the up and coming bands in In The Raw, the faithful in Against The Flow, requests in Remote Control Weekend, and many more. Of course let's not forget the 17-year run of the NU Rock Awards.
It was said that NU or at least 107.5 will go back on air with a different format. However, I believe that it will never top the 23-year run of the Home of NU Rock.
In the words of one of my friends, "Itaas ang lighter!"
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