And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. Over the years he interviewed major rock and comedy legends including John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Little Richard and comedian/Blues Brother John Belushi and Jerry Seinfeld. The old Boylston Street studios were all beat up. CARTER ALANAt WBCN:DJ and music director, 197998. The company let me take chances. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. "WBCN's Free Form 104", moved from 104.1 HD-2 to 100.7 (WZLX) HD-3 and was renamed "Free Form BCN". 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 We were thinking how great it would be to have a radio station. 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. I was turquoise. We were next door to an Acura dealership. But we were also out in public. Mar 2020 - Present3 years. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. The station went on strike in 1979 because the new owners, Hemisphere Broadcasting, came in. It was a blast for me. BCN did that. People were going, This sucks! He reminds me, every time I see him, that Id be nowhere without him. And when I say multiple, I mean hundreds, if not a thousand, stations. He later returned to KLOS, and hosted the afternoon shift at smooth jazz station KTWV ("The Wave") for one year. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. For those who lived in the listening area, which. 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." Nam eleifend mollis interdum. 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. You could play anything. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Along the way, WBCN both pioneered and defined progressive rock radio, the dominant format for a generation of listeners. 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. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. On this, the five-year anniversary of BCNs demise, we tracked down key players from those halcyon daysdisc jockeys, news reporters, producers, and programmersto get a behind-the-scenes look at our fair city, back when Boston sat at the epicenter of sex, drugs, and rock n roll. WBCN's programming on 104.1 ended after midnight on August 12, 2009, WBMX then moved to 104.1 two hours later (the WBCN call letters were then transferred to the Charlotte station), with WBZ-FM launching the next day. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. BONUS: After posting this aircheck I found an additional 90 minute cassette from earlier this same day (2:35pm-4:05pm) featuring Mark. 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. What was great about that period, in the 80s, was they let me program the radio station. As a young person, that mix of political comedy and rock n roll was very powerful to me. When WBCN went off the air in 2009, Parenteau was not invited to the stations farewell broadcast. 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). 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. He called up wanting to be a contestant. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. Bradley Jay (later, he became host of the weekday overnight talk show, "Jay Talking", on AM sister station WBZ[12]) was the last DJ. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). 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 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. 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". She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. BCN was part of the fabric of Boston. Just dont lose us the license. Suddenly for a week, it was amazing radio. We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. Radio Ink. In 1977, Oedipus convinced WBCN to hire him as an announcer to bring his cutting edge sounds to the airwaves. 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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. While earning this degree, Martinie was first introduced to astrology when he attended a meeting of the school's astrology club. Real human personalities owned the music as much as the bands that wrote it; they frequented clubs, knew personally the pulse of local talent, and knew the goings-on of a community or city. I took the late-night shift, from 12 to 7 in the morning. Usually, wed be going to see bands that nobody wanted to see, when they were brand-new. Former program director Greg Strassell was named "Hot AC Program Director of The Year" nine times. This allowed them to retain their "Big Mattress" morning show along with its large and loyal audience. November 29, 2020. I was the artistic director of a 24-hour opera of the mind. The Police, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash. He had been ailing in recent years, suffering from a number of conditions including spinal stenosis that made it difficult for him to walk. Also, back in 1981, people didnt have station vans driving around and going to events. We could talk about anything: sports, weather, politics, sex. [1] Since WBCN's change to digital-only, the station was known as "Free Form BCN" and then "WBCN Free Form Rock" by late September 2009. Airchecks and Radio Broadcasts, WBCN, The Rock of Boston, Lisa Carlin, Mark Parenteau, FM 104, Mat Schaffer Language English This an aircheck of WBCN Boston, one of the best radio stations ever to exist at the time. So if todays October 15, youd put 10 slash 15, and then depending on what hour you played it, if it was the first hour, you put a little diagonal X up in the upper-left corner. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). It all started in. Now the clubs are making some more money, so they keep booking the bands. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. The station slowly began to change to an "underground" progressive rock format on the night of March 15, 1968. You were BCN. They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. WWBX-HD3 airs "Tomorrow's Hits Today," a CHR format that focuses on the very latest hits prior to their ascension to the top of the charts. Exec at RAB in NYC Tom Couch 1976-82 Production Manager at WXRT,Chicago Peter Choyce 1978-88 Air Talent,Las Vegas Carolyn Fox 1991-93 Air Talent,Providence RI Jerry "The Duke of Madness" Goodwin 1977-81 Air Talent,WCGY,Lawrence MA Eddie Gordetsky 1978-82 Comedy Writer in NYC and LA Kenny Greenblatt 1968-1979 deceased Tommy Hadges 1968-78 President of Pollack Media Group in LA Tami Heidi 1977-79 1984-91 Air Talent,KROQ in LA John "Hoch" Hoccheimer 1972 Professor at Ithaca College in Itaca,NY Kate Ingram 1979-81 Harmonic Converge,San Francisco Eric Jackson 1973-75 Air Talent,WGBH-FM Boston J.J. Jackson 1968-71 Radio Consultant,LA Bradley Jay 1984-Present Air Talent Madge Kaplan 1986-1988 News,WGBH-FM Boston Lisa Carlin 1980-82 TV commentator in NYC Charlie Kendall 1978-79 Radio Station Owner in Mississippi Sam Kooper 1968-73 National Media Relations 1987-90 Spokeperson in Boston, Bob Kranes 1982-86 A&R,Polygram in NYC Charles Laquidara 1969-76 1977-Present Air Talent,6-10am Kathryn Lauren 1985-87 Air Talent,WHFS,Annapolis,MD Maurice Lewis 1989-91 Boston Food Bank Larry "Cha-Chi" Loprete 1982-Present Air Talent,Host of WBCN's "Get Back to The Beatles" heard on Sundays. WBCN is credited with. Many of the DJs, particularly morning "Big Mattress" host Charles Laquidara, were now local quasi-celebrities. Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. With its audience aging, it risked becoming a classic rock-focused station and losing its currency as an outlet for new music. The union produced one son. 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 If anyone had anything to say, it went on the intercom. [3][4] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. classic rock. On April 1, 1996, the Stern show was moved to mornings. The station was more commercial and "programmed" by this point, but still retained some of its progressive energy and edge. Soon the station moved across town to Stuart Street with JJ Jackson and Charles Laquidara joining the circle. 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. He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. WBCN was more than simply an entertainment vehicle. All the rest of us have got 4s and 5s. And he looks up at me. Before switching to 98.5 HD-2 on August 12, 2009, WBCN featured its rock format for 41 years as an analog radio station on 104.1 MHz (now WBMX ). I would have paid to do it. It was never a one-way experience. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. However, on January 29, 2016, "WBCN Free Form Rock" was dropped from WZLX-HD3 and flipped to adult standards as "The Lounge." Once Oedipus left, the station was kind of in a free fall. I remember hearing the lyrics, I might like you better if we slept together, and I remember not knowing what it meant. Emerging acts like Led Zeppelin and the Who segued into jazz, classical, and trippy sound montages. This is what happened: WBCN started on Newbury Street, 171 Newbury Street. Let's Listen to a Clip From Adam 12's First Radio Show, 25 Years Ago. / photograph courtesy of the david bieber archives. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys college station WTBS (today WMBR). The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. Charles Laquidara played Superman by The Kinks back to back for an entire show in celebration. Putting Howard Stern on the air was certainly a good decision financially, but it brought our defenses down quite a bit. BBC Tyne, Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1RN phone: 0191 232 4141 | e-mail: tyne@bbc.co.uk OEDIPUSAt WBCN:DJ and program director,19772004. 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. Yes, in the years that followed, we had competition. Thats why I say its a fable. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. 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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. There are no reviews yet. Parenteau died at around 1 this morning at Mass. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. I didnt have $10. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. [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. In 1965, Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Music Director of WBCN by station program director Don Otto. In May 1958, 104.1 FM officially signed on as WBCN, airing classical music. I was only there for a short time. And the Internets savage evisceration of the music industry finished off what was left. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. They were just a bunch of crazy hippies. We were the big mouth for it. 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. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. We all had our colors. 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. 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. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. The station started to air the syndicated Opie & Anthony during the morning drive. Once upon a time, in order to create content that could reach a massive audience, you needed expensive equipment, like a printing press, a television studio, or a radio tower. [1] He also hosted Westwood One Radio Network's nationally syndicated radio show The Beatle Years from 1995 until his death. WWBX-HD1 simulcasts the analog signal of WWBX as Mix 104.1. In 1979, the station was purchased by Hemisphere Broadcasting, who let go several longtime employees who they determined "non-essential." 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