Nancy was with the station from when WMJX signed on in 1982. 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. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. So if todays October 15, youd put 10 slash 15, and then depending on what hour you played it, if it was the first hour, you put a little diagonal X up in the upper-left corner. Rob also hosts one of America's fastest growing and highest rated political commentary shows, The Newsmax Daily with Rob Carson.. 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. ; Best QB's vs. the spread; Debating Derrick Henry. Reel Talk Radio - February 25, 2023 - 9am hour. I listened to BCN when I was little, because thats what my parents listened to. At 12:05a.m. on August 12, 2009, the station went into a static-like sound, and after a few moments, a voice read the new station identification: "WBMX, WBMX-HD1, Boston" over the "static". MATT SIEGELAt WBCN:DJ, 197779.Since then:Host ofMatty in the Morning on Kiss 108. Branded as "WAAF", WWBX-HD2 also simulcasts over the HD2 digital subchannel of WEEI-FM and is available online via Audacy; both subchannels previously simulcast the analog signal of WAAF (107.3 FM) until that station was divested to the Educational Media Foundation on February 22, 2020.[29]. 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. It led us to all of the other decisions. On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. Uploaded by Although WBCN was not the only radio station, or even the first station, to air material from the Get Back sessions WKBW in Buffalo was the first, and the tapes also aired on WEBN in Cincinnati, WBAI in New York City, and KCOK in St. Louis WBCN's broadcast of the tapes has been immortalized because it was preserved on a high-quality reel, which spawned several widely circulated Beatles bootlegs. After leaving BCN he did fill-in work on WRKO and WTKK in Boston and a stint at Q104 in New York. The kid comes into the station. The freedom that they had. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. 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. He was having good days and bad days, but I didnt think hed go this quickly.. His radio . What was great about that period, in the 80s, was they let me program the radio station. The station started to air the syndicated Opie & Anthony during the morning drive. 2 While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. Praesent varius consequat convallis. For a brief period during that transition, Charles Laquidara, who was acting program director hired Robert "Bo" Burlingham as news director. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 - July 26, 2006) was a Boston -based professional astrologer and radio personality . Charles Laquidara is fearless. That, for me, was the best thing about working at WBCN: He took a liking to me. 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. That was part of its charm. We were as important as the Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox. And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. buss. 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 King, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy. But now radio is more of a specialized thing. LEGENDARY WENR WBCN BOSTON VOICE OF SERVICE.VTG RARE 10" x 8" PHOTO Condition: Used Sale ends in: 4d 5h Price: US $80.99 Was US $112.49 Save US $31.50 (28% off) Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Ships from United States Returns accepted Shipping: US $5.60Standard Shipping. Arbitron got a lot of bags of shit. Theres a direct lineage to Jon Stewart. 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. "J. 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. February 28th 5pm Hour: Packers ready to move on? 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. Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. That played the clubs. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. [1] [2] He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. Charles Laquidara was the biggest star of them all. Like the biggest rock bands, it began as an underground revolution, thenin a haze of sex- and drug-fueled mayhem transformed radio, went mainstream, enjoyed unimaginable financial prosperity, and was ultimately undone by that success, as its corporate masters foisted upon the Rock of Boston a series of edicts so stringent that it ended up as boring and pre-programmed as the AM-radio dinosaurs it had so creatively displaced. You could play anything. It felt more like a bank. When I say local, I dont mean Aerosmith, I dont mean the Cars, I mean local. 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. Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. 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. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. 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. That just doesnt exist anymore. He gave me confidence to find my own style. Ken Shelton would participate in a near-dismantling of Camelot, a surprise attack from across the radio dial that WBCN's denizens . 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. 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. This article is about the media personality. I was put in charge of getting that up and running. Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. Mark Hamilton Radio Host / Event Producer Los Angeles, California, United States 266 followers 266 connections Join to view profile SiriusXM Experience Radio Host SiriusXM Mar 2020 - Present3. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. Wolf had a stint as a radio DJ in Boston when WBCN launched in the late 60s. 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. There was an element of partying, yes. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? Im thinking about retiring, and just managing this group and trying to get them going on tour. He puts this cassette in. They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. During his 19-year reign, Parenteau was instrumental in breaking musical acts like Bob Seger and the J. Geils Band. But that changed the following year, when a An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. It was a friendly rivalry, but it was definitely a rivalry. They are not radio, because there is not a human being there. Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. Last fall, former music director Carter Alan published a history of the station, Radio Free Boston: The Rise and Fall of WBCN (Northeastern University Press), and a documentary film is in the works. That told the story of what the station was really like. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. [2] [3] 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. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. This is what happened: WBCN started on Newbury Street, 171 Newbury Street. 70s. This guy cant sing! All of the Amenities. I do not own the copyright on this material but present this historic audio exhibit as an auditory museum piece. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. It was also a groundbreaking station. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. There was coke residue on the records, and marijuana stems in the back. WBCN's first rock program director, Sam Kopper, was Program Director of WBCN Free Form Rock until the channel was discontinued on January 29, 2016. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. [24], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WRKO, WKAF, and WAAF). Added Parenteaus longtime attorney Frank Cimler: Mark was a terrific radio personality who, at the height of his career, was must listen-to radio.. BBC Tyne, Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1RN phone: 0191 232 4141 | e-mail: tyne@bbc.co.uk 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. There were so many of them, and there was always at least one in rotation, if not more. My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. They gave Mark Parenteau a 3, and they gave Charles Laquidara, that old guy, like a 3.6. [3] When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. A weekly journey through the wild and twisted mind of Mikey Adams. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. We didnt think of our listeners as being fans. 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. Luckily Im still alive. Suddenly all of my decisions were vetted. Wed go out and hang out with the bands. Biography. 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. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. 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. This is a great audio history of radio formats, music, local commercials, news and broadcast personalities at the time. WBCN Free Form Rock was formatted essentially the same as WBCN's 104.1 FM's 1968-88 incarnation (a great deal of rock, rock's related genres, and new music), different from the modern rock format that was carried on 98.5-HD2. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. It didnt have that cool radio vibe. Twenty-four/seven, we were writing scripts, we had a musical backdrop, we had music going. It was like the old BCN, and it was remarkably brave radio. A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. When I came back in 78, I didnt want to come back, because I still wanted to continue being able to do cocaine. The union produced one son. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. So that effectively destroyed radio. nhbob (#921058) WIVY Jacksonville, "Y103" AC Early 1991 35 min. classic rock. We always tried for an element of humor and drama. In early 1994, WBCN made its first major format adjustment since 1968. 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. I dont want to say it was nonstop partying. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. No one could say he wasnt one of the best DJs in the country, said Parenteaus former BCN colleague Charles Laquidara. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Rob Carson Show Every Weekday Noon - 3PM on WCBM! Radio Ink. This was recorded over a 3 hour period late afternoon to early evening on 2 sides of 2 cassette tapes. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." 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. I was the rare DJ from somewhere else. 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. The Rock of Boston. 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. The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? "Free Form BCN" began airing live freeform shows in September 2009 on WZLX-HD3 and at wbcn.com. Jocks werent shy about getting political, either, ranting about Vietnam and apartheid, and sometimes becoming news themselves. Memorable radio personalities from Cleveland's past. This set off a local controversy in Boston that resulted in the entire airstaff walking off the air striking in protest. I was there at the end of the heyday in some ways. We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. There was the Rock n Roll Rumble. There were all the artistsSpringsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2that the station broke and changed lives. Declining ratings and belt-tightening at the former Rock of Boston led to Parenteau being let go in 1997. On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBCN would sign off the 104.1MHz frequency the following month.[9][10][11]. [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 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. On August 13, Mix 98.5, one of those "80s, 90s and today" top 40 stations will move to the 104.1 frequency. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. 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. 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. The 5-8 p.m. block on WRBB at the time was for alternative and indie rock . [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]. 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. Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. That killed radio. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. He took me under his wing. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. Much of the station's programming focused on syndicated talk shows (former WAAF personalities Opie & Anthony replacing David Lee Roth, who had previously replaced Howard Stern in morning drive time). With its audience aging, it risked becoming a classic rock-focused station and losing its currency as an outlet for new music. 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. It looks like nothing was found at this location. It was a Sunday night, Oedipus was hosting Nocturnal Emissions, and he played Never Say Never by Romeo Void. 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. 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. Please say a prayer for Mark.. 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. Mar 2020 - Present3 years. 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.. Partying in the 1980s was different than partying in the 2000s. His reports were syndicated to stations nationwide. 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. Elektra Records said, Hey, why dont we give away a car? Okay: Thats easy, thats ordinary. 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 . Van Morrison would come by a lot. Johnson remained with the station until 1967, just prior to the changeover from classical to easy-listening, and then to rock. Before switching to 98.5 HD-2 on August 12, 2009, WBCN featured its rock format for 41 years as an analog radio station on 104.1 MHz (now WBMX ). WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. They started questioning decisions we made, because all they cared about was ratings and dollars. Parenteau was red. CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. You didnt have someone playing Hank Williams then Muddy Waters then Van Morrison then Velvet Underground, in 15 minutes. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. 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It all started in. Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB. This is awful! When the strike was over, Charles needed someone to be his brain. ADAM ADAM 12 CHAPMANAt WBCN:DJ, 200309. 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. [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. WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. There was just a belief that we could do it. 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