In December 2017, owner Beasley Broadcast Group discontinued WBCN, switching the station's format to 'Hubcast', a replay of segments and podcasts from air . The station was an overnight sensation with listeners. Now bands dont have a second jobthey can actually survive on playing in the band. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. I do not own the copyright on this material but present this historic audio exhibit as an auditory museum piece. When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. [3] WBCN was a modern rock/active rock station that mixed music that has been popular in the modern rock, alternative rock and classic rock genres. [1] [2] He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. 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. She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. Between the cars playing BCN, with their open windows in the summertime, and all the dormitories, apartments, and houses, you could hear BCN from one end of the city to the other. 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. On August 13, Mix 98.5, one of those "80s, 90s and today" top 40 stations will move to the 104.1 frequency. I remember one night, Paul Ahern, a record promoter, and I were sitting in his car, maybe smoking a fatty, and he said, Charles, I want you to hear something. I was like that kid. Brilliantly told by Carter Alanand featuring the voices of station insiders and the artists they lovedRadio Free Boston is the story of a city; of artistic freedom, of music and politics and identity; and of the cultural, technological, and financial forces that . Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. Mark Parenteau died after a long illness at the age of 66 in 2016. ADAM ADAM 12 CHAPMANAt WBCN:DJ, 200309. He gave me confidence to find my own style. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. Rhapsody and Pandora and Spotify arent going to go away, but they are jukeboxes. We start off with Mark Parenteau and end with Lisa Carlin as radio personalities. in Boston Albert O 1983-Present Air Talent,midnight-6am Oedipus 1976-Present Program Director Mark Parentau 1978-Present Air Talent,3-7pm Jim Parry 1968-79 Anthroplogy student at Harvard U. It was probably not OSHA-sanctioned. On March 17, 2004, Jackson, 62, suffered a heart attack and died while driving home after dining with a friend in Los Angeles. (It was also rumored that Hemisphere's FCC lawyers had vetoed the course of action advised by Hemisphere's labor lawyers). Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Della Chiesa is still active in classical music broadcasting on WCRB. "WBCN Free Form Rock" was formatted to play multiple music genres (including rock, jazz, the blues, and country). The Hopeless Romantics Guide to Dating in Boston. For those who lived in the listening area, which. [1], In 1969 his first marriage ended in divorce. Wolf called himself "Woofuh Goofuh" on the air; he left the station in 1969 to tour with the band. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. So many of the best stories would get me or somebody else in trouble, which is probably why theyre great stories. And you kept me! Anyway, he ended up firing Duane, but in less than three weeks he ended up bringing him back. "WBCN Free Form Rock" (originally "WBCN Free Form 104", then "Free Form BCN") was a digital-only radio station broadcasting on the Internet and in the Boston radio market on WZLX 100.7 HD3. Please say a prayer for Mark.. 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. Ive heard that story six times, and its told differently each time. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. In early 2006, with the Howard Stern morning drive time show gone due to Stern moving to Sirius Satellite Radio, WBCN experienced a plummet in Arbitron ratings that the station had not observed since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it fell behind then rock format competitor WCOZ. In the early 1990s, the station began airing the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show, but aired it in the evenings on tape delay instead of during morning drive. You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. Even college radio stations were not quite like WBCN. A really good rating in Boston at the time was a 3- or a 4-point average. 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." Hes got a 13, the highest rating ever in the history of ratings. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. "King of All Media" The original "shock jock", Though controversial, he is one of the highest-paid radio personalities in the United States and the most fined personality in radio broadcast history. I wasnt allowed to run the radio station the way I wanted to. Emerging acts like Led Zeppelin and the Who segued into jazz, classical, and trippy sound montages. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. Uploaded by At Kiss, for an entire decade in the 80s, I was up against Charles. 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. Were all on a mattress together. And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. They werent part of this culture, and they werent part of this kind of radio culture. That just doesnt exist anymore. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. Boston, 104.1 MHz FM. He was a music reporter for KABC-TV when he was tapped as one of MTV's original "fab five." For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. Jackson was one of the first DJs to introduce Americans to The Who and Led Zeppelin. Please help : need gm300 personality file, 11. Their playlist in general was more varied than many of their competitors, there was some focus on local music (also see the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble), and the station was known nationwide for breaking acts (The Cars, 'Til Tuesday, U2) and setting trends. He was called the unofficial sixth member of Aerosmith by virtue of his close friendships with the members of the Boston-based band. [1], In 1972 he entered a Benedictine monastery with the intention of becoming a monk, but left after only nine months. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. Back then, BCN was a full-service radio station. Parenteau, who claimed he did not know the boy he was charged with molesting was under age, agreed to plead guilty to one count of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to three years in prison. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. No one could say he wasnt one of the best DJs in the country, said Parenteaus former BCN colleague Charles Laquidara. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. 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. WBCN Free Form Rock Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. SFERRUZZA, Paul D. "Tank" Boston Radio Personality "TANK" Paul D. Sferruzza, "Tank" of Boston radio fame, died peacefully in his home in Dover, NH at the age of 67, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 aft J." During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. [15] On October 10, 2017, CBS disclosed that as part of the process of obtaining regulatory approval of the merger, WBZ-FM would be one of sixteen stations that would be divested by Entercom, along with sister stations WBZ and WZLX, and Entercom stations WRKO and WKAF, with Entercom retaining WEEI AM and FM, WBMX, WODS and WAAF. The Rock of Boston. Music is a passion. I was one of Charless personal producerscoordinating Mishegas, the prizes, the contestants, the wake-up calls. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. WBCN's afternoon DJ Rob Poole, known on air as "Hardy," announced on his final WBCN show that he will co-host a sports-themed show on WBZ-FM on Saturday mornings. Legendary Boston stripper Princess Cheyenne hosted a Sunday night sex advice show that eventually led to one of her appearances in Playboy Magazine in April 1986. [20][21] Shortly after the transfer to Beasley was completed, WBCN was replaced with "Hubcast," a replay of segments and podcasts from air personalities from "The Sports Hub. 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. I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. For a long time, WBCN successfully balanced new and old music (featuring the slogan "Classic to Cutting Edge"). Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN. That means I've been on the radio for 25 years. Rich Curtis. Along the way, WBCN both pioneered and defined progressive rock radio, the dominant format for a generation of listeners. On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBCN would sign off the 104.1MHz frequency the following month.[9][10][11]. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. BCN was arguably the most credible news source in Boston, in the same way that Jon Stewart is arguably the most credible journalist on TV. web pages It was harder to do, but also a tremendous amount of fun to be the rose among the thorns. Includes announcement that the format will shift from 97.3 to 106.9 FM. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. So did blues icons like B.B. I like to think we made the city and the people listening to it, we enhanced their lives. 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 80s, after winning a union strike, the station went on to achieve its greatest success, which placed The Rock of Boston on top of the Boston ratings heap through the entire decade. With its audience aging, it risked becoming a classic rock-focused station and losing its currency as an outlet for new music. J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston . Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. Is it possible that WBCN, the greatest rock n roll radio station in American history, died five years ago this month? When I came back in 78, I didnt want to come back, because I still wanted to continue being able to do cocaine. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago.[2]. At the time, they were all Top 40. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. Parenteau died at around 1 this morning at Mass. 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. We were the big mouth for it. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. The static was broadcast on 104.1 until 2:00a.m. At that time, "Mix 98.5" officially moved to 104.1, playing "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon as their first song after the move. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. One of the things that it pioneered is a style of production, those highly edited montages: Nixon with music and comedy. They still gave us good ratings the next time. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. 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. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. 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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 this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In time, WBCNs free-spirited beginnings would retrench as the station moved to the top of the Prudential Tower with its higher overhead (pun intended), and new owners with higher financial expectations arrived along with radio competition. At first, the new "American Revolution" format was only heard during the late-evening and overnight hours, but in mid-May, the station expanded the rock programming to 24 hours a day. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. The idea of the radio, and crafting it, and being a person on the other end, that will never die. I had horrible taste in music. You heard the stories of the camaraderie that they had back then. It was about everybody. 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. On Saturday, October 5, 2013 RadioBDC (now Indie617) posted on their Facebook page that Oedipus would be hosting "The Oedipus Project" on Saturday mornings from 10AM local to noon featuring all new alternative/indie sounds. Biography. Be the first one to, 1982-05-17 WBCN FM 104.1 Boston MA Mark Parenteau & Lisa Carlin unscoped, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Mark_Parenteau_Lisa_Carlin, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 1.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 2.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 3.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 4.mp3, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Thats the station by extension. How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. 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. They were totally my peers. Unknown names like Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, the Cars, U2 and the Clash were made household words while the station actively supported local music through its annual Rock n Roll Rumble and the burgeoning comedy scene with the Comedy Riot competition. February 28th 5pm Hour: Packers ready to move on? Duane got 13. 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. During his 19-year reign, Parenteau was instrumental in breaking musical acts like Bob Seger and the J. Geils Band. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group. John J. After the move to Brighton, the space was different. We did incredible events. Reel Talk Radio - February 25, 2023 - 9am hour. I know many of you might have been offended or even angered at things Mark did in his life; but he also was a legendary talent; the best DJ I ever heard behind a mic and one from whom I learned so much of what I do on the radio, Alan, who visited with Parenteau regularly in his final days, wrote in a Facebook post on May 30. He worked at WLLH in Lowell and WKNR and WABX in Detroit before returning home to Massachusetts, first landing at WCOZ before finally getting his dream job at WBCN. 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. It began at WBCN in the late '70s, moved to WFNX (20092012), then onto RadioBDC, The Boston Globe's internet radio station (2013-2014) before moving to WGBH in 2015. )[19][18] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. 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. We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. Is it a music station? 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. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. 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. CBS Radio will launch 98.5 The Sports Hub in the other slot. "WBCN's Free Form 104", moved from 104.1 HD-2 to 100.7 (WZLX) HD-3 and was renamed "Free Form BCN". Parenteau was working at the former XM satellite radio in Washington, D.C. when prosecutors alleged that he enticed teenage boys to come to his D.C. apartment to drink, smoke marijuana and have sex. 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. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. The gala celebration will featu [3] Phasellus id aliquam nulla. It was a club for everyone. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. In a lot of ways, what Howard Stern does really grew from what Charles did. WWBX (104.1 FM, Mix 104.1) is a radio station with a hot adult contemporary format in Boston, Massachusetts.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. There was an element of partying, yes. "J. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. You were BCN. I loved this station (it's been gone for many years now). It gave people points of parity with one another. Greater New York City Area. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? 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 . You could play anything. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. The women at WBCN, we had to carve out a place for ourselves. The station by this time was playing some hard rock and Nu metal acts such as Godsmack, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. People really related to that. The duo formerly worked together at Atlanta alternative station WNNX. 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. CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. It returned to sports programming in 2013 as a full-time satellite of CBS Sports Radio. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. [2] In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004. They are not radio, because there is not a human being there. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Take the Clash. For the singer, see, Jim Ladd's "Radio Waves: Life & Revolution on the FM Dial", "J.J. Jackson, One Of MTV's First VJs, Dies At Age 62", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._J._Jackson_(media_personality)&oldid=1130870763, This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 11:24. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. We all had our colors. If anyone had anything to say, it went on the intercom. Radio Ink. Oedipus (who had the first punk rock show in the country while at MIT's college station, WTBS) was hired first as a DJ in 1977, and then installed as program director in 1981, and helped to break The Ramones, The Clash, The Police, and countless punk and new wave bands out of Boston. [3][4], In the late 1990s, Martinie began easing into retirement. WBCN-FM, a collective of free-spirited radio pioneers, launched from the fading grandeur of a classical music radio station rapidly spinning out of business. 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. The kid comes into the station. In 2007, the station was nominated for the Top 25 Markets Alternative Station of the Year Award by Radio & Records magazine. Former WBCN disc jockey Mark Parenteau, who was a force on the Boston airwaves for more than 20 years but saw his career and life go off the rails after he was arrested for having sex with a 14-year-old boy, died early this morning after a long illness. And I still have the original cassette tapes! 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. Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." Jackson had a daughter and three grandchildren.[2]. He died on July 26, 2006 at his home in Saugus, Massachusetts.[4]. I dont want to say it was nonstop partying. Howard Stern went to BU listening to Charles. Get The Big To-Do Your guide to staying entertained, from live shows and outdoor fun to the newest in museums, movies, TV, books, dining, and more. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. . 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. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 - July 26, 2006) was a Boston -based professional astrologer and radio personality . Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. It was programmed by. "The incredible story of how a radio station, politics, and rock and roll changed everything." We didnt think of our listeners as being fans. The station was more commercial and "programmed" by this point, but still retained some of its progressive energy and edge. When the strike was over, Charles needed someone to be his brain. Known as ' The Rock Of Boston ', its two main Boston - area competitors are Album Oriented Rock / Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX. ; Best QB's vs. the spread; Debating Derrick Henry. Duane Glasscock went on the air one Saturday and complained about the ratingsthats how radio stations got their money, if they got high ratings from Arbitron, which was based in Maryland. Mar 2020 - Present3 years. The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. By 1975, WBCN had gradually evolved from the underground/progressive format of the 1960s to the more mainstream album oriented rock format popular in the 1970s. 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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