Issue date: 9/15/06 Section: A & E

Media Credit: LIAM SWEENEY

Y100 is back on the airwaves on 88.5 WXPN. Y100 became a memory to many devoted listeners on Feb. 24, 2005. Petitions were posted and complaints were made but Y100 was no more.

"I was upset when Y100 was taken off the air because it was the only station that I listened to," said senior marketing major Megan O'Neil. "I felt that there was no need for another hip-hop and R&B station."

Y100 was indeed turned into 100.3 The Beat. The Beat formerly was aired on 103.9 FM and continued to be a hip-hop and R&B radio station.

A short time after the alternative rock station was cancelled, Y100rocks.com was created where alternative rock fans could listen online to their music. This website was created by the former program director for Y100 and WDRE, Jim McGuinn, according to Yrockonxpn.org

Now, 18 months after the passing of Y100, WXPN 88.5 FM has brought the beloved radio station back to life - almost. XPN is a member-supported radio station that comes out of the University of Pennsylvania.

They call it Yrock on XPN, and it was created by former Y100 disc jockeys, some devoted listeners and of course, McGuinn. Alternative rock fans can once again hear bands like The Red Hot Chili Peppers and New Found Glory. Yrock is played on XPN on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 8-11 p.m. and Friday nights from 7-11 p.m.

To celebrate the return of the music, the DJs of the new Yrock radio show threw a party for the first airing of Yrock at The World Café Live on Aug. 30 where there was food, drink specials, bands and Y100 memorabilia. Hundreds of fans showed up to show their support for McGuinn and the new radio show according to Yrockonxpn.org.

XPN has access to concert tickets for bands like My Chemical Romance, Alice in Chains, Shiny Toy Guns and more. These are the bands that alternative rock fans missed the most and now they are back and making thousands of people happy again.

Yrock on XPN has a myspace.com profile, www.myspace.com/yrockonxpn, where fans have left a multitude of comments on how they feel about the new radio station. O'Neil also commented on how she feels about Yrock on XPN.

"It is not the same but I am glad to have it back, even if it is only for a few nights a week," O'Neil said.

It is true, Y100 has come back from the dead and has taken on another airwave, 88.5 FM. On Sept. 1, the PECO building at 2301 Market St. was scheduled to run an advertisement welcoming back Y100 to Philadelphia. Now fans are just patiently waiting and hoping for the return of the Y100 Feztival.

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