When WWCF began operation, one of our central goals was to provide a radio experience akin to that of WHFS 102.3 FM out of Bethesda, Maryland, which we were devoted fans of back in the day (when it was “a good place to hang your ears.”) We certainly weren’t the only fans of “HFS,” and there’s a documentary celebrating the station’s pioneering progressive era available through PBS.

Fans of Bethesda’s beloved and influential free-form progressive rock radio station, WHFS-FM 102.3, will be able to see what they were hearing when regional PBS station WETA broadcasts the feature-length documentary Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM multiple times in mid-September.

The documentary is scheduled to premiere at 9 p.m. Sept. 14 and will be available to stream for free that day on the PBS app, according to WETA. It is also set to air at 2 p.m. Sept. 15, 9 p.m. Sept. 16 and 3 p.m. Sept. 17. Early streaming access on the PBS app with WETA Passport begins Sept. 1 . 

The film follows the station through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s and includes new interviews with local and national musicians, fans and record executives detailing the influence of the station, which went off the air in Bethesda in 1983. It will also air on the WETA Passport streaming library and will be available on-demand on the PBS Video App.