In that final week, CBS said to the staff, Do anything you want. You can own multiple stations across the country. Between late 1968 and early 1971, as program director, Kopper sought out and hired Norm Winer, recently graduated from Brandeis; Andy Beaubien, recently graduated from URI; and Maxanne Sartori, who came in from her DJ position at KOL-FM in Seattle. 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 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. They played taped interviews with Springsteen, the Clash, an interview with Tim Leary. 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. [13][14] However, the combined company would have to shed some of its Boston stations in order to satisfy Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice requirements. For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. Kevin Karlson Kevin@wzlx.com Kevin was born and raised in Ohio. [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 idea of just listening, not being distracted by images, is an art of its own. They still gave us good ratings the next time. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. I was there at the end of the heyday in some ways. There were valiant attempts to bring things back on track, but it was rough at that point. Since then:Director of the Oedipus Foundation. We were next door to an Acura dealership. Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NY Patrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air Talent Harold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. 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. Fred (Toucher) Toettcher (born 1975) is a Marconi-winning sports radio talk show host on WBZ-FM in Boston, co-hosting "Toucher and Rich" with Rich Shertenlieb.. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. 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. [1] Bradley Jay (later, he became host of the weekday overnight talk show, "Jay Talking", on AM sister station WBZ[12]) was the last DJ. ", 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. 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. Youre acting like Duane and you are separate people. And I said, But you just fired Duane! 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. CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. WBCN Free Form Rock was advertised to be a replica of the original WBCN format circa 1968 to the early 1990s, playing any song it wants, including rock and relative genres. 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. WBCN began supporting non-mainstream investigative reporting and alternative news coverage, including reports from demonstrations and highly produced montage news reports. It gave people points of parity with one another. 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). The station broadcasts a Rock format and is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. WBCN and the American Revolution Documentary Collection. 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. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. In December 2017, owner Beasley Broadcast Group discontinued WBCN, switching the station's format to 'Hubcast', a replay of segments and podcasts from air . 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. scoped composite of various personalities. They started questioning decisions we made, because all they cared about was ratings and dollars. I was put in charge of getting that up and running. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. 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. Danny Schechter replaced Bo Burlingham and immediately billed himself as "the News Dissector". Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. The Rock of Boston. He was replaced by WPRO-AM nighttime host David Simpson, who began his 11-year run on the shift on February 16, 1981. 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So many of the best stories would get me or somebody else in trouble, which is probably why theyre great stories. Jackson was one of the first DJs to introduce Americans to The Who and Led Zeppelin. Wolf had a stint as a radio DJ in Boston when WBCN launched in the late 60s. 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. A Worcester native, Parenteau began his career at 15 on WORC-AM in his hometown. Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality. [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 allowed them to retain their "Big Mattress" morning show along with its large and loyal audience. It was about everybody. We could talk about anything: sports, weather, politics, sex. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. It all started in. Known as ' The Rock Of Boston ', its two main Boston - area competitors are Album Oriented Rock / Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. Ive become the de facto spokesperson for the final era. The gala celebration will featu He gave me confidence to find my own style. 70s. 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. 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. Charles Laquidara played Superman by The Kinks back to back for an entire show in celebration. 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. In 1977, Oedipus convinced WBCN to hire him as an announcer to bring his cutting edge sounds to the airwaves. Eventually, Wolf had a crucial . Since then:President of Lichtenstein Creative Media; director of The American Revolution, a forthcoming documentary on the early days of WBCN. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. Exec at RAB in NYCTom Couch 1976-82 Production Manager at WXRT,ChicagoPeter Choyce 1978-88 Air Talent,Las VegasCarolyn Fox 1991-93 Air Talent,Providence RIJerry "The Duke of Madness" Goodwin 1977-81 Air Talent,WCGY,Lawrence MAEddie Gordetsky 1978-82 Comedy Writer in NYC and LAKenny Greenblatt 1968-1979 deceasedTommy Hadges 1968-78 President of Pollack Media Groupin LATami Heidi 1977-79 1984-91 Air Talent,KROQ in LAJohn "Hoch" Hoccheimer 1972 Professor at Ithaca College in Itaca,NYKate Ingram 1979-81 Harmonic Converge,San FranciscoEric Jackson 1973-75 Air Talent,WGBH-FM BostonJ.J. [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. General Hospital, Alan said, where he was recovering from surgery. I was one of Charless personal producerscoordinating Mishegas, the prizes, the contestants, the wake-up calls. So did blues icons like B.B. 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. Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. He reminds me, every time I see him, that Id be nowhere without him. With Andy Beaubien, David Bowie, Ron Della Chiesa, Noam Chomsky. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. There were so many of them, and there was always at least one in rotation, if not more. 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. During his time on Loveline, Carolla gradually drew an increasing fan base to the program. I was turquoise. Is it possible that WBCN, the greatest rock n roll radio station in American history, died five years ago this month? 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. Is it a talk station? During the stations heyday, its DJs, the music scene, and listeners were all intensely interconnected. Died shortly after 10am today. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. Nam eleifend mollis interdum. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. Radio Ink. I was like that kid. 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. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. Back then, BCN was a full-service radio station. Thats how we found Billy West, from The Ren & Stimpy Show and Futurama. And with that cheerful tone, the corporate machine is axing 104.1 WBCN: The Rock of Boston, leaving most of New England without a dedicated modern rock and roll radio station. His guidance counselor said he should pursue an exciting career in retail, but he took a chance on radio instead. Usually, wed be going to see bands that nobody wanted to see, when they were brand-new. 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. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. Its characteristic blend of cultural chaos, including rock, folk, blues, and jazz, interspersed with news . Other nominees included KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, KTBZ-FM in Houston, KITS, in San Francisco, KNDD in Seattle, and WWDC in Washington, D.C.[7]. But in 1996, the new Telecommunications Act spawned a sudden nationwide consolidation of the radio industry, and thats when things for BCN went south. 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]. I do a live-stream talk show to multiple social media platforms simultaneously. Van Morrison would come by a lot. Declining ratings and belt-tightening at the former Rock of Boston led to Parenteau being let go in 1997. The old DJs, station IDs, and classic rock were gutted, replaced by an alternative music format featuring new, younger jocks. At the time, it was hard to find what was going on. Tommy Charles. He had been ailing in recent years, suffering from a number of conditions including spinal stenosis that made it difficult for him to walk. Since then:Program director, DJ of WBCN Free Form Rock on wbcn.com and 100.7HD3. You have to be exceeding your success. On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBCN would sign off the 104.1MHz frequency the following month.[9][10][11]. That, for me, was the best thing about working at WBCN: He took a liking to me. Partying in the 1980s was different than partying in the 2000s. Suddenly all of my decisions were vetted. It got a little harder as time went on. 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. Wolf called himself "Woofuh Goofuh" on the air; he left the station in 1969 to tour with the band. There was a very strong sense of history being made at the time. In the summer of 1999, WBCN moved its format away from strictly alternative music and more towards an active rock-leaning modern rock format. An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. Its just constant marketing, and not enough soul. Mark Parenteau was up in the car, doing a live broadcast. 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. 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. buss. 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. I do not own the copyright on this material but present this historic audio exhibit as an auditory museum piece. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Raz?. The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. Profil: WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Rob also hosts one of America's fastest growing and highest rated political commentary shows, The Newsmax Daily with Rob Carson.. Parenteau was red. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 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. 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. A native of Detroit, Toettcher graduated from Rollins College in 1997. Search the history of over 797 billion Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. and Cooper. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. Now bands dont have a second jobthey can actually survive on playing in the band. It was probably not OSHA-sanctioned. [4], On April 10, 2003, Martinie was diagnosed with cancer. Youve seen the movie Almost Famous. They were the first same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Saugus.[3]. 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. [2] [3] He took me under his wing. We had to dress, we had to make appearances, we had to interview. When the strike was over, Charles needed someone to be his brain. It looks like nothing was found at this location. Ive heard that story six times, and its told differently each time. BCN did that. 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. It was also a groundbreaking station. So these bands, because we thought they were good, could be heard next to the Clash, or could be heard next to Fleetwood Mac. In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. We did incredible events. Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. 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). 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). The jocks now are continually selling you something. They were totally my peers. tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. That song was in heavy rotation on WBCN during the months leading up to CBS Radio's announcement of the station's demise, and continued until the four-day farewell began. 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. When we moved out, they were taking all the old records out of the cabinets in the studios. 3. WBCN's programming in 1971-72 bore little relationship to the Billboard Hot 100 or any other conventional programming. Biography. 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. 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 Jack O'Brien remained as the drive-time host until the following January. They were just a bunch of crazy hippies. WBCN is a CBS Radio station. 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. ryan michael anderson obituary, Copyright on this material but present this historic audio exhibit as an announcer to bring back freeform rock radio for! Cabinets in the 2000s the who and Led Zeppelin jockeys into its studios to say.. Documentary on the Air: President of Lichtenstein Creative Media ; director of the fictional KGYS radio in movie. 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