And the Internets savage evisceration of the music industry finished off what was left. Except for Wolfs up-tempo shtick rockin the wee hours, a laid-back, stoner style prevailed with a free-form attitude toward the music no restrictions and no playlist. There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. Nancy was with the station from when WMJX signed on in 1982. [3][4], In the late 1990s, Martinie began easing into retirement. Duane Glasscock is fired. 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. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. The old Boylston Street studios were all beat up. Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. 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. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. Mark Parenteau was up in the car, doing a live broadcast. It felt more like a bank. It was just a matter of time before it became centrally controlled and they could put all of these cost-cutting measures into effect. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. LISA TRAXLERAt WBCN:DJ, 198490. [3] Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. 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. Even college radio stations were not quite like WBCN. 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. 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. Its just constant marketing, and not enough soul. 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. 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. For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. Many of the DJs, particularly morning "Big Mattress" host Charles Laquidara, were now local quasi-celebrities. There was an element of partying, yes. 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. Im absolutely positive of WBCNs legacy. You were BCN. 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. From 1995 to 2008, WBCN was the flagship station of the Patriots Rock Radio Network, which broadcast games of the New England Patriots. We did incredible events. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. 3. There were valiant attempts to bring things back on track, but it was rough at that point. [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. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. 3. Music is a passion. Adam Carolla is an American radio personality and television host, comedian and actor. If you were taking some bad acid and needed somebody to talk you down, call us. 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. So these bands, because we thought they were good, could be heard next to the Clash, or could be heard next to Fleetwood Mac. Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . I remember one night, Paul Ahern, a record promoter, and I were sitting in his car, maybe smoking a fatty, and he said, Charles, I want you to hear something. In 1965, Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Music Director of WBCN by station program director Don Otto. In that way, WBCN was the Facebook of its era. Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), 5. I was the last full-time DJ that Oedipus hired. 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. The "WBCN Free Form Rock" biodiesel-burning bus will hit Boston's streets May 1, Mr. Kopper said. BCN was part of the fabric of Boston. But there was a responsibility and a mission to get the job done. He gave me confidence to find my own style. This allowed them to retain their "Big Mattress" morning show along with its large and loyal audience. 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. J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston . When that happened, loyal staffers set up a faction of people to try to get hold of advertisers, to get hold of musicians, to ask them to pull their support. 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 My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. Paul Sferruzza, known as Tank of Boston, died peacefully in his home in Dover, NH at the age of 67, last week after a period of declining health. Part-time personalities in 1980 included Mike Dimambro, Vinny "Jim" Raposa. Get The Big To-Do Your guide to staying entertained, from live shows and outdoor fun to the newest in museums, movies, TV, books, dining, and more. 1. Jack O'Brien remained as the drive-time host until the following January. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. 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. We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 July 26, 2006) was a Boston-based professional astrologer and radio personality. From 1995-2004 he served as Executive Producer of the live Radio broadcast for the New England Patriots. PAUL TANK SFERRUZZAAt WBCN:Listener Line operator, van driver, producer, sports reporter, 197895. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. I dont know how I would have developed differently had I not had the BCN experience. It happened! The aim was music discovery, which often meant strange and surprising band pairings. At Kiss, for an entire decade in the 80s, I was up against Charles. One of the things that it pioneered is a style of production, those highly edited montages: Nixon with music and comedy. buss. Maxanne Sartori - WBCN DJ. Literally. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. The Police, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash. The hitch: the station is on HD. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. Be the first one to, 1982-05-17 WBCN FM 104.1 Boston MA Mark Parenteau & Lisa Carlin unscoped, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Mark_Parenteau_Lisa_Carlin, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 1.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 2.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 3.mp3, 1982_05_17_WBCN_FM_104.1_Boston_MA_Part 4.mp3, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 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. I thought the song was appropriate.. There isnt a museum yet, but Boston archivist David Bieberwho, as a grad student, profiled the nascent WBCN for this magazine in 1970, and later worked at the stationhas leased key artifacts to the Verb Hotel, a boutique hotel opening this month next door to WBCNs former studios. Wed go out and hang out with the bands. HD digital radio technology, introduced commercially in . The J Show, Weekdays 5:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. -. 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. We were the big mouth for it. 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. Charles Laquidara played Superman by The Kinks back to back for an entire show in celebration. She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. Died shortly after 10am today. What about the Raiders? And I still have the original cassette tapes! And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. . They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. 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. Rating: 4.8 Reviews: 6. Duane got 13. They werent part of this culture, and they werent part of this kind of radio culture. But I remember my parents changing the station. Mark Parenteau, former WBCN DJ, dies at 66, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Malin Akerman is on a mommy mission in The Donor Party, Great masks to give your hair, face & skin a glow-up, Michael B. Jordan delivers knockout with Creed III, Dear Abby: SIL miffed when shes left out of wedding, 'Substantial snowfall' likely for parts of Massachusetts, as meteorologists track wintry mix. 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. I was the artistic director of a 24-hour opera of the mind. Nam eleifend mollis interdum. Aliquam varius dui varius tincidunt pulvinar. I was like that kid. You could call the "BCN listener line anytime with a question, and they would help you out. (#921058) WIVY Jacksonville, "Y103" AC Early 1991 35 min. 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. You could start in downtown Boston and walk to Cambridge, to Harvard Square. They started questioning decisions we made, because all they cared about was ratings and dollars. He was 10 to 12 years older than I. I was like his kid brother. The call sign stood for the Boston Concert Network (along with Hartford's WHCN, New York City's WNCN, and Providence's WXCN). People really related to that. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. 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. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. WBCN air staff in the station's record library. 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]. 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. Take the Clash. After the move to Brighton, the space was different. It was a Sunday night, Oedipus was hosting Nocturnal Emissions, and he played Never Say Never by Romeo Void. tation history Before the middle 1960s, the station played classical music exclusively. Nam interdum orci ut nulla scelerisque euismod. We all had our colors. In that final week, CBS said to the staff, Do anything you want. I had never been to college for anything. KEAR San Francisco, "Family Radio" Christian 9/12/78 45 min. Putting Howard Stern on the air was certainly a good decision financially, but it brought our defenses down quite a bit. Back in the day, Charles was really my mentor. It all started in. Classical music, jazz, or anything else might be played, as long as the skillful DJs could make it work. As the 90s beckoned, WBCNs taste for fresh sounds placed it in the Alternative Music format, but rapid changes began to sap its vital energy. We needed someone who could do Bugs Bunny. 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. It was like I was one of them. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. This article on a dance music disc jockey is a stub. Greater New York City Area. It gave people points of parity with one another. [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. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. The idea of the radio, and crafting it, and being a person on the other end, that will never die. We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. Boylston Street still had the old-school spirit. There is comedy, news, information about peace marches ('BCN was the "internet" for the young crowd (me at the time!!). Charles Laquidara was the biggest star of them all. The freedom that they had. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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". 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. It was about everybody. [1], Martinie was in a relationship with Edward Boesel from January 7, 1973 until Martinie's death. 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. They were just business guys who only looked at numbers. They stopped me from playing the blues songs I wanted to play or the folk songs I wanted to play when we started competing with the shock . Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." LEGENDARY WENR WBCN BOSTON VOICE OF SERVICE.VTG RARE 10" x 8" PHOTO Condition: Used Sale ends in: 4d 5h Price: US $80.99 Was US $112.49 Save US $31.50 (28% off) Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Ships from United States Returns accepted Shipping: US $5.60Standard Shipping. Without that cornerstone, you would not have the direction that music took. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. You didnt have someone playing Hank Williams then Muddy Waters then Van Morrison then Velvet Underground, in 15 minutes. 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 . 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. Ut velit metus, lacinia ac nibh a, lacinia scelerisque diam. [4], On April 10, 2003, Martinie was diagnosed with cancer. 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. I was a kid then. Johnson remained with the station until 1967, just prior to the changeover from classical to easy-listening, and then to rock. 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. When we moved out, they were taking all the old records out of the cabinets in the studios. 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. Not just because it played radically different music, which it did, or that it had a socially or politically aware newsroom, which it did. Hes got a 13, the highest rating ever in the history of ratings. The kid comes into the station. In December 2008, the station ceased airing Opie & Anthony in morning drive and moved Toucher and Rich from afternoons. Van Morrison would come by a lot. 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. This set off a local controversy in Boston that resulted in the entire airstaff walking off the air striking in protest. While earning this degree, Martinie was first introduced to astrology when he attended a meeting of the school's astrology club. 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. 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