The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. The station, programmed by BCN's original 1969 program director, Sam Kopper, began airing in February 2009 as "WBCN Free Form 104", airing, until the demise of the original WBCN, on 104.1 HD2. Along with Andrew Kopkind, John Scagliotti, Bill Lichtenstein, and Marsha Steinberg, the news department evolved radically, introducing such novel concepts as a show oriented toward prison inmates, health warnings about the hazards of street drugs, a lost pet-finding service called the Cat and Dog Report, a travelers' aid service called the Travelers' Friend, live updates on the traffic problems at Woodstock, and by 1970, live-to-air concert broadcasts. The WBCN Strike Alliance was set up in a house just down the street from Boston College. I remember when I first played Roxanne on the air, people thought it was the end of the world. The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. Duane got 13. Throughout its years the station featured larger-than-life radio personalities such as Charles Laquidara, Mark Parenteau, Ken Shelton, and Oedipus. 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. Famous People with Tinnitus Adam Carolla Age: 58 Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. The 104.1MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. That fall, Segal and Kopper hired J. J. Jackson as a disc jockey. Segal's West Coast radical radio consciousness infused the early 'BCN. He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. That killed radio. And you kept me! Anyway, he ended up firing Duane, but in less than three weeks he ended up bringing him back. He was the oldest of five children. Paul Sferruzza, known as Tank of Boston, died peacefully in his home in Dover, NH at the age of 67, last week after a period of declining health. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. But now radio is more of a specialized thing. It was never a one-way experience. How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. Since then:Sports reporter for WATD and WBCN Free Form Rock, now retired. You have to be exceeding your success. By the 1990s, WBCN was at a crossroads. 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. 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. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. When we moved out, they were taking all the old records out of the cabinets in the studios. It was about everybody. . No one could say he wasnt one of the best DJs in the country, said Parenteaus former BCN colleague Charles Laquidara. It was programmed by. Back in the day, Charles was really my mentor. 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. But we like you because youre intelligent and youre not afraid to take chances. Who says that today? The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. Charles Laquidara was the biggest star of them all. Active rock accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 digital subchannel. It then mutated over the years into what was called. Regular and special guests chat with me . On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. We're Back!!!! But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. (#921058) WIVY Jacksonville, "Y103" AC Early 1991 35 min. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. Rich Curtis. The station lost some of its longtime listeners (who migrated to the now co-owned WZLX, where former WBCN DJs Laquidara and Carter Alan had gone), but quickly gained credibility among many younger people. In 2007, the station was nominated for the Top 25 Markets Alternative Station of the Year Award by Radio & Records magazine. Every night, these same jocks rode in vans plastered with the BCN logo, straight to the towns hottest gigs to greet packs of fans. On September 14, 2009, WBCN split from WFNZ and became "America's Talk", a conservative-leaning talk station. ", In 1993 Martinie was named "Official Astrologer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" by Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld. From February 26, 1991, to December 3, 2017, the "Mix" format in Boston used the callsign WBMX. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. The "album" had been compiled out of material the Beatles recorded in London in January 1969, the same sessions that would be used to create the Beatles' Let It Be album which was released in May 1970. 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. Bill would see benefits restored by Seth Moulton bill, Denver gang member gave 14-year-old permission to open fire on woman with AR-15 after fender-bender, DA alleges, In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment. HD digital radio technology, introduced commercially in . In order to keep the intellectual property of WBCN intact, without another station in Boston making claim to it, CBS Radio parked the WBCN call letters on WFNA, a station located at 1660 AM in Charlotte, North Carolina. They were totally my peers. Youve seen the movie Almost Famous. The freedom that they had. So did blues icons like B.B. For a long time, WBCN successfully balanced new and old music (featuring the slogan "Classic to Cutting Edge"). "J. WBCN also launched The Toucher and Rich Show, a new locally produced comedy-based afternoon drive time show starring Fred Toettcher and Rich Shertenlieb. In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. You have a world with just the Eagles. The first DJs operated out of studios at 171 Newbury Street and included Peter Wolf in his pre-stardom days, Jim Parry, Al Perry, Tommy Hadges, Sam Kopper and Steve Segal. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Raz?. There wasnt bitterness; there was just sadness at the end. I didnt get paid to do it, but it was that kind of important experience for me. All the records are still in there, a lot of the old reel-to-reel machines, a lot of the old tapes and commercials and their reel-to-reel boxes. The old DJs, station IDs, and classic rock were gutted, replaced by an alternative music format featuring new, younger jocks. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. WBCN's programming in 1971-72 bore little relationship to the Billboard Hot 100 or any other conventional programming. Music DirectorTom "T" Semper 1981-83 Air Talent,WSHE in MiamiPaul "Tank" Sferruzza 1981-85 1986-Present Sports DirectorLisa Traxler 1983-89 Air Talent,WZLX-FM in BostonDebbie Ulman 1971 Air Talent,Olreans,MADina Vaprin 1971-73 1979-82 Asst. Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality. [1], In 1972 he entered a Benedictine monastery with the intention of becoming a monk, but left after only nine months. 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. 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 On March 15, 1968, a failing classical music station, WBCN-FM, was reinvented as Boston's first voice in radical underground radio, and its influence quickly spread nationally. He gave me confidence to find my own style. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. 104.1 WBCN - WBCN 104.1 FM ("104.1 WBCN") is a radio station licensed to Boston, MA. What about the Raiders? WBCN wasnt just the jocks and engineers and sales and support staff. I was turquoise. And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. Jimmy Mack 1977-81 deceased Kevin Malvey 1992 Air Talent,WBOS-FM Boston Phil Marlowe 1989 Air Talent,WCCC-FM Hartford Daryl "Cosmic Muffin" Martini 1977-82 1985-present Astrological Reporter Danny McCloskey 1977-82,1987 Student in S.F. Ut velit metus, lacinia ac nibh a, lacinia scelerisque diam. Peter Wolf aka The Woofa Goofa - WBCN Radio DJ. After arriving in the city he began performing horoscope readings to employees of the state welfare department in exchange for them keeping him on the welfare rolls. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. It gave people points of parity with one another. [1] [2] He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. )[19][18] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. NAME Years of Service Current Status, Bill Abbate 1988-Present Air Talent,midnight - 6AM Katy Abel 1982-88 Education Reporter WHDH-TV7(CBS) Producer for The Learning Channel Carter Alan 1979-Present Music Director Lorraine Ballard 1978-80 Living in Philadelphia Andy Beaubien 1969-77 PD at DC-101,Washington Tony Berardini 1978-Present General Manager John Brodey 1969-1979 GM for Giant Records in LA Judy "Scooter" Carlough 1982-87 Senior Acct. When I came back in 78, I didnt want to come back, because I still wanted to continue being able to do cocaine. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. He took me under his wing. Della Chiesa is still active in classical music broadcasting on WCRB. I was only there for a short time. And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. But despite ever-tightening reins on programming, WBCNs irreverent creativity and openness to new music, young bands and emerging trends would captivate Boston for years. Boston Globe. By the mid-1980s, WBCN had successfully fended off a number of challengers (the hard rocking but tightly formatted WCOZ, Top 40 Hitradio WHTT, classic rock WZLX, among others) to become/remain the region's top rock station. So he persuaded station owner T. Mitchell Hastings to give DJs free rein to play album cuts on an overnight graveyard shift to determine if there was an audience and ad dollars to float the new format. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. [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 were as important as the Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox. During the stations heyday, its DJs, the music scene, and listeners were all intensely interconnected. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. We thought, Wouldnt it be great to have a radio station where they played Benny Goodman, Sing Sing Sing, from 1938, maybe mix that with the Carmina Burana, and then mix that with Jimi Hendrix and the Stones, and then come back with a folk song? People dont listen to technology; they listen to content. "WBCN Free Form Rock" was formatted to play multiple music genres (including rock, jazz, the blues, and country). [1], Martinie was in a relationship with Edward Boesel from January 7, 1973 until Martinie's death. [22] WBCN's rock format moved to 98.5's HD2 subcarrier. The union produced one son. Putting Howard Stern on the air was certainly a good decision financially, but it brought our defenses down quite a bit. For those who lived in the listening area,. On the night of March 15, 1968, Mississippi Harold Wilson (Joe Rogers) touched the needle to Creams I Feel Free, declaring FM independence and the beginning of Bostons underground radio experiment, dubbed The American Revolution. Boston Tea Party owner Ray Riepen saw that the stereo LPs being played in apartments and dorms werent getting radio airtime. Not just because it played radically different music, which it did, or that it had a socially or politically aware newsroom, which it did. I got to interview people like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Ronny Wood, Smokey Robinson. That song was in heavy rotation on WBCN during the months leading up to CBS Radio's announcement of the station's demise, and continued until the four-day farewell began. Aliquam varius dui varius tincidunt pulvinar. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. Air Talent,WMYF Exeter,NH Leslie Patten 1977-80 Screenplay writer,N, by mikekelly.. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:58:04, 3. Thats the station by extension. But I remember my parents changing the station. Once you reach number one, once you reach that magical economic success, once you reach X number of millions of dollars in billing, where do you go? Jerry Garcia Calderone Concert Hall 1980 NY WLIR by WLIR 2,593 20 2 Hot Tuna Papa John 1971 Fillmore West KSAN SF by KSAN 4,348 28 0 Allman Brothers NYE 1973 Cow Palace KSAN by KSAN 8,635 62 2 Fleetwood Mac 1970 The Warehouse NOLA WJMR by WJMR 5,198 31 0 Alicia Keys NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 2020 by NPR 66 1 0 The "WBCN Free Form Rock" biodiesel-burning bus will hit Boston's streets May 1, Mr. Kopper said. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. The final words were from the late Darrell Martinie, the Cosmic Muffin, saying his tag line, "Over and Out." WWBX (104.1 FM, Mix 104.1) is a radio station with a hot adult contemporary format in Boston, Massachusetts. The call sign stood for the Boston Concert Network (along with Hartford's WHCN, New York City's WNCN, and Providence's WXCN). Radio is in her blood: she is the daughter of the late Doris and Joe Quill, owner and general manager of WRLM in Taunton, Massachusetts. But that changed the following year, when a But then, if it was kind of vicious out, you could play Riders on the Storm by the Doors. Whenever I thought of Mark, I thought of Bob Seger, Alan said. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. The station had unlikely roots as a classical music outlet (its call letters standing for Boston Concert Network), but on the Ides of March, 1968, disc jockey Joe Rogers fired the first rock salvoCreams I Feel Free. From that moment, BCN became one of a handful of FM radio stations seeking to supplant AMs supremacy with freeform programming that captured the cacophonous sound of the counterculture. Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. Thats how we found Billy West, from The Ren & Stimpy Show and Futurama. As a young person, that mix of political comedy and rock n roll was very powerful to me. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . I listened to BCN when I was little, because thats what my parents listened to. Bradley Jay (later, he became host of the weekday overnight talk show, "Jay Talking", on AM sister station WBZ[12]) was the last DJ. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? Real human personalities owned the music as much as the bands that wrote it; they frequented clubs, knew personally the pulse of local talent, and knew the goings-on of a community or city. But in 1996, the new Telecommunications Act spawned a sudden nationwide consolidation of the radio industry, and thats when things for BCN went south. By the fall of 2002, certain classic artists, such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Ozzy Osbourne, were added back in the station's playlist rotation. Parenteau was red. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. The fellow who put it together, WBCN founder Ray Riepen, who was sleeping on my couch, asked me to buy into the station. Its legacy was in the artists it helped break. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Literally. It can be found at Oedipus1, "Oedipus at BIF1 Business Innovation Factory", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oedipus_(DJ)&oldid=1082277386, Milano, Brett (2007), The Sound of Our Town (a History of Boston Rock & Roll), Oedipus, College Radio, and WBCN: We Want the Airwaves, This page was last edited on 12 April 2022, at 08:21. If you grew up in the Boston metro, BCN was part of your life in some way, shape, or form. The 5-8 p.m. block on WRBB at the time was for alternative and indie rock . Since then:Director of special projects for the Phoenix Media/Communications Group; director of the David Bieber Archives. Need Personality file for UHF visar (( please help )), High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, Please help : need gm300 personality file, Need Personality file for UHF visar (( please help )). 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