Suddenly all of my decisions were vetted. You were BCN. 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. I was the last full-time DJ that Oedipus hired. Now bands dont have a second jobthey can actually survive on playing in the band. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. The station slowly began to change to an "underground" progressive rock format on the night of March 15, 1968. Van Morrison would come by a lot. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. You go to a station for a specific reason and its just the way things have gone. Everyone listened to WBCN, until it started to fall apart. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. There was coke residue on the records, and marijuana stems in the back. nhbob 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. Duane got 13. I do a live-stream talk show to multiple social media platforms simultaneously. I was put in charge of getting that up and running. With WBCN's dissolution as an analog station, the Patriots flagship station became WBCN's sister station WBZ-FM on August 13, 2009. It was never a one-way experience. 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. Beasley took complete ownership of the station on December 20, 2017. 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. An abundance of materialisms concerning the dialectic paradigm, Predominant concepts and meaningful equations. 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 women's movement, the gay. What was great about that period, in the 80s, was they let me program the radio station. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. Throughout its years the station featured larger-than-life radio personalities such as Charles Laquidara, Mark Parenteau, Ken Shelton, and Oedipus. Long time music director Mike Mullaney earned "Hot AC Music Director Of The Year" five times. Originally broadcasting on analog 104.1 MHz (now WWBX) from 1958 to 2009, and later broadcasting as a digital-only radio station, airing on WBZ-FM HD 2 from 2009 to 2017. The Cosmic Muffin (April 10, 1943 July 26, 2006) was a Boston-based professional astrologer and radio personality. The freedom that they had. All of the Amenities. )[19][18] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. His guidance counselor said he should pursue an exciting career in retail, but he took a chance on radio instead. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. February 28th 5pm Hour: Packers ready to move on? Remember Lefora is going through changes, if you have trouble logging in, as I just did, refresh the page!!! At the time, they were all Top 40. When WBCN went off the air in 2009, Parenteau was not invited to the stations farewell broadcast. 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. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. Air Talent,WMYF Exeter,NH Leslie Patten 1977-80 Screenplay writer,N, by mikekelly.. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:58:04, 3. Thats the station by extension. I thought the song was appropriate.. "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. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. 2. The whole idea of it being a parody of a Top 40 thing with humor, but poignant humor that made you think. This is a great audio history of radio formats, music, local commercials, news and broadcast personalities at the time. Laquidara had Billy West on the show on a daily basis, as well as Karlos, the first computer-generated (using Digital Equipment's DECtalk) on-air personality in radio history. In 2016 Oedipus was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame (Massachusetts Broadcasters Association). In 1966 he began his first job as district manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Decatur, Illinois. You could play anything. DAVID BIEBERAt WBCN:Creative services director,197894. People forget that there was a time when the Police were brand-new and they played the Rat, in Kenmore Square. BCN was already its own entity, its own country, its own reality. 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 See details . They were totally my peers. There were all the artistsSpringsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2that the station broke and changed lives. Its just constant marketing, and not enough soul. 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. Putting Howard Stern on the air was certainly a good decision financially, but it brought our defenses down quite a bit. Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB. If you go to the BCN storage lockers, everything is in there. People were going, This sucks! buss. On September 14, 2009, WBCN split from WFNZ and became "America's Talk", a conservative-leaning talk station. On December 19, 2017, the HD3 channel was removed. Metal Mike 1986-Present Air Talent,Host of "Heavy Metal From Hell" on Saturday nites. Radio Ink. With Andy Beaubien, David Bowie, Ron Della Chiesa, Noam Chomsky. The union produced one son. It can be found at Oedipus1, "Oedipus at BIF1 Business Innovation Factory", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oedipus_(DJ)&oldid=1082277386, Milano, Brett (2007), The Sound of Our Town (a History of Boston Rock & Roll), Oedipus, College Radio, and WBCN: We Want the Airwaves, This page was last edited on 12 April 2022, at 08:21. He called up wanting to be a contestant. 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. Unlike most rock stations of the era, WBCN still allowed a degree of individual DJ control of the music. It all started in. [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. It was a club for everyone. 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]. A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. And once you control everything, you dont need to be creative, you dont need to be dynamic, you dont need to deal with a bunch of weird characters. Usually, wed be going to see bands that nobody wanted to see, when they were brand-new. 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. 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. While still digital and largely automated, the online stream was live Monday through Friday during the day. 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. He had been ailing in recent years, suffering from a number of conditions including spinal stenosis that made it difficult for him to walk. Music is a passion. Since then:President of Lichtenstein Creative Media; director of The American Revolution, a forthcoming documentary on the early days of WBCN. During his 19-year reign, Parenteau was instrumental in breaking musical acts like Bob Seger and the J. Geils Band. CHARLES LAQUIDARAAt WBCN:DJ, 196896, host of The BigMattress. Jackson had a daughter and three grandchildren.[2]. His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. [3][4], In the late 1990s, Martinie began easing into retirement. So many of the best stories would get me or somebody else in trouble, which is probably why theyre great stories. 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. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. 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 ). During the stations heyday, its DJs, the music scene, and listeners were all intensely interconnected. You went in there, you got your tires checked, they washed your windshield, put the gas in, and you didnt even have to get out of your car. "The incredible story of how a radio station, politics, and rock and roll changed everything." 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). Back then, BCN was a full-service radio station. Profil: WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. We could talk about all aspects of life along with the music. Luckily Im still alive. Learn more about the people at WBCN: Carter Alan Andy Beaubien John Brodey T. Mitchell Hastings J.J. Jackson Sam Kopper Charles Laquidara ChaChi Loprete Maxanne Oedipus Mark Parenteau Jim Parry Al Perry Ray Riepen Joe Rogers Danny Schechter Steve Segal Ken Shelton Matt Siegel Debbie Ullman Norm Winer Peter Wolf Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. So he persuaded station owner T. Mitchell Hastings to give DJs free rein to play album cuts on an overnight graveyard shift to determine if there was an audience and ad dollars to float the new format. 0. That killed radio. You could call the "BCN listener line anytime with a question, and they would help you out. -. 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