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. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group. 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. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 1. For a long time, WBCN successfully balanced new and old music (featuring the slogan "Classic to Cutting Edge"). Also,acting Promotions Director at WBCN. There are no reviews yet. We all had our colors. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. Jackson was one of the first DJs to introduce Americans to The Who and Led Zeppelin. He then moved to the legendary WBCN-FM/Boston where he won three Boston Achievement in Radio Awards and was the Executive Producer of New England Patriots Radio Network. [22] WBCN's rock format moved to 98.5's HD2 subcarrier. Profil: WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1. He died on July 26, 2006 at his home in Saugus, Massachusetts.[4]. WIVY Jacksonville "Y103 Top 40 1979 13 min. 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. After leaving BCN he did fill-in work on WRKO and WTKK in Boston and a stint at Q104 in New York. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. He called up wanting to be a contestant. It was also a groundbreaking station. Partying in the 1980s was different than partying in the 2000s. 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". Does anyone know how to get in touch with Raz?. I was the artistic director of a 24-hour opera of the mind. . LISA TRAXLERAt WBCN:DJ, 198490. 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. 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. So we said, How about the car we give away, its suspended from a crane tied into the Strawberries Records on Memorial Drive and hanging over the Charles River? 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. SAM KOPPERAt WBCN:Program director, morning DJ, 196871; live music broadcast producer and weekend DJ, 197591. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . This an aircheck of WBCN Boston, one of the best radio stations ever to exist at the time. WBCN was a top station in the country. In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. By the fall of 2002, certain classic artists, such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Ozzy Osbourne, were added back in the station's playlist rotation. The Rock of Boston. We were as important as the Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox. 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. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. The idea of just listening, not being distracted by images, is an art of its own. It was a friendly rivalry, but it was definitely a rivalry. None of the Alligators. For a brief period during that transition, Charles Laquidara, who was acting program director hired Robert "Bo" Burlingham as news director. Known as ' The Rock Of Boston ', its two main Boston - area competitors are Album Oriented Rock / Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX. Luckily Im still alive. 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. But youve got to admit hes creative and managed to make it successful. on the Internet. And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. Are you playing with a full deck? Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. 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. Director of Public Affairs at New England Med.Center BostonBilly West 1983-90 Voices of Ren&Stimpy Nickolodeon Production,WXRK(K-Rock) in NYCSherman Whitman 1985-87 1989-Present Public Affairs DirectorNorm Winer 1969-70 1971-77 PD at WXRT,ChicagoAndrew Wolf 1988-90 Air Talent,WZBC-FM,BostonPeter Wolf 1968 Recording Artist,BostonDavid Wolman 1980-84 Promotions Dir,KOME-FM San Jose, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. He was 66. In early 2006, with the Howard Stern morning drive time show gone due to Stern moving to Sirius Satellite Radio, WBCN experienced a plummet in Arbitron ratings that the station had not observed since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it fell behind then rock format competitor WCOZ. And he screwed up all the time! -. Everybody, send a bag of shit to Arbitron. Duane gave out the exact address, every break, for four hours. After five years at MTV, Jackson returned to Los Angeles radio, JJ's first gig after MTV was 106 KWST then at KROQ-FM in 1987, then as program director of modern rock/alternative station KEDG ("The Edge") until May 1989. 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. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LABradley Jay 1984-Present Air TalentMadge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM BostonLisa Carlin 1980-82 TV commentator in NYCCharlie Kendall 1978-79 Radio Station Owner in MississippiSam Kooper 1968-73 National Media Relations 1987-90 Spokeperson in Boston, Bob Kranes 1982-86 A&R,Polygram in NYCCharles Laquidara 1969-76 1977-Present Air Talent,6-10amKathryn Lauren 1985-87 Air Talent,WHFS,Annapolis,MDMaurice Lewis 1989-91 Boston Food BankLarry "Cha-Chi" Loprete 1982-Present Air Talent,Host of WBCN's "Get Back to The Beatles" heard on Sundays. If you needed a ride, well connect you. I quit radio in 76 because it was getting in the way of my cocaine habit. [3][4] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys college station WTBS (today WMBR). WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. It was programmed by. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. 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. Parenteau played that at 4. The following Monday, my boss, Klee Dobra, called me in. "WBCN Free Form Rock" (originally "WBCN Free Form 104", then "Free Form BCN") was a digital-only radio station broadcasting on the Internet and in the Boston radio market on WZLX 100.7 HD3. Morning Show Host: "Volume" Talk channel, centered on music. Branded as "WAAF", WWBX-HD2 also simulcasts over the HD2 digital subchannel of WEEI-FM and is available online via Audacy; both subchannels previously simulcast the analog signal of WAAF (107.3 FM) until that station was divested to the Educational Media Foundation on February 22, 2020.[29]. Now bands dont have a second jobthey can actually survive on playing in the band. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 - July 26, 2006) was a Boston -based professional astrologer and radio personality . I got to interview people like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Ronny Wood, Smokey Robinson. 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]. WBCN's last four days on analog radio were celebration and retrospective shows highlighting WBCN's history. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. fostered since 1968. On March 17, 2004, Jackson, 62, suffered a heart attack and died while driving home after dining with a friend in Los Angeles. 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. It was a club for everyone. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. I was like that kid. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. The aim was music discovery, which often meant strange and surprising band pairings. On April 1, 1996, the Stern show was moved to mornings. The station slowly began to change to an "underground" progressive rock format on the night of March 15, 1968. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. 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. J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston . When several large advertisers pulled spots, and the union filed a challenge to Hemisphere's license (pointing out that by forcing the staff out on strike, Hemisphere had created a situation where it could not provide the public service it was required to), Hemisphere relented, the fired staffers were rehired and the DJs went back on the air. You heard the stories of the camaraderie that they had back then. (It was also rumored that Hemisphere's FCC lawyers had vetoed the course of action advised by Hemisphere's labor lawyers). [1] He also hosted Westwood One Radio Network's nationally syndicated radio show The Beatle Years from 1995 until his death. People dont listen to technology; they listen to content. Putting Howard Stern on the air was certainly a good decision financially, but it brought our defenses down quite a bit. Suddenly, you can own multiple stations in one market. I can trace my success to BCN. NAME Years of Service Current Status Bill Abbate 1988-Present. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. So he said, Why dont you just come in and play your music? So on the first night, I was the second DJ. 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. Early jocks included J. J. Jackson, who later became one of the first MTV VJs, and Peter Wolf, the future leader of the J. Geils Band. By the 1990s, WBCN was at a crossroads. 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. 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. His guidance counselor said he should pursue an exciting career in retail, but he took a chance on radio instead. Boston radio station WBCN revolutionized rock radio in the late 1960s and 1970s. There were so many of them, and there was always at least one in rotation, if not more. The union produced one son. Were all on a mattress together. But his 2004 arrest for having sex with a minor marked the end of his days on the air. Twelve years later, JJ would become one of MTV's first VJs. That played the clubs. I remember we were doing this promotion for the Cars. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. 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. The station by this time was playing some hard rock and Nu metal acts such as Godsmack, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. Jackson had a daughter and three grandchildren.[2]. February 28th 5pm Hour: Packers ready to move on? The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. [1], Martinie was in a relationship with Edward Boesel from January 7, 1973 until Martinie's death. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. 0. . 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. The gala celebration will featu 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. The Charlotte station was a semi-satellite of WFNZ 610 AM, known then as "The Franchise", an all sports talk station. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. However, on January 29, 2016, "WBCN Free Form Rock" was dropped from WZLX-HD3 and flipped to adult standards as "The Lounge." Its legacy was in the artists it helped break. People forget that there was a time when the Police were brand-new and they played the Rat, in Kenmore Square. That means I've been on the radio for 25 years. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. 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". 70s. One of the things that it pioneered is a style of production, those highly edited montages: Nixon with music and comedy. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. [24], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WRKO, WKAF, and WAAF). Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Eventually, Wolf had a crucial . I know many of you might have been offended or even angered at things Mark did in his life; but he also was a legendary talent; the best DJ I ever heard behind a mic and one from whom I learned so much of what I do on the radio, Alan, who visited with Parenteau regularly in his final days, wrote in a Facebook post on May 30. The station had unlikely roots as a classical music outlet (its call letters standing for Boston Concert Network), but on the Ides of March, 1968, disc jockey Joe Rogers fired the first rock salvoCreams I Feel Free. From that moment, BCN became one of a handful of FM radio stations seeking to supplant AMs supremacy with freeform programming that captured the cacophonous sound of the counterculture. Please say a prayer for Mark.. Reel Talk Radio - February 25, 2023 - 9am hour. You cant go backward. It was probably not OSHA-sanctioned. Nancy was with the station from when WMJX signed on in 1982. General Hospital, Alan said, where he was recovering from surgery. 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