There are 3 small gaps where I flipped/changed cassettes. Unlike most rock stations of the era, WBCN still allowed a degree of individual DJ control of the music. It was like the old BCN, and it was remarkably brave radio. While earning this degree, Martinie was first introduced to astrology when he attended a meeting of the school's astrology club. 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. I remember when I first played Roxanne on the air, people thought it was the end of the world. Theres a direct lineage to Jon Stewart. 3. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. It was a blast for me. If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. It led us to all of the other decisions. 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. But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. 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. Told through the actual sights, sounds, and stories of a compelling cast of characters who connected through the radio station, exploding music and countercultural scenes, militant anti-war. In 1971 he graduated from University of Illinois with a degree in psychology. They put us in the basement in a building with ZLX and Oldies, and then Mix 98.5 moved in there. We had to dress, we had to make appearances, we had to interview. June 18, 1996. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). It was a friendly rivalry, but it was definitely a rivalry. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. Need Personality file for UHF visar (( please help )), High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, Please help : need gm300 personality file, Need Personality file for UHF visar (( please help )). 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. 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. In time, WBCNs free-spirited beginnings would retrench as the station moved to the top of the Prudential Tower with its higher overhead (pun intended), and new owners with higher financial expectations arrived along with radio competition. WBNS radio had been a CBS affiliate for almost 20 years, so Channel 10 immediately joins the CBS television network. Were all on a mattress together. 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 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. Youve seen the movie Almost Famous. The idea of just listening, not being distracted by images, is an art of its own. 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. 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 switched to digital only on August 12, 2009, with two digital-only automated streams, one on the HD2 channel of WBZ-FM continuing the modern rock format, the other Free Form BCN, airing an eclectic mix of rock, related genres, and a lot of new music - essentially the WBCN of 1968 to 1988, brought into the 21st century. The 104.1MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. The final words were from the late Darrell Martinie, the Cosmic Muffin, saying his tag line, "Over and Out." The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 - July 26, 2006) was a Boston -based professional astrologer and radio personality . Please help : need gm300 personality file, 11. Boston, 104.1 MHz FM. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. , Sirius/XM channel 106. 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. Van Morrison would come by a lot. [3] WBCN was a modern rock/active rock station that mixed music that has been popular in the modern rock, alternative rock and classic rock genres. He was 10 to 12 years older than I. I was like his kid brother. 3. 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. At this point, please allow compassion to trump judgement in your hearts. It's an . With Andy Beaubien, David Bowie, Ron Della Chiesa, Noam Chomsky. On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. 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. The first song of that last hour was Cream's "I Feel Free," the first rock song played on WBCN in 1968, and the last song played was Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," followed by a much-used collage of songs with the line "They're really Rockin' in Boston" and station bits and ID spots used over the years, which then slowed to a halt. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. Everybody, send a bag of shit to Arbitron. Duane gave out the exact address, every break, for four hours. In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. So he said, Why dont you just come in and play your music? So on the first night, I was the second DJ. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. Radios fate was sealed in 1996 when they signed the Telecommunications Act. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. 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. 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". The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. Mark Parenteau died after a long illness at the age of 66 in 2016. But that changed the 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 14-year-old boy, died early this morning after a long illness. It was not just your talentyou had to be able to hang with the boys and you had to take a certain number of lumps that the boys didnt have to. Throughout its years the station featured larger-than-life radio personalities such as Charles Laquidara, Mark Parenteau, Ken Shelton, and Oedipus. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. This is what happened: WBCN started on Newbury Street, 171 Newbury Street. Is it a talk station? He gave me confidence to find my own style. 3 Cosmic Dancer (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 4 Main Man (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 5 Ballrooms of Mars (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 6 Mystic Lady. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. Adam Carolla is an American radio personality and television host, comedian and actor. HD Radio substations on the FM frequencies changed as well: This was done to make room for an all-sports talk format at the 98.5 FM frequency, known as "98.5 The Sports Hub" WBZ-FM. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. They were just a bunch of crazy hippies. The station, programmed by BCN's original 1969 program director, Sam Kopper, began airing in February 2009 as "WBCN Free Form 104", airing, until the demise of the original WBCN, on 104.1 HD2. WBCN and the American Revolution Documentary Collection. I quit radio in 76 because it was getting in the way of my cocaine habit. That, for me, was the best thing about working at WBCN: He took a liking to me. The FCC approved the transfer in the spring of 2009. Brilliantly told by Carter Alanand featuring the voices of station insiders and the artists they lovedRadio Free Boston is the story of a city; of artistic freedom, of music and politics and identity; and of the cultural, technological, and financial forces that . He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. "King of All Media" The original "shock jock", Though controversial, he is one of the highest-paid radio personalities in the United States and the most fined personality in radio broadcast history. I was there at the end of the heyday in some ways. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 1. February 28th 5pm Hour: Packers ready to move on? 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. Ive become the de facto spokesperson for the final era. On July 14, 2009, CBS Radio announced that WBCN would sign off the 104.1MHz frequency the following month.[9][10][11]. You have to be exceeding your success. Please say a prayer for Mark.. That played the clubs. OEDIPUSAt WBCN:DJ and program director,19772004. Maxanne Sartori - WBCN DJ. Back then, BCN was a full-service radio station. 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. That just doesnt exist anymore. [3][4] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. WBCN and the American Revolution - Bill Lichtenstein 2021-11-30 How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. During his 19-year reign, Parenteau was instrumental in breaking musical acts like Bob Seger and the J. Geils Band. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? 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. When The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, they thanked him personally for their initial support in America. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. 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. [22] WBCN's rock format moved to 98.5's HD2 subcarrier. He reminds me, every time I see him, that Id be nowhere without him. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. You heard the stories of the camaraderie that they had back then. At Kiss, for an entire decade in the 80s, I was up against Charles. It was about everybody. Known as ' The Rock Of Boston ', its two main Boston - area competitors are Album Oriented Rock / Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX. 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.. I remember the owners telling me, Youre gonna make mistakes, and youre gonna learn from your mistakes. National record labels and the Hubs paisley collection of head shops, record emporiums, natural food cafes and water bed stores clamored so much to run their commercials on BCNs airwaves that by May Tchaikovsky got the news and rock programming went 24/7. Syndicated shock jock Howard Stern turned mornings into all-talk radio. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. In the summer of 1999, WBCN moved its format away from strictly alternative music and more towards an active rock-leaning modern rock format. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . 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. Music is a passion. "WBCN's Free Form 104", moved from 104.1 HD-2 to 100.7 (WZLX) HD-3 and was renamed "Free Form BCN". It was also a groundbreaking station. Includes announcement that the format will shift from 97.3 to 106.9 FM. There was a time when you could hear BCN without a radio. Jocks werent shy about getting political, either, ranting about Vietnam and apartheid, and sometimes becoming news themselves. 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. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. ; Best QB's vs. the spread; Debating Derrick Henry. In that way, WBCN was the Facebook of its era. Popular legend holds that WBCN was sent a promotional copy of The Beatles' unreleased Get Back album and played it on the air before the release of the album was cancelled. When I came back in 78, I didnt want to come back, because I still wanted to continue being able to do cocaine. 2 While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. Parenteau died at around 1 this morning at Mass. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's college station WTBS (today WMBR ). We all had our colors. 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. 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. 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. People are losing interest in radio, Im talking twentysomethings, because theres nothing compelling there. But Duane Glasscock is a fucking idiot. The hitch: the station is on HD. 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. 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 I thought the song was appropriate.. In early 1994, WBCN made its first major format adjustment since 1968. 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]. They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. 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. Alan, who does middays on WZLX, played Segers Famous Final Scene in honor of Parenteau this morning. WBCN was a top station in the country. [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 think it was $10,000. On September 14, 2009, WBCN split from WFNZ and became "America's Talk", a conservative-leaning talk station. The Rob Carson Show Every Weekday Noon - 3PM on WCBM! 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." A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. You could call the "BCN listener line anytime with a question, and they would help you out. 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. But still, it was always WBCN. But that changed the following year, when a In late summer of 1969, WBCN somehow obtained a reel-to-reel tape of a reference acetate of a potential album song lineup prepared by Beatles' engineer Glyn Johns on March 10, 1969. I was the last full-time DJ that Oedipus hired. Thats the station by extension. A native of Detroit, Toettcher graduated from Rollins College in 1997. SAM KOPPERAt WBCN:Program director, morning DJ, 196871; live music broadcast producer and weekend DJ, 197591. You were BCN. We would all play a consistent amount of new music, and then there were times every hour when you could go to the outer library, which was 30,000 albums. There was a time when we first played them, it was like, Oh my God! Originally broadcasting on analog 104.1 MHz (now WWBX) from 1958 to 2009, and later broadcasting as a digital-only radio station, airing on WBZ-FM HD 2 from 2009 to 2017. The myth that WBCN started at the Boston Tea Party, which has been the accepted dogma for 40 years, isnt true. Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. We all wish we could have been around in the 70s and 80s. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. 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. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. Charles Laquidara is fearless. We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. WBCN's last four days on analog radio were celebration and retrospective shows highlighting WBCN's history. 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. This is a great audio history of radio formats, music, local commercials, news and broadcast personalities at the time. 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. penny modesto. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. It was harder to do, but also a tremendous amount of fun to be the rose among the thorns. WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. They gave Mark Parenteau a 3, and they gave Charles Laquidara, that old guy, like a 3.6. We did incredible events. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. The Oedipus Project (oedipus1.com) champions new, alternative, and experimental music. We always tried for an element of humor and drama. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. 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.. 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. Ken Shelton would participate in a near-dismantling of Camelot, a surprise attack from across the radio dial that WBCN's denizens . [5] In May 2001 Boston Magazine named Oedipus the third most influential person in the arts in Boston. The Sounds of The American Revolution features material from the early days of WBCN-FM, when the underground station, politics and rock and roll changed radio - and the world. Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. [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. Boston radio station WBCN revolutionized rock radio in the late 1960s and 1970s. And he screwed up all the time! tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. He was the oldest of five children. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. For those who lived in the listening area, which. 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