When that happened, loyal staffers set up a faction of people to try to get hold of advertisers, to get hold of musicians, to ask them to pull their support. He was the oldest of five children. I remember the owners telling me, Youre gonna make mistakes, and youre gonna learn from your mistakes. Parenteau died at around 1 this morning at Mass. 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. 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. There are no reviews yet. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. What about the Raiders? There was coke residue on the records, and marijuana stems in the back. So did blues icons like B.B. All of the Amenities. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. Whenever I thought of Mark, I thought of Bob Seger, Alan said. WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands . same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, "Darrell Martinie; with astrology, he was the 'Cosmic Muffin'; at 63", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darrell_Martinie&oldid=1131675986, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 07:02. buss. This is noise! As program director, I made sure we always had at least one local band in rotation. 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. They would play the same songs over and over. BBC Tyne, Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1RN phone: 0191 232 4141 | e-mail: tyne@bbc.co.uk . Boston DJ Anngelle Wood[4] remains the host and music director of both the radio show and The Rumblethese are the last remaining ties to the original 104.1 WBCN programming.[5]. But we like you because youre intelligent and youre not afraid to take chances. Who says that today? Take the Clash. We always tried for an element of humor and drama. Greater New York City Area. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. I got to interview people like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Ronny Wood, Smokey Robinson. 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. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. This is awful! But now radio is more of a specialized thing. Segal's West Coast radical radio consciousness infused the early 'BCN. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. Parenteau played that at 4. 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. From 1995-2004 he served as Executive Producer of the live Radio broadcast for the New England Patriots. , Sirius/XM channel 106. But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. This is a great audio history of radio formats, music, local commercials, news and broadcast personalities at the time. We all wish we could have been around in the 70s and 80s. That told the story of what the station was really like. 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. He said, Charles Laquidara is a professional. We did incredible events. They werent part of this culture, and they werent part of this kind of radio culture. Once Oedipus left, the station was kind of in a free fall. The union produced one son. Oedipus hosts a website called "The Oedipus Project." Music is a passion. What was great about that period, in the 80s, was they let me program the radio station. [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). [22] WBCN's rock format moved to 98.5's HD2 subcarrier. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. Since then:Assistant program director and midday DJ, WZLX. WBCN switched to digital only on August 12, 2009, with two digital-only automated streams, one on the HD2 channel of WBZ-FM continuing the modern rock format, the other Free Form BCN, airing an eclectic mix of rock, related genres, and a lot of new music - essentially the WBCN of 1968 to 1988, brought into the 21st century. A native of Detroit, Toettcher graduated from Rollins College in 1997. An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. Please say a prayer for Mark.. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. WBCN began supporting non-mainstream investigative reporting and alternative news coverage, including reports from demonstrations and highly produced montage news reports. 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. WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. The news department was initially headed by Norm Winer, who later became program director. 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. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. King, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy. Adam Carolla is an American radio personality and television host, comedian and actor. Charles deserves every bit of respect he gets in the radio community. Everyone listened to WBCN, until it started to fall apart. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. 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. During his time on Loveline, Carolla gradually drew an increasing fan base to the program. There was the Rock n Roll Rumble. It was programmed by. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. And the Internets savage evisceration of the music industry finished off what was left. The call letters stood for the " Boston Concert Network ". His reports were syndicated to stations nationwide. . The freedom that they had. Are you kidding me? Ut velit metus, lacinia ac nibh a, lacinia scelerisque diam. I think it was $10,000. We were the big mouth for it. But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. Just dont lose us the license. Suddenly for a week, it was amazing radio. and Cooper. CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. He called up wanting to be a contestant. 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. 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. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. It got a little harder as time went on. Im not a real fan of what he did or what he does. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. I didnt talk fast, and I wasnt sharp at all. I was put in charge of getting that up and running. The Oedipus Project (oedipus1.com) champions new, alternative, and experimental music. But then, if it was kind of vicious out, you could play Riders on the Storm by the Doors. Jackson had a daughter and three grandchildren.[2]. 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 tation history Before the middle 1960s, the station played classical music exclusively. When the strike was over, Charles needed someone to be his brain. Parenteau had one of the most successful radio careers in Boston history, with a 20-year run, first on the former WCOZ then spending 19 years as the afternoon-drive talent on WBCN. The station went on strike in 1979 because the new owners, Hemisphere Broadcasting, came in. 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. The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. There was a very strong sense of history being made at the time. 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. Profil: WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Can you imagine a world with just the Eagles? 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. [3] Van Morrison would come by a lot. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. The 104.1MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. A weekly journey through the wild and twisted mind of Mikey Adams. Soon the station moved across town to Stuart Street with JJ Jackson and Charles Laquidara joining the circle. 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. Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. 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. November 29, 2020. #WBCN #wbcnfreeform. The kid comes into the station. NAME Years of Service Current Status Bill Abbate 1988-Present. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. I was turquoise. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. 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. They gave Mark Parenteau a 3, and they gave Charles Laquidara, that old guy, like a 3.6. penny modesto. A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. I can trace my success to BCN. Wolf had a stint as a radio DJ in Boston when WBCN launched in the late 60s. The myth that WBCN started at the Boston Tea Party, which has been the accepted dogma for 40 years, isnt true. Arbitron got a lot of bags of shit. Popular legend holds that WBCN was sent a promotional copy of The Beatles' unreleased Get Back album and played it on the air before the release of the album was cancelled. Oedipus was orange. Even though it was cassettes, the quality is surprisingly very good. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. MATT SIEGELAt WBCN:DJ, 197779.Since then:Host ofMatty in the Morning on Kiss 108. Peter Wolf aka The Woofa Goofa - WBCN Radio DJ. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. The "WBCN Free Form Rock" biodiesel-burning bus will hit Boston's streets May 1, Mr. Kopper said. The gala celebration will featu LISA TRAXLERAt WBCN:DJ, 198490. The Police, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash. All the rest of us have got 4s and 5s. And he looks up at me. . This guy cant sing! Its legacy was in the artists it helped break. 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. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. Theres a direct lineage to Jon Stewart. 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. 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. In 2016 Oedipus was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame (Massachusetts Broadcasters Association). Mark Parenteau, former WBCN DJ, dies at 66, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Malin Akerman is on a mommy mission in The Donor Party, Great masks to give your hair, face & skin a glow-up, Michael B. Jordan delivers knockout with Creed III, Dear Abby: SIL miffed when shes left out of wedding, 'Substantial snowfall' likely for parts of Massachusetts, as meteorologists track wintry mix. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. 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. Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. There were valiant attempts to bring things back on track, but it was rough at that point. 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. Youre acting like Duane and you are separate people. And I said, But you just fired Duane! 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. As part of the switch, the WBMX call letters were parked on 1660 AM in Charlotte from July 29, 2009, until WBCN signed off for the last time at 104.1 in Boston on August 12, 2009. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. "More than a million people listen to Nancy every week," the station once boasted. Jukebox stations are not radio; they are jukeboxes. 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. Declining ratings and belt-tightening at the former Rock of Boston led to Parenteau being let go in 1997. Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . Even college radio stations were not quite like WBCN. Back then, BCN was a full-service radio station. Reel Talk Radio - February 25, 2023 - 9am hour. You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. It returned to sports programming in 2013 as a full-time satellite of CBS Sports Radio. You could start in downtown Boston and walk to Cambridge, to Harvard Square. 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. 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 womens movement, the gay and lesbian rights movement, basic rights, what it meant to be an American. It happened! Charles Laquidara Charles Laquidara (born November 24, 1938) is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for nearly 30 years (1969-1996) on WBCN. Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN. Innovations at BCNlike the mix of music, talk, and humor that Charles Laquidara brought to his morning show The Big Mattresswere soon replicated across the country. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. 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? WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. Since then:Director of the Oedipus Foundation. He gave me confidence to find my own style. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Raz?. 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. With Andy Beaubien, David Bowie, Ron Della Chiesa, Noam Chomsky. 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. The Hopeless Romantics Guide to Dating in Boston. ", On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBMX would move from 98.5 FM to 104.1 FM, replacing WBCN; these moves were made to launch a sports talk station, WBZ-FM, at the 98.5 frequency. You cant go backward. 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). 3. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. John J. 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 He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. Is it a music station? I like to think we made the city and the people listening to it, we enhanced their lives. During his 19-year reign, Parenteau was instrumental in breaking musical acts like Bob Seger and the J. Geils Band. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . In 1965, Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Music Director of WBCN by station program director Don Otto. WIVY Jacksonville "Y103 Top 40 1979 13 min. 0. Billy called up doing bacon frying. on the Internet. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. [1], In 1972 he entered a Benedictine monastery with the intention of becoming a monk, but left after only nine months. 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. Literally. 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. 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. PETER WOLFAt WBCN:DJ, 196869 Since then:Lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band; solo artist; rock n roll legend. We were fortunate that we were part of not only a Boston institution, but also a cultural mecca. 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. 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. The old DJs, station IDs, and classic rock were gutted, replaced by an alternative music format featuring new, younger jocks. 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. Were all on a mattress together. People were going, This sucks! DAVID BIEBERAt WBCN:Creative services director,197894. I wasnt allowed to run the radio station the way I wanted to. [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. 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. 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. I dont know how I would have developed differently had I not had the BCN experience. The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB. tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. Parenteau is survived by a brother, Barry. 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". He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. Tommy Charles. Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NY Patrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air Talent Harold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. 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. Partying in the 1980s was different than partying in the 2000s. [22][1] As a result, the station added the "-FM" suffix on July 29, 2009, allowing CBS to temporarily place the WBMX call letters on the former WFNA (1660 AM) in Charlotte, North Carolina; additionally, during "Mix"'s final week on 98.5, it used the WBZ-FM call letters intended for the new station. This set off a local controversy in Boston that resulted in the entire airstaff walking off the air striking in protest. The additional aircheck is right. High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), 5. (It was also rumored that Hemisphere's FCC lawyers had vetoed the course of action advised by Hemisphere's labor lawyers). [1] 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. You have a world with just the Eagles. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. People dont listen to technology; they listen to content. I didnt get paid to do it, but it was that kind of important experience for me. 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. WBCN and the American Revolution Documentary Collection. And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. 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