We Want the Airwaves

"But after Dawn left for the Times this August, Max started doing what came naturally to a 'radio guy': He tightened up the format.
"The same shows name-checked by Rolling Stone this year in their citation of Indie as the best station in the country–Brent Bolthouse and Danny Masterson’s Feel My Heat, the Crystal Method’s Community Service, Rollins’ program–were either cancelled or moved from high-traffic weeknights into the weekend backwater. Joe Escalante, the intelligent host of Indie’s morning show, was relieved; he kept his advice show Barely Legal Radio on the strength of his advertising sponsor Legalzoom.com. The playlist was squeezed, and ’90s alt-rock–Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction–became the bedrock of the sound."

In LA CityBeat, Chris Morris predicts the demise of radio station Indie 103.1.