We not only entertained them, we also educated themwhether it was the Vietnam War, Nelson Mandela, apartheid, inequality, womens rights, the labor movement. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. It was like I was one of them. 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". All the records are still in there, a lot of the old reel-to-reel machines, a lot of the old tapes and commercials and their reel-to-reel boxes. [1], In 1972 he entered a Benedictine monastery with the intention of becoming a monk, but left after only nine months. There was a time when you could hear BCN without a radio. What about the Raiders? BONUS: After posting this aircheck I found an additional 90 minute cassette from earlier this same day (2:35pm-4:05pm) featuring Mark. A Worcester native, Parenteau began his career at 15 on WORC-AM in his hometown. I would have paid to do it. Music is a passion. While it was automated most of the time, it was increasing its live weekdays, and hinting about the potential for more programming as listenership increased. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. Please say a prayer for Mark.. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. 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. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. in Boston Albert O 1983-Present Air Talent,midnight-6am Oedipus 1976-Present Program Director Mark Parentau 1978-Present Air Talent,3-7pm Jim Parry 1968-79 Anthroplogy student at Harvard U. on the Internet. Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." [24], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WRKO, WKAF, and WAAF). In the new century, with older listeners leaving in droves and loyalty among younger ones harder to retain with competition from alternate media such as iPods, the internet and free music sites like Napster, ratings began to nosedive. The static was broadcast on 104.1 until 2:00a.m. At that time, "Mix 98.5" officially moved to 104.1, playing "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon as their first song after the move. In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. Jackson was one of the first DJs to introduce Americans to The Who and Led Zeppelin. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. 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 And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. I loved this station (it's been gone for many years now). BCN was creative and successful for a long time. It was also a groundbreaking station. I was the last full-time DJ that Oedipus hired. During the stations heyday, its DJs, the music scene, and listeners were all intensely interconnected. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. They still gave us good ratings the next time. Active rock accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 digital subchannel. John J. WBCN's afternoon DJ Rob Poole, known on air as "Hardy," announced on his final WBCN show that he will co-host a sports-themed show on WBZ-FM on Saturday mornings. Johnson remained with the station until 1967, just prior to the changeover from classical to easy-listening, and then to rock. Billy called up doing bacon frying. Radios fate was sealed in 1996 when they signed the Telecommunications Act. And he screwed up all the time! 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. This an aircheck of WBCN Boston, one of the best radio stations ever to exist at the time. 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. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. 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. The station lost some of its longtime listeners (who migrated to the now co-owned WZLX, where former WBCN DJs Laquidara and Carter Alan had gone), but quickly gained credibility among many younger people. Ive become the de facto spokesperson for the final era. We did incredible events. 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. 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." 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. But now radio is more of a specialized thing. This guy cant sing! I was a kid then. You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. 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. Suddenly all of my decisions were vetted. Nancy was with the station from when WMJX signed on in 1982. Ive heard that story six times, and its told differently each time. 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". 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. The idea of the radio, and crafting it, and being a person on the other end, that will never die. Although WBCN was not the only radio station, or even the first station, to air material from the Get Back sessions WKBW in Buffalo was the first, and the tapes also aired on WEBN in Cincinnati, WBAI in New York City, and KCOK in St. Louis WBCN's broadcast of the tapes has been immortalized because it was preserved on a high-quality reel, which spawned several widely circulated Beatles bootlegs. 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. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast .more #46 of 164 The Best Talk Show Hosts Of Daytime, Late Night, and All Time #37 of 61 People were going, This sucks! Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Charles Laquidara played Superman by The Kinks back to back for an entire show in celebration. It then mutated over the years into what was called. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. penny modesto. Everybody, send a bag of shit to Arbitron. Duane gave out the exact address, every break, for four hours. 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. [1] He did the first radio interviews with the Ramones, Talking Heads and The Damned (band), and legendary on-air conversations with The Clash, Public Image Ltd, Suicide (band) and so many others. Since then:President of Lichtenstein Creative Media; director of The American Revolution, a forthcoming documentary on the early days of WBCN. But despite ever-tightening reins on programming, WBCNs irreverent creativity and openness to new music, young bands and emerging trends would captivate Boston for years. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. That, for me, was the best thing about working at WBCN: He took a liking to me. 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. They put us in the basement in a building with ZLX and Oldies, and then Mix 98.5 moved in there. This article on a dance music disc jockey is a stub. Parenteau played that at 4. We all wish we could have been around in the 70s and 80s. 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 In a lot of ways, what Howard Stern does really grew from what Charles did. Take the Clash. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. We reflected the culture of the city. If you're a scraper, please click the link below :-) 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. There wasnt bitterness; there was just sadness at the end. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. You were BCN. He said, Charles Laquidara is a professional. An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. I was put in charge of getting that up and running. Died shortly after 10am today. . Its just constant marketing, and not enough soul. In December 2008, the station ceased airing Opie & Anthony in morning drive and moved Toucher and Rich from afternoons. Boylston Street still had the old-school spirit. However, there was always tension between the artistic expression of the DJs, and management's need to run a business, resulting in the unionization of the station with the United Electrical Workers in 1971. Once Oedipus left, the station was kind of in a free fall. The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. 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Mix 104.1 (and the previous Mix 98.5) is one of the most honored radio stations in the country, and has earned more major radio awards than any other hot AC station in history. "WBCN Free Form Rock" was formatted to play multiple music genres (including rock, jazz, the blues, and country). A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. In that final week, CBS said to the staff, Do anything you want. It felt more like a bank. The "WBCN Free Form Rock" biodiesel-burning bus will hit Boston's streets May 1, Mr. Kopper said. -. Jukebox stations are not radio; they are jukeboxes. On April 1, 1996, the Stern show was moved to mornings. He was called the unofficial sixth member of Aerosmith by virtue of his close friendships with the members of the Boston-based band. The WBCN staff, circa 1978. They would be heard next to the great bands of the time. Especially here in Boston, people loved that. [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. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. There was an element of partying, yes. 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. They werent part of this culture, and they werent part of this kind of radio culture. Charles Laquidara is fearless. [2] Although he initially believed astrology to be "stupid" and asinine", he later became hooked. 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. My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. Everyone listened to WBCN, until it started to fall apart. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. "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. For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. That played the clubs. By the 1990s, WBCN was at a crossroads. His reports were syndicated to stations nationwide. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. No one could say he wasnt one of the best DJs in the country, said Parenteaus former BCN colleague Charles Laquidara. At the time, they were all Top 40. There was just a belief that we could do it. 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. My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. The "album" had been compiled out of material the Beatles recorded in London in January 1969, the same sessions that would be used to create the Beatles' Let It Be album which was released in May 1970. Multiple Billboard, FMQB, and Gavin Report award recipient for best Program Director of the Year, Oedipus hosted the acclaimed Nocturnal Emissions program for over 25 years, playing new tracks every Sunday night. 1. [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. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. But the call-letters of WBCN, through its 40+ years of rich history, will remain a legendary part of Americas radio story forever. 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. The station served as a kind of conduit between the station and its listeners. J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston . Biography. DAVID BIEBERAt WBCN:Creative services director,197894. Freelance. 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. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. People dont listen to technology; they listen to content. WBCN's last four days on analog radio were celebration and retrospective shows highlighting WBCN's history. 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 old Boylston Street studios were all beat up. The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. )[19][18] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. I remember we were doing this promotion for the Cars. I didnt get paid to do it, but it was that kind of important experience for me. Mar 2020 - Present3 years. The FCC approved the transfer in the spring of 2009. Nam interdum orci ut nulla scelerisque euismod. 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. Aliquam varius dui varius tincidunt pulvinar. It was harder to do, but also a tremendous amount of fun to be the rose among the thorns. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. Alan, who does middays on WZLX, played Segers Famous Final Scene in honor of Parenteau this morning. That fall, Segal and Kopper hired J. J. Jackson as a disc jockey. But we were also out in public. Can you imagine a world with just the Eagles? Innovations at BCNlike the mix of music, talk, and humor that Charles Laquidara brought to his morning show The Big Mattresswere soon replicated across the country. He died on July 26, 2006 at his home in Saugus, Massachusetts.[4]. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. ADAM ADAM 12 CHAPMANAt WBCN:DJ, 200309. That song was in heavy rotation on WBCN during the months leading up to CBS Radio's announcement of the station's demise, and continued until the four-day farewell began. 3. Beasley took complete ownership of the station on December 20, 2017. WBCN was more than simply an entertainment vehicle. Kevin Karlson Kevin@wzlx.com Kevin was born and raised in Ohio. Twenty-four/seven, we were writing scripts, we had a musical backdrop, we had music going. The union produced one son. At this point, please allow compassion to trump judgement in your hearts. WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. This was recorded over a 3 hour period late afternoon to early evening on 2 sides of 2 cassette tapes. Youre acting like Duane and you are separate people. And I said, But you just fired Duane! There were all the artistsSpringsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2that the station broke and changed lives. WBCN Free Form Rock I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. 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). Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. 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. 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