The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? Especially here in Boston, people loved that. While it was automated most of the time, it was increasing its live weekdays, and hinting about the potential for more programming as listenership increased. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. I thought the song was appropriate.. Soon the station moved across town to Stuart Street with JJ Jackson and Charles Laquidara joining the circle. WBCN's programming in 1971-72 bore little relationship to the Billboard Hot 100 or any other conventional programming. [20][21] Entercom applied to move the WBMX callsign to their sister-owned station in Chicago;[26] 104.1 picked up the new callsign WWBX on December 4, 2017.[2]. Director of Public Affairs at New England Med.Center BostonBilly West 1983-90 Voices of Ren&Stimpy Nickolodeon Production,WXRK(K-Rock) in NYCSherman Whitman 1985-87 1989-Present Public Affairs DirectorNorm Winer 1969-70 1971-77 PD at WXRT,ChicagoAndrew Wolf 1988-90 Air Talent,WZBC-FM,BostonPeter Wolf 1968 Recording Artist,BostonDavid Wolman 1980-84 Promotions Dir,KOME-FM San Jose, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. [4] Martinie would end each broadcast with the phrase "It is a wise person who rules the stars, a fool who is ruled by them - Over and out. Bo resigned shortly thereafter when his name appeared on a UPI news wire as one of several people being indicted by then-Attorney General John Mitchella charge which was later dropped. 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. 70s. After leaving BCN he did fill-in work on WRKO and WTKK in Boston and a stint at Q104 in New York. Ut velit metus, lacinia ac nibh a, lacinia scelerisque diam. You could start in downtown Boston and walk to Cambridge, to Harvard Square. One of the on-air personalities at that time was Ron Della Chiesa, who also served as the music host and program director. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. 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. 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. 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. It felt more like a bank. The idea of just listening, not being distracted by images, is an art of its own. There was a time when you could hear BCN without a radio. There was an element of partying, yes. WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . We're Back!!!! None of the Alligators. Boston Globe. He would do all kinds of stuff. The morning-show format with Charles, The Big Mattress, every station uses that idea nowa morning zoo where youve got a couple of hosts, youve got sidekicks. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. The duo formerly worked together at Atlanta alternative station WNNX. [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. He can be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, in the exhibit Dedicated to the One I Love: Rock and Radio. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. I was the artistic director of a 24-hour opera of the mind. There was a period in the mid- to late 80s when BCN was regularly the number one station in Boston. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Oedipus has his own foundation, The Oedipus Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Directors for The Technology Broadcasting Corporation of MIT, Stop Handgun Violence, and an original member of the Board of Directors for Mobius (an artist-run center for experimental work in all media). But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. This is awful! On February 2, 2017, CBS announced that they would be selling their radio division to Entercom, whose existing properties in the Boston area included WBCN's long-time rival, WAAF. 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. Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. His guidance counselor said he should pursue an exciting career in retail, but he took a chance on radio instead. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. 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.. Part-time personalities in 1980 included Mike Dimambro, Vinny "Jim" Raposa. Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN. . Nam interdum orci ut nulla scelerisque euismod. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. WBCN is a digital-only radio station airing on WBZ-FM HD -2 and on WZLX HD -3 in Boston, Massachusetts and owned by CBS Radio. 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. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. Just dont lose us the license. Suddenly for a week, it was amazing radio. From the birth of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s through just about the end of the 20th Century, Cleveland was a great town for radio. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. The old Boylston Street studios were all beat up. He had a great career but it was a tough end to his life, Parenteaus longtime friend and former co-worker, WZLXs Carter Alan told the Track. But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. Parenteau died at around 1 this morning at Mass. WBCN and the American Revolution - Bill Lichtenstein 2021-11-30 How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. buss. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's college station WTBS (today WMBR ). It got a little harder as time went on. It was probably not OSHA-sanctioned. Twenty-four/seven, we were writing scripts, we had a musical backdrop, we had music going. fostered since 1968. (Peter Simon) The station launched the careers of artists like Aerosmith and arguably played a role in ending the war in Vietnam. The "WBCN Free Form Rock" biodiesel-burning bus will hit Boston's streets May 1, Mr. Kopper said. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. Can you imagine a world with just the Eagles? So he said, Why dont you just come in and play your music? So on the first night, I was the second DJ. And you kept me! Anyway, he ended up firing Duane, but in less than three weeks he ended up bringing him back. Im not a real fan of what he did or what he does. It was not just your talentyou had to be able to hang with the boys and you had to take a certain number of lumps that the boys didnt have to. 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. This was recorded over a 3 hour period late afternoon to early evening on 2 sides of 2 cassette tapes. The call letters stood for the " Boston Concert Network ". Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. Please say a prayer for Mark.. Since then:Sports reporter for WATD and WBCN Free Form Rock, now retired. 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. BCN's first rock announcer, "Mississippi Harold Wilson" (Joe Rogers), used the station's first slogan, "The American Revolution" and played the very first song "I Feel Free" by the rock group Cream. The company let me take chances. Were all on a mattress together. Duane went on the air and complained, All these fat cats down in Maryland, theyre driving around in their Cadillacs, smoking cigars, and these guys decide what radio stations get all the money from the sponsors. It all started in. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. The aim was music discovery, which often meant strange and surprising band pairings. If anyone had anything to say, it went on the intercom. If you grew up in the Boston metro, BCN was part of your life in some way, shape, or form. 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. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. He gained notoriety as the pink-haired DJ who created the first Punk rock radio show in America, introducing Punk and New Wave to Boston and to the country. Every night, these same jocks rode in vans plastered with the BCN logo, straight to the towns hottest gigs to greet packs of fans. 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. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 14:42. They were just business guys who only looked at numbers. I was the rare DJ from somewhere else. Maxanne Sartori - WBCN DJ. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys college station WTBS (today WMBR). You went in there, you got your tires checked, they washed your windshield, put the gas in, and you didnt even have to get out of your car. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. In December 2017, owner Beasley Broadcast Group discontinued WBCN, switching the station's format to 'Hubcast', a replay of segments and podcasts from air . After graduating, he landed a job at a small radio station in Cumming, Georgia.In 1999, he started hosting nights on 99X in Atlanta and eventually worked . WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. And I still have the original cassette tapes! It was like I was one of them. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. When I say local, I dont mean Aerosmith, I dont mean the Cars, I mean local. The Del Fuegos is a perfect example, or O Positive, or the Blackjacks. On August 13, Mix 98.5, one of those "80s, 90s and today" top 40 stations will move to the 104.1 frequency. web pages tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. 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. 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. I would have paid to do it. "J. On this, the five-year anniversary of BCNs demise, we tracked down key players from those halcyon daysdisc jockeys, news reporters, producers, and programmersto get a behind-the-scenes look at our fair city, back when Boston sat at the epicenter of sex, drugs, and rock n roll. So Ill wait. If a certain jock was playing a record we liked all of the time, our answer was to put it in the REO Speedwagon section so he couldnt find it. We were as important as the Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox. In the period around 1975, John Garabedian, now recognized for the nationally syndicated "Open House Party" (which was once heard locally on WXKS-FM), was an afternoon DJ on WBCN. Twelve years later, JJ would become one of MTV's first VJs. Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality. Danny Schechter replaced Bo Burlingham and immediately billed himself as "the News Dissector". Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. King, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy. Hes singing about a prostitute! The Ramones, they play them at football games now. 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? Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. People are losing interest in radio, Im talking twentysomethings, because theres nothing compelling there. [3][4], In the late 1990s, Martinie began easing into retirement. WBCN also launched The Toucher and Rich Show, a new locally produced comedy-based afternoon drive time show starring Fred Toettcher and Rich Shertenlieb. Over the years he interviewed major rock and comedy legends including John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Little Richard and comedian/Blues Brother John Belushi and Jerry Seinfeld. But I remember my parents changing the station. So we said, How about the car we give away, its suspended from a crane tied into the Strawberries Records on Memorial Drive and hanging over the Charles River? With its audience aging, it risked becoming a classic rock-focused station and losing its currency as an outlet for new music. Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NY Patrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air Talent Harold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 July 26, 2006) was a Boston-based professional astrologer and radio personality. That told the story of what the station was really like. I can trace my success to BCN. But we were also out in public. People forget that there was a time when the Police were brand-new and they played the Rat, in Kenmore Square. The format started at 98.5 FM on February 9, 1991, and moved to 104.1 FM, replacing WBCN on August 12, 2009, to allow for the launch of WBZ-FM at 98.5 the next day. Oedipus was orange. When the strike was over, Charles needed someone to be his brain. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). Long time music director Mike Mullaney earned "Hot AC Music Director Of The Year" five times. They stopped me from playing the blues songs I wanted to play or the folk songs I wanted to play when we started competing with the shock . In December 1968, Peter Wolf left to take the J. Geils Band full-time and, introduced to the station by Jim Parry, Charles Laquidara was hired to take over the 10:00p.m. to 2:00a.m. air shift. The gala celebration will featu A weekly journey through the wild and twisted mind of Mikey Adams. From 1995 to 2008, WBCN was the flagship station of the Patriots Rock Radio Network, which broadcast games of the New England Patriots. Danny Schechter and others would create a similarly inspired liberal attitude in the news department, connecting WBCNs community with what they needed to know in a national and local environment that remained openly hostile to the American counterculture. WIVY Jacksonville "Y103 Top 40 1979 13 min. Is it a talk station? 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 Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. Since then:Program director, DJ of WBCN Free Form Rock on wbcn.com and 100.7HD3. Once upon a time, in order to create content that could reach a massive audience, you needed expensive equipment, like a printing press, a television studio, or a radio tower. Eddie Gorodetsky, who went on to do The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, he was our head writer. at WRRM,CincinnatiMaxanna Sartori 1970-77 Promotions and Marketing,NJMatt Schaffer 1981-89 News&features at WXKS-FM,BostonDanny "The News Dissector" Schechter 1970-1979 TV Producer in NYCSteve "Clean" Segal 1968-69,1976-77 Air Talent,MilwaukeeBob Shannon 1976-77 V.P.,TM Productions,DallasKen Shelton 1980-Present Air Talent,10-3pmEli Sherer 1978-1989 Traffic Reporter/Consultant inCambridge,MAMatt Siegal 1976-80 Air Talent at WXKS-FM,BostonBob Slavin 1975-77 Music Producer in Boston,MASusan Sprecher 1976-80 TV producer,NJSteve Strick 1978-82 1986-Present Air Talent and Asst. [2] Although he initially believed astrology to be "stupid" and asinine", he later became hooked. WBCN came along in Boston at a time when virtually every aspect of cultural, social, and political life was changing dramatically in this countrythe intersection of the women's movement, the gay. [22] The final song "Mix" played on 98.5 was "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects,[23] while the first song "Mix" played on 104.1 was "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon. On September 14, 2009, WBCN split from WFNZ and became "America's Talk", a conservative-leaning talk station. WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio The Jimmy Tingle Show Sports Decision Made On Leonard Fournette's Future With Buccaneers: Report Feb 28, 2023 Blackhawks Trade Patrick Kane: Report Feb 28, 2023 Update On Justin Jefferson's Future With Vikings Feb 28, 2023 Bears' GM Ryan Poles Addresses 'Plan' For Fields' Future, No. And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. The station was an overnight sensation with listeners. He thought I was good. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. He was the oldest of five children. She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. There are 3 small gaps where I flipped/changed cassettes. Learn more about the people at WBCN: Carter Alan Andy Beaubien John Brodey T. Mitchell Hastings J.J. Jackson Sam Kopper Charles Laquidara ChaChi Loprete Maxanne Oedipus Mark Parenteau Jim Parry Al Perry Ray Riepen Joe Rogers Danny Schechter Steve Segal Ken Shelton Matt Siegel Debbie Ullman Norm Winer Peter Wolf If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. WBCN wasnt just the jocks and engineers and sales and support staff. Declining ratings and belt-tightening at the former Rock of Boston led to Parenteau being let go in 1997. 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. Multiple Billboard, FMQB, and Gavin Report award recipient for best Program Director of the Year, Oedipus hosted the acclaimed Nocturnal Emissions program for over 25 years, playing new tracks every Sunday night. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. Since WBCN's change to digital-only, the station was known as "Free Form BCN" and then "WBCN Free Form Rock" by late September 2009. There is comedy, news, information about peace marches ('BCN was the "internet" for the young crowd (me at the time!!). Air Talent,WMYF Exeter,NH Leslie Patten 1977-80 Screenplay writer,N, by mikekelly.. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:58:04, 3. Mark Parenteau died after a long illness at the age of 66 in 2016. Without that cornerstone, you would not have the direction that music took. He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. 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. [1] He also hosted Westwood One Radio Network's nationally syndicated radio show The Beatle Years from 1995 until his death. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. BCN did that. J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston . J." Jukebox stations are not radio; they are jukeboxes. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. Van Morrison would come by a lot. The additional aircheck is right. The station started to air the syndicated Opie & Anthony during the morning drive. WBCN holds a special place in history." Jon Abbott, President and CEO, WGBH "A team of young heroes, women and men, black and white, straight and gay, passionate, fearless and revolutionary, broadcast the music and ideas that shaped how every college kid thought, felt, and acted for the rest of our lives." scoped composite of various personalities. Profile: WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. classic rock. [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). In 2018, the Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, issued a proclamation declaring December 24, 2018, as Christmas Eve with Oedipus Day in the City of Boston in recognition of his annual Christmas Eve broadcast for over 30 years spreading peace, love and understanding throughout Boston and the world. 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