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. LISA TRAXLERAt WBCN:DJ, 198490. BONUS: After posting this aircheck I found an additional 90 minute cassette from earlier this same day (2:35pm-4:05pm) featuring Mark. . 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. Just dont lose us the license. Suddenly for a week, it was amazing radio. 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. scoped composite of various personalities. When I took over as program director, we were getting our ass kicked by WCOZ, Kickass Rock n Roll. We needed to turn it around, and we were able to turn it around. Parenteau is survived by a brother, Barry. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 14:42. Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. But I remember my parents changing the station. Van Morrison would come by a lot. The gala celebration will featu Once you reach number one, once you reach that magical economic success, once you reach X number of millions of dollars in billing, where do you go? Ken Shelton would participate in a near-dismantling of Camelot, a surprise attack from across the radio dial that WBCN's denizens . I didnt have $10. The old DJs, station IDs, and classic rock were gutted, replaced by an alternative music format featuring new, younger jocks. Suddenly, you have two talk shows on in the morning and afternoon drive, so what is BCN? During the autumn months, WBCN became more focused on sports as the station broadcast the games of the NFL's New England Patriots beginning in 1995. The J Show, Weekdays 5:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Active rock accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 digital subchannel. 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. A formerly bulletproof radio property became riddled and CBS stemmed the bleeding by shuttering WBCN on August 12, 2009. WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Segal's arrival was critical to the station's early development since he came in from Los Angeles and San Francisco, where he had been mentored by the legendary West Coast DJ Tom Donahue, who was credited with starting the very first underground rock FM station at KMPX the year before. The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. Even though it was cassettes, the quality is surprisingly very good. 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. For those who lived in the listening area, which. Died shortly after 10am today. But then, if it was kind of vicious out, you could play Riders on the Storm by the Doors. We were next door to an Acura dealership. 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. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. What was great about that period, in the 80s, was they let me program the 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. 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. But still, it was always WBCN. The call sign stood for the Boston Concert Network (along with Hartford's WHCN, New York City's WNCN, and Providence's WXCN). By June 1968, the station's air staff included Mississippi, Peter Wolf (who was just starting with the J. Geils Band), Tommy Hadges, Jim Parry, Al Perry, and Sam Kopper was joined by Steven "The Seagull" Segal. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . The WBCN staff, circa 1978. [22] The final song "Mix" played on 98.5 was "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects,[23] while the first song "Mix" played on 104.1 was "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon. The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. They would play the same songs over and over. nhbob "WBCN's Free Form 104", moved from 104.1 HD-2 to 100.7 (WZLX) HD-3 and was renamed "Free Form BCN". Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. Partying in the 1980s was different than partying in the 2000s. June 18, 1996. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. -. How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. Last fall, former music director Carter Alan published a history of the station, Radio Free Boston: The Rise and Fall of WBCN (Northeastern University Press), and a documentary film is in the works. Charles Laquidara Charles Laquidara (born November 24, 1938) is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for nearly 30 years (1969-1996) on WBCN. The final words were from the late Darrell Martinie, the Cosmic Muffin, saying his tag line, "Over and Out." Boston Globe. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. But that changed the following year, when a 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. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. Danny Schechter and others would create a similarly inspired liberal attitude in the news department, connecting WBCNs community with what they needed to know in a national and local environment that remained openly hostile to the American counterculture. #WBCN #wbcnfreeform. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. fostered since 1968. Uploaded by I was the rare DJ from somewhere else. 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. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. The music meant something to the DJ, and to the moment in which it was being played. The news department was initially headed by Norm Winer, who later became program director. He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. 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. *Howard Stern (born January 12, 1954). On the night of March 15, 1968, Mississippi Harold Wilson (Joe Rogers) touched the needle to Creams I Feel Free, declaring FM independence and the beginning of Bostons underground radio experiment, dubbed The American Revolution. Boston Tea Party owner Ray Riepen saw that the stereo LPs being played in apartments and dorms werent getting radio airtime. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. 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". You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. Since then:DJ at WZLX and KISS; editor in chief at Citysearch; marketing director at Ticketmaster Online. But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. web pages Memorable radio personalities from Cleveland's past. Parenteau played that at 4. Sirius XM Radio Inc. Sep 2016 - Aug 20226 years. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. 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