buss. It happened! The fellow who put it together, WBCN founder Ray Riepen, who was sleeping on my couch, asked me to buy into the station. WBCN's last four days on analog radio were celebration and retrospective shows highlighting WBCN's history. 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 . He had been ailing in recent years, suffering from a number of conditions including spinal stenosis that made it difficult for him to walk. Please say a prayer for Mark.. Some bands werent as big, like the Psychedelic Furs, but they were important. At the time, it was hard to find what was going on. Originally broadcasting on analog 104.1 MHz (now WWBX) from 1968 to 2009, and later broadcasting as a digital-only radio station, airing on WBZ-FM HD2 from 2009 to 2017. It didnt have that cool radio vibe. A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. Rob also hosts one of America's fastest growing and highest rated political commentary shows, The Newsmax Daily with Rob Carson.. 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. He thought I was good. So that effectively destroyed radio. When WBCN went off the air in 2009, Parenteau was not invited to the stations farewell broadcast. Parenteau had one of the most successful radio careers in Boston history, with a 20-year run, first on the former WCOZ then spending 19 years as the afternoon-drive talent on WBCN. This article is about the media personality. 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." 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. The hitch: the station is on HD. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is on the upper FM mast of the Prudential Tower. You also need a staff with lots of expertise to run this equipment. In the early days, each shift was a DJ with a mike and three turntables and some cartridges, interacting with the audience on the phone. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. Contents 1 Early life 2 Radio career 3 Illness and death 4 Personal life 5 References Early life [ edit] Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. [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. 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. Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." This was recorded over a 3 hour period late afternoon to early evening on 2 sides of 2 cassette tapes. After arriving in the city he began performing horoscope readings to employees of the state welfare department in exchange for them keeping him on the welfare rolls. Please help : need gm300 personality file, 11. This article on a dance music disc jockey is a stub. The Charlotte station was a semi-satellite of WFNZ 610 AM, known then as "The Franchise", an all sports talk station. [4] When same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, Martinie and Boesel married. 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. 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. tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. Duane got 13. Now its just the play list, and you play it when its time. J." Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. A Worcester native, Parenteau began his career at 15 on WORC-AM in his hometown. 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. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. The music meant something to the DJ, and to the moment in which it was being played. Boston DJ Anngelle Wood[4] remains the host and music director of both the radio show and The Rumblethese are the last remaining ties to the original 104.1 WBCN programming.[5]. [20][21] Entercom applied to move the WBMX callsign to their sister-owned station in Chicago;[26] 104.1 picked up the new callsign WWBX on December 4, 2017.[2]. -. There is comedy, news, information about peace marches ('BCN was the "internet" for the young crowd (me at the time!!). Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. 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. The station was more commercial and "programmed" by this point, but still retained some of its progressive energy and edge. I didnt get paid to do it, but it was that kind of important experience for me. But still, it was always WBCN. We thought, Wouldnt it be great to have a radio station where they played Benny Goodman, Sing Sing Sing, from 1938, maybe mix that with the Carmina Burana, and then mix that with Jimi Hendrix and the Stones, and then come back with a folk song? Whenever I thought of Mark, I thought of Bob Seger, Alan said. My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. 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. 0. Im not a real fan of what he did or what he does. This an aircheck of WBCN Boston, one of the best radio stations ever to exist at the time. By the 1990s, WBCN was at a crossroads. Martinie was born on April 10, 1943 in Massachusetts and grew up in Illinois. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago.[2]. Nam eleifend mollis interdum. PETER WOLFAt WBCN:DJ, 196869 Since then:Lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band; solo artist; rock n roll legend. Especially here in Boston, people loved that. I was like that kid. ", In 1993 Martinie was named "Official Astrologer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" by Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld. (Peter Simon) The station launched the careers of artists like Aerosmith and arguably played a role in ending the war in Vietnam. That played the clubs. In December 2017, owner Beasley Broadcast Group discontinued WBCN, switching the station's format to 'Hubcast', a replay of segments and podcasts from air . WBCN's celebrated local music specialty show, Boston Emissionsalong with The Rumblemoved to former sister station WZLX, now owned by iHeartMedia, in 2009. I was one of Charless personal producerscoordinating Mishegas, the prizes, the contestants, the wake-up calls. A Connecticut native, Harrison began his career as an air personality at Rock WHCN-FM/Hartford. In order to keep the intellectual property of WBCN intact, without another station in Boston making claim to it, CBS Radio parked the WBCN call letters on WFNA, a station located at 1660 AM in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark Parenteau was up in the car, doing a live broadcast. The station broadcasts a Rock format and is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. 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. The station was an overnight sensation with listeners. 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. In a lot of ways, what Howard Stern does really grew from what Charles did. Youve seen the movie Almost Famous. In that final week, CBS said to the staff, Do anything you want. 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. On February 2, 2017, CBS announced that they would be selling their radio division to Entercom, whose existing properties in the Boston area included WBCN's long-time rival, WAAF. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. Carolla, on Loveline after earlier attempts at traditional stand-up comedy, eschewed traditional stand-up methods, such as scripted comedic bits. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. Elektra Records said, Hey, why dont we give away a car? Okay: Thats easy, thats ordinary. [25] WBMX, WODS, and WAAF were retained by Entercom, while sister stations WBZ and WZLX, as well as WKAF and WRKO, were spun off to iHeartMedia (WBZ-FM would be traded to Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for WMJX, making WBMX and WMJX sister stations. 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. 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. Is it possible that WBCN, the greatest rock n roll radio station in American history, died five years ago this month? 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. This is awful! CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NY Patrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air Talent Harold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. People were going, This sucks! Not just because it played radically different music, which it did, or that it had a socially or politically aware newsroom, which it did. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. Back in the day, Charles was really my mentor. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? The Rock of Boston. Since then:DJ at WZLX and KISS; editor in chief at Citysearch; marketing director at Ticketmaster Online. There were valiant attempts to bring things back on track, but it was rough at that point. We start off with Mark Parenteau and end with Lisa Carlin as radio personalities. Following the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which relaxed ownership rules for media, the station became just one small part of a vast empire at CBS/Viacom. WWBX (104.1 FM, Mix 104.1) is a radio station with a hot adult contemporary format in Boston, Massachusetts.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 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. WBCN was a cultural phenomenon through its music, events, and personalitiesit united Boston. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's college station WTBS (today WMBR ). Greater New York City Area. Play anything you want, say what you want. Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. NAME Years of Service Current Status, Bill Abbate 1988-Present Air Talent,midnight - 6AM Katy Abel 1982-88 Education Reporter WHDH-TV7(CBS) Producer for The Learning Channel Carter Alan 1979-Present Music Director Lorraine Ballard 1978-80 Living in Philadelphia Andy Beaubien 1969-77 PD at DC-101,Washington Tony Berardini 1978-Present General Manager John Brodey 1969-1979 GM for Giant Records in LA Judy "Scooter" Carlough 1982-87 Senior Acct. Im thinking about retiring, and just managing this group and trying to get them going on tour. He puts this cassette 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. [3][4] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. There was a very strong sense of history being made at the time. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. Everyone listened to WBCN, until it started to fall apart. For those who lived in the listening area, which. His radio . WBCN is credited with. Wolf called himself "Woofuh Goofuh" on the air; he left the station in 1969 to tour with the band. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Raz?. You have to be exceeding your success. At the time, they were all Top 40. WBCN wasnt just the jocks and engineers and sales and support staff. But in 1996, the new Telecommunications Act spawned a sudden nationwide consolidation of the radio industry, and thats when things for BCN went south. WBCN and the American Revolution: Directed by Bill Lichtenstein. [1], Martinie was in a relationship with Edward Boesel from January 7, 1973 until Martinie's death. Ken Shelton would participate in a near-dismantling of Camelot, a surprise attack from across the radio dial that WBCN's denizens . General Hospital, Alan said, where he was recovering from surgery. Now the clubs are making some more money, so they keep booking the bands. Radio is in her blood: she is the daughter of the late Doris and Joe Quill, owner and general manager of WRLM in Taunton, Massachusetts. Phasellus id aliquam nulla. Ut velit metus, lacinia ac nibh a, lacinia scelerisque diam. In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. We didnt think of our listeners as being fans. If you've ever wondered what your favorite radio personalities look like, scroll down or check out the slideshow. When these new people came in from New York, they just didnt get it. I got to interview people like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Ronny Wood, Smokey Robinson. But Duane Glasscock is a fucking idiot. With its audience aging, it risked becoming a classic rock-focused station and losing its currency as an outlet for new music. 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. The freedom that they had. 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. [2] In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004. King, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy. WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - News Audio The Jimmy Tingle Show Sports Decision Made On Leonard Fournette's Future With Buccaneers: Report Feb 28, 2023 Blackhawks Trade Patrick Kane: Report Feb 28, 2023 Update On Justin Jefferson's Future With Vikings Feb 28, 2023 Bears' GM Ryan Poles Addresses 'Plan' For Fields' Future, No. Howard Stern went to BU listening to Charles. 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. 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 Morning Show Host: "Volume" Talk channel, centered on music. They were the first same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Saugus.[3]. Its legacy was in the artists it helped break. WIVY Jacksonville "Y103 Top 40 1979 13 min. 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. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. Since then:Director of the Oedipus Foundation. This is what happened: WBCN started on Newbury Street, 171 Newbury Street. All the rest of us have got 4s and 5s. And he looks up at me. Without that cornerstone, you would not have the direction that music took. Wed go out and hang out with the bands. [24], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WRKO, WKAF, and WAAF). 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. 104.1 WBCN - WBCN 104.1 FM ("104.1 WBCN") is a radio station licensed to Boston, MA. I was the artistic director of a 24-hour opera of the mind. HD digital radio technology, introduced commercially in . The WBCN staff, circa 1978. 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. Long time music director Mike Mullaney earned "Hot AC Music Director Of The Year" five times. On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. "J. Throughout its years the station featured larger-than-life radio personalities such as Charles Laquidara, Mark Parenteau, Ken Shelton, and Oedipus. The station was named "Hot AC Station of The Year" 9 times from 1997 through 2009. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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 union produced one son. The station by this time was playing some hard rock and Nu metal acts such as Godsmack, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. If there was a skirmish with police, people could call and say, I was there and this is what happened. There was an immediacy to it. At Kiss, for an entire decade in the 80s, I was up against Charles. The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? BCN was part of the fabric of Boston. Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. 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