For music fans who came of age in the late '80s and '90s, only one radio station served up rock music raw and loud. NU 107 was the voice of a generation, with DJs playing rock music to an audience hungry for it.
Starting with a lot of New Wave and then eventually playing grunge, alternative, punk, indie, and many other sub-genres of the catch-all term of rock, NU 107 began in 1987 and survived and thrived through the 1990s and 2000s. The speakers fell silent on November 2010, when the frequency eventually mutated into the more mainstream Win Radio, and later Wish 107.5.
But it seems if the pandemic is good for anything, it's resurrecting what people loved from the past and letting fans reminisce and appreciate how good they had it way back when (Consider all the virtual reunions happening, like beloved TV shows like The Office, Parks & Recreation, The Nanny, et cetera).
This time, it's the stalwarts of NU 107's turn.
An under-the-radar mini-reunion between jocks of the defunct station reportedly happened on May 3 organized by Marcelline Taylor, who was the station's former special events director. While the first get-together wasn't exactly publicized, the next NU 107 virtual hangout was posted on the radio station's Facebook page. But if you missed the Dekada '90 Reunion on May 17, then you have another chance to listen to your favorite 2000s DJs on May 23, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m, through NU 107's Facebook page.
Francis Reyes, guitarist of The Dawn and a familiar voice in the roster of NU 107 on-air talents, invited friends and followers to this virtual reunion on his Facebook page on May 15. "Hopefully we can set up a grand virtual reunion with all batches," he said.
NU 107's '00s Rock Down Reunion is happening on May 23 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on NU 107's Facebook page.
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