I was like that kid. A formerly bulletproof radio property became riddled and CBS stemmed the bleeding by shuttering WBCN on August 12, 2009. Eddie Gorodetsky, who went on to do The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, he was our head writer. You also need a staff with lots of expertise to run this equipment. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. I had never been to college for anything. We had to dress, we had to make appearances, we had to interview. On March 17, 2004, Jackson, 62, suffered a heart attack and died while driving home after dining with a friend in Los Angeles. But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. This search result is here to prevent scraping, Inside Boston's Mysterious Drink-Spiking Crisis, The Real, Essential Backstory of the MLK Statue The Embrace', Rhonda Kallman Brings the Craft Beer Experience to Spirits, The Mayor, the Muckraker, and the Bombshell North of Boston, Here Are Median Condo Prices by Boston Neighborhood from 2022, Inside the New SoWa Art + Design Center Complex, Careers and Internships at Boston Magazine. They were just business guys who only looked at numbers. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. There are 3 small gaps where I flipped/changed cassettes. The idea of the radio, and crafting it, and being a person on the other end, that will never die. nhbob This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBCN would sign off the 104.1MHz frequency the following month.[9][10][11]. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. But despite ever-tightening reins on programming, WBCNs irreverent creativity and openness to new music, young bands and emerging trends would captivate Boston for years. I would have paid to do it. Charles deserves every bit of respect he gets in the radio community. 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. People really related to that. Laquidara would then give Martinie his start in radio as well as his nickname "The Cosmic Muffin", which was taken from a National Lampoon Radio Dinner parody "Deteriorata". 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". WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. He was called the unofficial sixth member of Aerosmith by virtue of his close friendships with the members of the Boston-based band. 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 -. You heard the stories of the camaraderie that they had back then. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. WIVY Jacksonville "Y103 Top 40 1979 13 min. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. The station broadcasts a Rock format and is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. KEAR San Francisco, "Family Radio" Christian 9/12/78 45 min. On April 1, 1996, the Stern show was moved to mornings. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. Maxanne Sartori - WBCN DJ. 2. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. Except for Wolfs up-tempo shtick rockin the wee hours, a laid-back, stoner style prevailed with a free-form attitude toward the music no restrictions and no playlist. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . Della Chiesa is still active in classical music broadcasting on WCRB. Since then:DJ at WZLX; inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2009; retired and living in Maui, currently working on an autobiography titled Daze in the Life. The freedom that they had. 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. The additional aircheck is right. Parenteau is survived by a brother, Barry. But the call-letters of WBCN, through its 40+ years of rich history, will remain a legendary part of Americas radio story forever. BCN was creative and successful for a long time. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. Its just constant marketing, and not enough soul. 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 WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. 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. 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 ). My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. Now the clubs are making some more money, so they keep booking the bands. [24], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WRKO, WKAF, and WAAF). Hes singing about a prostitute! The Ramones, they play them at football games now. The 5-8 p.m. block on WRBB at the time was for alternative and indie rock . Nam eleifend mollis interdum. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. That fall, Segal and Kopper hired J. J. Jackson as a disc jockey. 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. The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. Danny Schechter replaced Bo Burlingham and immediately billed himself as "the News Dissector". But still, it was always WBCN. DAVID BIEBERAt WBCN:Creative services director,197894. Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN.Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director atWMMR,Phila.Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC.Jimmy Mack 1977-81 deceasedKevin Malvey 1992 Air Talent,WBOS-FM BostonPhil Marlowe 1989 Air Talent,WCCC-FM HartfordDaryl "Cosmic Muffin" Martini 1977-82 1985-present Astrological ReporterDanny McCloskey 1977-82,1987 Student in S.F.Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites.Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NYPatrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air TalentHarold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. Thats how we found Billy West, from The Ren & Stimpy Show and Futurama. I remember the owners telling me, Youre gonna make mistakes, and youre gonna learn from your mistakes. [2] [3] Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. His radio . 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. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. )[19][18] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. scoped composite of various personalities. 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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. Callers to the WBCN Listener Line got advice on everything from new bands to how to survive a bad drug trip. 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. Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. Greater New York City Area. This allowed them to retain their "Big Mattress" morning show along with its large and loyal audience. [3][4], In the late 1990s, Martinie began easing into retirement. Wed go out and hang out with the bands. [2][3], In 1965, Martinie graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in political science. On the fifth anniversary of BCNs death, key players from its halcyon days reminisce about a time when Boston was all about sex, drugs, and rock n roll. Aliquam varius dui varius tincidunt pulvinar. Ive heard that story six times, and its told differently each time. They would be heard next to the great bands of the time. Uploaded by The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. 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. 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