I was competing against him. WBCN was a cultural phenomenon through its music, events, and personalitiesit united Boston. It was a Sunday night, Oedipus was hosting Nocturnal Emissions, and he played Never Say Never by Romeo Void. The Rob Carson Show Every Weekday Noon - 3PM on WCBM! A really good rating in Boston at the time was a 3- or a 4-point average. We're Back!!!! [8] During the following months, industry insiders, local media, and even WBCN's on air staff speculated that, in a matter of time, WBCN could see a format change, especially after the Boston Herald ran an article in the March 30, 2009, issue about WBCN's future, and the station airing a Top 40 format for a few hours the following day (April Fool's Day). We would all play a consistent amount of new music, and then there were times every hour when you could go to the outer library, which was 30,000 albums. When The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, they thanked him personally for their initial support in America. In 1979, the station was purchased by Hemisphere Broadcasting, who let go several longtime employees who they determined "non-essential." For those who lived in the listening area, which. WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. [16] On November 1, 2017, Beasley Media Group announced that it would trade WMJX to Entercom, in exchange for WBZ-FM (WBZ, WZLX, WRKO, and WKAF were acquired by iHeartMedia). But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. BONUS: After posting this aircheck I found an additional 90 minute cassette from earlier this same day (2:35pm-4:05pm) featuring Mark. But that changed the following year, when a [25] WBMX, WODS, and WAAF were retained by Entercom, while sister stations WBZ and WZLX, as well as WKAF and WRKO, were spun off to iHeartMedia (WBZ-FM would be traded to Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for WMJX, making WBMX and WMJX sister stations. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. I made this tape, because in the early 80s I moved to the West Coast and I wanted to take a bit of Boston Radio with me. When we moved out, they were taking all the old records out of the cabinets in the studios. Declining ratings and belt-tightening at the former Rock of Boston led to Parenteau being let go in 1997. But Duane Glasscock is a fucking idiot. He then moved to the legendary WBCN-FM/Boston where he won three Boston Achievement in Radio Awards and was the Executive Producer of New England Patriots Radio Network. Are you playing with a full deck? Active rock accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 digital subchannel. Della Chiesa is still active in classical music broadcasting on WCRB. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. tation history Before the middle 1960s, the station played classical music exclusively. Van Morrison would come by a lot. Exec at RAB in NYC Tom Couch 1976-82 Production Manager at WXRT,Chicago Peter Choyce 1978-88 Air Talent,Las Vegas Carolyn Fox 1991-93 Air Talent,Providence RI Jerry "The Duke of Madness" Goodwin 1977-81 Air Talent,WCGY,Lawrence MA Eddie Gordetsky 1978-82 Comedy Writer in NYC and LA Kenny Greenblatt 1968-1979 deceased Tommy Hadges 1968-78 President of Pollack Media Group in LA Tami Heidi 1977-79 1984-91 Air Talent,KROQ in LA John "Hoch" Hoccheimer 1972 Professor at Ithaca College in Itaca,NY Kate Ingram 1979-81 Harmonic Converge,San Francisco Eric Jackson 1973-75 Air Talent,WGBH-FM Boston J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston Lisa Carlin 1980-82 TV commentator in NYC Charlie Kendall 1978-79 Radio Station Owner in Mississippi Sam Kooper 1968-73 National Media Relations 1987-90 Spokeperson in Boston, Bob Kranes 1982-86 A&R,Polygram in NYC Charles Laquidara 1969-76 1977-Present Air Talent,6-10am Kathryn Lauren 1985-87 Air Talent,WHFS,Annapolis,MD Maurice Lewis 1989-91 Boston Food Bank Larry "Cha-Chi" Loprete 1982-Present Air Talent,Host of WBCN's "Get Back to The Beatles" heard on Sundays. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. The jocks now are continually selling you something. But we were also out in public. While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 - July 26, 2006) was a Boston -based professional astrologer and radio personality . When several large advertisers pulled spots, and the union filed a challenge to Hemisphere's license (pointing out that by forcing the staff out on strike, Hemisphere had created a situation where it could not provide the public service it was required to), Hemisphere relented, the fired staffers were rehired and the DJs went back on the air. And once you control everything, you dont need to be creative, you dont need to be dynamic, you dont need to deal with a bunch of weird characters. Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN.Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director atWMMR,Phila.Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC.Jimmy Mack 1977-81 deceasedKevin Malvey 1992 Air Talent,WBOS-FM BostonPhil Marlowe 1989 Air Talent,WCCC-FM HartfordDaryl "Cosmic Muffin" Martini 1977-82 1985-present Astrological ReporterDanny McCloskey 1977-82,1987 Student in S.F.Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites.Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NYPatrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air TalentHarold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. The station's battle of the bands' competition, the Rock 'n' Roll Rumble, survived the station's demise. I said, Paul, the guy singing with the high falsetto voice sounds like hes Mark Farner, a Grand Funk Railroad wannabe. The song was More Than a Feeling from the band Boston. *Howard Stern (born January 12, 1954). Its most famous alumnus was Peter Wolf, a rhythm-and-blues and blues fanatic who not only knew the music but performed it as lead singer and songwriter for the J. Geils Band. [2] Although he initially believed astrology to be "stupid" and asinine", he later became hooked. Now its just the luck of the draw. Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), 5. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. Please help : need gm300 personality file, 11. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. . The arrival of shock-jock Howard Sterns syndicated show to mornings that same year created a schizophrenic entity of WBCN, with community-based concern and music vs. callous commercialism and coarse talk. Rhapsody and Pandora and Spotify arent going to go away, but they are jukeboxes. and Cooper. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast .more #46 of 164 The Best Talk Show Hosts Of Daytime, Late Night, and All Time #37 of 61 Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB. WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands . WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. HD Radio substations on the FM frequencies changed as well: This was done to make room for an all-sports talk format at the 98.5 FM frequency, known as "98.5 The Sports Hub" WBZ-FM. It looks like nothing was found at this location. The freedom that they had. WWBX-HD3 airs "Tomorrow's Hits Today," a CHR format that focuses on the very latest hits prior to their ascension to the top of the charts. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. Boston Globe. Duane Glasscock is fired. WBCN is a CBS Radio station. I didnt have $10. WBMX moved all of its subchannels with it from 98.5 to 104.1: "Mix" on analog and HD-1, "The '80s Channel" on HD-2, and "The Sky" on HD-3. He is on the Board of Advisors for Community Servings, an organization that feeds Boston-area families with acute life-threatening illnesses, and a former member of the Board of Overseers for the Huntington Theatre Company,[6] advisory member of The Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville and the Boston Music Awards. Lets drop a pumpkin, lets drop some cash, lets drop some acid.I always thought it would have been good to put a recording device on the station intercom. Literally. Charles Laquidara was the biggest star of them all. ; Best QB's vs. the spread; Debating Derrick Henry. People really related to that. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. Originally broadcasting on analog 104.1 MHz (now WWBX) from 1968 to 2009, and later broadcasting as a digital-only radio station, airing on WBZ-FM HD2 from 2009 to 2017. Regular and special guests chat with me . Everybody, send a bag of shit to Arbitron. Duane gave out the exact address, every break, for four hours. On August 11, 2009following a weeklong farewell from many of the stations past contributorsWBCN died to the strains of Pink Floyds Shine On You Crazy Diamond.. If there was a skirmish with police, people could call and say, I was there and this is what happened. There was an immediacy to it. After five years at MTV, Jackson returned to Los Angeles radio, JJ's first gig after MTV was 106 KWST then at KROQ-FM in 1987, then as program director of modern rock/alternative station KEDG ("The Edge") until May 1989. The union produced one son. A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. Contents 1 Early life 2 Radio career 3 Illness and death 4 Personal life 5 References Early life [ edit] Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. I dont know how I would have developed differently had I not had the BCN experience. None of the Alligators. I thought the song was appropriate.. He was called the unofficial sixth member of Aerosmith by virtue of his close friendships with the members of the Boston-based band. I dont want to say it was nonstop partying. [4] When same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, Martinie and Boesel married. It felt more like a bank. That fall, Segal and Kopper hired J. J. Jackson as a disc jockey. Peter Wolf aka The Woofa Goofa - WBCN Radio DJ. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LABradley Jay 1984-Present Air TalentMadge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM BostonLisa Carlin 1980-82 TV commentator in NYCCharlie Kendall 1978-79 Radio Station Owner in MississippiSam Kooper 1968-73 National Media Relations 1987-90 Spokeperson in Boston, Bob Kranes 1982-86 A&R,Polygram in NYCCharles Laquidara 1969-76 1977-Present Air Talent,6-10amKathryn Lauren 1985-87 Air Talent,WHFS,Annapolis,MDMaurice Lewis 1989-91 Boston Food BankLarry "Cha-Chi" Loprete 1982-Present Air Talent,Host of WBCN's "Get Back to The Beatles" heard on Sundays. Is it a music station? at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's college station WTBS (today WMBR ). Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. Also, former radio personalities Bob Rivers and Peter Zipfel of "Bob & Zip" fame, Greg Hill, Danielle Murr, Lyndon "LB" Byers, Spaz (Anthony Parziale) and Kevin Barbare from the "Hill-Man". But I remember my parents changing the station. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? The station was more commercial and "programmed" by this point, but still retained some of its progressive energy and edge. During the autumn months, WBCN became more focused on sports as the station broadcast the games of the NFL's New England Patriots beginning in 1995. Syndicated shock jock Howard Stern turned mornings into all-talk radio. We were next door to an Acura dealership. That played the clubs. June 18, 1996. Since then:Director of special projects for the Phoenix Media/Communications Group; director of the David Bieber Archives. For a brief period during that transition, Charles Laquidara, who was acting program director hired Robert "Bo" Burlingham as news director. Jocks werent shy about getting political, either, ranting about Vietnam and apartheid, and sometimes becoming news themselves. Everybody listened to WBCN. We all wish we could have been around in the 70s and 80s. Now they can actually afford to put out a halfway decent independent record which gets noticed by the major label, and now they get signed by the major label and become stars. When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. WBCN's last four days on analog radio were celebration and retrospective shows highlighting WBCN's history. They were the first same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Saugus.[3]. On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. It didnt have that cool radio vibe. The Police, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash. Im thinking about retiring, and just managing this group and trying to get them going on tour. He puts this cassette in. Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. That means I've been on the radio for 25 years. However, on January 29, 2016, "WBCN Free Form Rock" was dropped from WZLX-HD3 and flipped to adult standards as "The Lounge." This article on a dance music disc jockey is a stub. Carolla, on Loveline after earlier attempts at traditional stand-up comedy, eschewed traditional stand-up methods, such as scripted comedic bits. WBCN's first rock program director, Sam Kopper, was Program Director of WBCN Free Form Rock until the channel was discontinued on January 29, 2016. We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. (It was also rumored that Hemisphere's FCC lawyers had vetoed the course of action advised by Hemisphere's labor lawyers). WBCN's programming on 104.1 ended after midnight on August 12, 2009, WBMX then moved to 104.1 two hours later (the WBCN call letters were then transferred to the Charlotte station), with WBZ-FM launching the next day. The members of the Boston-based band Media/Communications Group ; Director of the Boston-based band Media/Communications Group Director., Host of `` Heavy metal from Hell '' on Saturday nites retiring, and sometimes becoming news.. 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