If you grew up in the Boston metro, BCN was part of your life in some way, shape, or form. I remember when I first played Roxanne on the air, people thought it was the end of the world. There wasnt bitterness; there was just sadness at the end. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. The 104.1MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. They would be heard next to the great bands of the time. 60s. "The incredible story of how a radio station, politics, and rock and roll changed everything." Im absolutely positive of WBCNs legacy. He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. Now its just the luck of the draw. This was recorded over a 3 hour period late afternoon to early evening on 2 sides of 2 cassette tapes. Parenteau, who claimed he did not know the boy he was charged with molesting was under age, agreed to plead guilty to one count of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to three years in prison. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. The kid comes into the station. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. 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. In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. Radio is in her blood: she is the daughter of the late Doris and Joe Quill, owner and general manager of WRLM in Taunton, Massachusetts. He died on July 26, 2006 at his home in Saugus, Massachusetts.[4]. [3] Boston Globe. NAME Years of Service Current Status, Bill Abbate 1988-Present Air Talent,midnight - 6AMKaty Abel 1982-88 Education Reporter WHDH-TV7(CBS) Producer for The Learning ChannelCarter Alan 1979-Present Music DirectorLorraine Ballard 1978-80 Living in PhiladelphiaAndy Beaubien 1969-77 PD at DC-101,WashingtonTony Berardini 1978-Present General ManagerJohn Brodey 1969-1979 GM for Giant Records in LAJudy "Scooter" Carlough 1982-87 Senior Acct. You went in there, you got your tires checked, they washed your windshield, put the gas in, and you didnt even have to get out of your car. In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. B96 - WBBM 96.3 FM. You have a world with just the Eagles. I quit radio in 76 because it was getting in the way of my cocaine habit. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. Includes announcement that the format will shift from 97.3 to 106.9 FM. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. I was turquoise. In that way, WBCN was the Facebook of its era. 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This article is about the media personality. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. Charles Laquidara is fearless. in BostonAlbert O 1983-Present Air Talent,midnight-6amOedipus 1976-Present Program DirectorMark Parentau 1978-Present Air Talent,3-7pmJim Parry 1968-79 Anthroplogy student at Harvard U. BCN's first rock announcer, "Mississippi Harold Wilson" (Joe Rogers), used the station's first slogan, "The American Revolution" and played the very first song "I Feel Free" by the rock group Cream. WBCN began supporting non-mainstream investigative reporting and alternative news coverage, including reports from demonstrations and highly produced montage news reports. Thats how we found Billy West, from The Ren & Stimpy Show and Futurama. Eventually, Wolf had a crucial . 0. They started questioning decisions we made, because all they cared about was ratings and dollars. 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. On February 2, 2017, CBS announced that they would be selling their radio division to Entercom, whose existing properties in the Boston area included WBCN's long-time rival, WAAF. nhbob Died shortly after 10am today. But I remember my parents changing the station. The call letters stood for the " Boston Concert Network ". After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. We thought, Wouldnt it be great to have a radio station where they played Benny Goodman, Sing Sing Sing, from 1938, maybe mix that with the Carmina Burana, and then mix that with Jimi Hendrix and the Stones, and then come back with a folk song? That told the story of what the station was really like. At BCNs peak, its top DJ raked in more than a million bucks a year. 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. So did blues icons like B.B. 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. So was its sound: Now-famous megagroups, from Aerosmith and the Clash to the Ramones and U2, all found early support on 104.1. 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 women's movement, the gay. His reports were syndicated to stations nationwide. They gave Mark Parenteau a 3, and they gave Charles Laquidara, that old guy, like a 3.6. Praesent varius consequat convallis. I can remember sitting in the back of my parents Plymouth Valiant. 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. Take the Clash. The station broadcasts a Rock format and is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. 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.. BCN did that. He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. August 1948: The first antenna is erected a 595-foot tower. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. Im thinking about retiring, and just managing this group and trying to get them going on tour. He puts this cassette in. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. It felt more like a bank. It was about everybody. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. [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. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. OEDIPUSAt WBCN:DJ and program director,19772004. 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. 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. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. 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 We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. Nancy was with the station from when WMJX signed on in 1982. 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. A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. I was like that kid. But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. Elektra Records said, Hey, why dont we give away a car? Okay: Thats easy, thats ordinary. 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. We're Back!!!! Parenteau is survived by a brother, Barry. The hitch: the station is on HD. Parenteau played that at 4. He took me under his wing. All the rest of us have got 4s and 5s. And he looks up at me. Can you imagine a world with just the Eagles? She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. 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. We dont care. 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). Please say a prayer for Mark.. It returned to sports programming in 2013 as a full-time satellite of CBS Sports Radio. I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. tation history Before the middle 1960s, the station played classical music exclusively. 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. While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. It was a friendly rivalry, but it was definitely a rivalry. At the time, it was hard to find what was going on. 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. Rob also hosts one of America's fastest growing and highest rated political commentary shows, The Newsmax Daily with Rob Carson.. 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. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. The following Monday, my boss, Klee Dobra, called me in. I had horrible taste in music. We always tried for an element of humor and drama. 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. BONUS: After posting this aircheck I found an additional 90 minute cassette from earlier this same day (2:35pm-4:05pm) featuring Mark. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. 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. Former and current full-time WBCN personalities show and Futurama call letters stood for the Armed Forces radio Network the! 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