I like to think we made the city and the people listening to it, we enhanced their lives. 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. My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. 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. They are the Hall of Famers, those broadcasters who are the top of their profession and who carry the spirit of the great older generation of radio professionals who put Boston on the map as a great radio town -- Jess Cain, Dave Maynard, Larry Justice, Norm Nathan and of course, the great late David Brudnoy, to name a few. I was only there for a short time. If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. There is comedy, news, information about peace marches ('BCN was the "internet" for the young crowd (me at the time!!). 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. Arbitron got a lot of bags of shit. There isnt a museum yet, but Boston archivist David Bieberwho, as a grad student, profiled the nascent WBCN for this magazine in 1970, and later worked at the stationhas leased key artifacts to the Verb Hotel, a boutique hotel opening this month next door to WBCNs former studios. 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. The women at WBCN, we had to carve out a place for ourselves. Can you imagine a world with just the Eagles? Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. Died shortly after 10am today. At this point, please allow compassion to trump judgement in your hearts. There were other conspiring factors, too: The alt-rock format was souring. Usually, wed be going to see bands that nobody wanted to see, when they were brand-new. 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. 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. Jocks werent shy about getting political, either, ranting about Vietnam and apartheid, and sometimes becoming news themselves. WBCN was a top station in 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. 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. 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. [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. I had horrible taste in music. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio The Jimmy Tingle Show Sports Decision Made On Leonard Fournette's Future With Buccaneers: Report Feb 28, 2023 Blackhawks Trade Patrick Kane: Report Feb 28, 2023 Update On Justin Jefferson's Future With Vikings Feb 28, 2023 Bears' GM Ryan Poles Addresses 'Plan' For Fields' Future, No. Since then:DJ at WZLX and KISS; editor in chief at Citysearch; marketing director at Ticketmaster Online. Were all on a mattress together. So these bands, because we thought they were good, could be heard next to the Clash, or could be heard next to Fleetwood Mac. I didnt have $10. 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. Classical music, jazz, or anything else might be played, as long as the skillful DJs could make it work. This set off a local controversy in Boston that resulted in the entire airstaff walking off the air striking in protest. But youve got to admit hes creative and managed to make it successful. Im not a real fan of what he did or what he does. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. 3. Duane went on the air and complained, All these fat cats down in Maryland, theyre driving around in their Cadillacs, smoking cigars, and these guys decide what radio stations get all the money from the sponsors. [2] In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004. So that effectively destroyed radio. Airchecks and Radio Broadcasts, WBCN, The Rock of Boston, Lisa Carlin, Mark Parenteau, FM 104, Mat Schaffer Language English This an aircheck of WBCN Boston, one of the best radio stations ever to exist at the time. 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. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. Air Talent,WMYF Exeter,NHLeslie Patten 1977-80 Screenplay writer,Nova ScotiaAl Perry 1968-75 GM at WERZ and WMYS in Exter,NHCarla "Raz" Razwyck 1982-85 Air Talent,WEQX Manchester,VTTracy Roach 1976-80 Lawyer in MichiganTom Sandman 1982-90 Production Dir. BBC Tyne, Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1RN phone: 0191 232 4141 | e-mail: [email protected] In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. "More than a million people listen to Nancy every week," the station once boasted. J." 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. A formerly bulletproof radio property became riddled and CBS stemmed the bleeding by shuttering WBCN on August 12, 2009. WBCN is a digital-only radio station airing on WBZ-FM HD -2 and on WZLX HD -3 in Boston, Massachusetts and owned by CBS Radio. Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality. 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. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. He said, Charles Laquidara is a professional. I was like that kid. Suddenly, you can own multiple stations in one market. You didnt have someone playing Hank Williams then Muddy Waters then Van Morrison then Velvet Underground, in 15 minutes. In a lot of ways, what Howard Stern does really grew from what Charles did. The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. But that changed the following year, when a An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. 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. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. The documentary "WBCN and The American Revolution" chronicles how Boston emerged as the "central crossroad of the counterculture and political activism" in the late-1960s and early-1970s. It was harder to do, but also a tremendous amount of fun to be the rose among the thorns. Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. WBCN is credited with. Suddenly all of my decisions were vetted. WBCN 104.1 FM went off the air on Aug. 11 after broadcasting in Boston for more than 40 years. And I still have the original cassette tapes! buss. That does not exist anymore. But I remember my parents changing the station. In 2016 Oedipus was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame (Massachusetts Broadcasters Association). 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. WBCN's programming in 1971-72 bore little relationship to the Billboard Hot 100 or any other conventional programming. You could start in downtown Boston and walk to Cambridge, to Harvard Square. and Cooper. . Unlike most rock stations of the era, WBCN still allowed a degree of individual DJ control of the music. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. They were the first same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Saugus.[3]. 1 Draft Pick Feb 28, 2023 Includes announcement that the format will shift from 97.3 to 106.9 FM. The protest got local media coverage and the attention of several well-known Boston-based music acts, including The Cars, Aerosmith, and Boston, who got behind the protest. Praesent varius consequat convallis. I do not own the copyright on this material but present this historic audio exhibit as an auditory museum piece. WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. 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. . "Indie 104.1" on 104.1 HD-3 ceased operations. fostered since 1968. It was just a matter of time before it became centrally controlled and they could put all of these cost-cutting measures into effect. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. 70s. 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 old Boylston Street studios were all beat up. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. From February 26, 1991, to December 3, 2017, the "Mix" format in Boston used the callsign WBMX. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. KEAR San Francisco, "Family Radio" Christian 9/12/78 45 min. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. Wolf called himself "Woofuh Goofuh" on the air; he left the station in 1969 to tour with the band. Soon the station moved across town to Stuart Street with JJ Jackson and Charles Laquidara joining the circle. They were totally my peers. 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." At Kiss, for an entire decade in the 80s, I was up against Charles. [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. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. The myth that WBCN started at the Boston Tea Party, which has been the accepted dogma for 40 years, isnt true. But in 1996, the new Telecommunications Act spawned a sudden nationwide consolidation of the radio industry, and thats when things for BCN went south. [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. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. We did incredible events. I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. As the 90s beckoned, WBCNs taste for fresh sounds placed it in the Alternative Music format, but rapid changes began to sap its vital energy. 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 In 2007, the station was nominated for the Top 25 Markets Alternative Station of the Year Award by Radio & Records magazine. WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. But we were also out in public. Navigate our website or try searching instead. 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. Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. 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. John J. Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. 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. And the Internets savage evisceration of the music industry finished off what was left. The station by this time was playing some hard rock and Nu metal acts such as Godsmack, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. 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. 2 While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. WBCN air staff in the station's record library. 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). 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. That fall, Segal and Kopper hired J. J. Jackson as a disc jockey. That same year he moved to Boston, as he believed it was the most astrologically perfect place for him. (#921058) WIVY Jacksonville, "Y103" AC Early 1991 35 min. This is noise! 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