[17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. In 2010, morning team Karson & Kennedy were named "Hot AC Morning Show of The Year" of 2009 by FMQB magazine. Worcester personality and deejay LB Worm paid tribute on his . 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. 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. November 29, 2020. For a long time, WBCN successfully balanced new and old music (featuring the slogan "Classic to Cutting Edge"). A formerly bulletproof radio property became riddled and CBS stemmed the bleeding by shuttering WBCN on August 12, 2009. 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. 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. Since then:Assistant program director and midday DJ, WZLX. Many of the DJs, particularly morning "Big Mattress" host Charles Laquidara, were now local quasi-celebrities. [3] In the summer of 1999, WBCN moved its format away from strictly alternative music and more towards an active rock-leaning modern rock format. National record labels and the Hubs paisley collection of head shops, record emporiums, natural food cafes and water bed stores clamored so much to run their commercials on BCNs airwaves that by May Tchaikovsky got the news and rock programming went 24/7. 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. He was replaced by WPRO-AM nighttime host David Simpson, who began his 11-year run on the shift on February 16, 1981. The station's battle of the bands' competition, the Rock 'n' Roll Rumble, survived the station's demise. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. Play anything you want, say what you want. It was never a one-way experience. People were going, This sucks! In the period around 1975, John Garabedian, now recognized for the nationally syndicated "Open House Party" (which was once heard locally on WXKS-FM), was an afternoon DJ on WBCN. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. . Died shortly after 10am today. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969. 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. So many of the best stories would get me or somebody else in trouble, which is probably why theyre great stories. It's an . Oedipus's radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago.[2]. . One of the things that it pioneered is a style of production, those highly edited montages: Nixon with music and comedy. Everybody, send a bag of shit to Arbitron. Duane gave out the exact address, every break, for four hours. But still, it was always WBCN. 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. Rich Curtis. Classical music, jazz, or anything else might be played, as long as the skillful DJs could make it work. Chicago Radio Personalities - Where are they now, 8. So that effectively destroyed radio. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. WBMX moved all of its subchannels with it from 98.5 to 104.1: "Mix" on analog and HD-1, "The '80s Channel" on HD-2, and "The Sky" on HD-3. 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 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. Nam eleifend mollis interdum. Jackson first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for ten years. 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. A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. It got a little harder as time went on. 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. The women at WBCN, we had to carve out a place for ourselves. 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 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. It was like the old BCN, and it was remarkably brave radio. While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. In spring of 05 we moved from Boylston Street to Brighton. HD Radio substations on the FM frequencies changed as well: This was done to make room for an all-sports talk format at the 98.5 FM frequency, known as "98.5 The Sports Hub" WBZ-FM. Oedipus was orange. That just doesnt exist anymore. That was part of its charm. The union produced one son. 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. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. ; Best QB's vs. the spread; Debating Derrick Henry. 70s. Told through the actual sights, sounds, and stories of a compelling cast of characters who connected through the radio station, exploding music and countercultural scenes, militant anti-war. Van Morrison would come by a lot. (Peter Simon) The station launched the careers of artists like Aerosmith and arguably played a role in ending the war in Vietnam. When these new people came in from New York, they just didnt get it. Since then:President of Lichtenstein Creative Media; director of The American Revolution, a forthcoming documentary on the early days of WBCN. nhbob Here is a list of over 90 former and current full-time WBCN personalities. Theres a direct lineage to Jon Stewart. 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. The Listener Line had positioned itself almost as the Google of its time. 0. Once you reach number one, once you reach that magical economic success, once you reach X number of millions of dollars in billing, where do you go? [1], Martinie was in a relationship with Edward Boesel from January 7, 1973 until Martinie's death. I remember the owners telling me, Youre gonna make mistakes, and youre gonna learn from your mistakes. You heard the stories of the camaraderie that they had back then. There was a very strong sense of history being made at the time. Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. It was a Sunday night, Oedipus was hosting Nocturnal Emissions, and he played Never Say Never by Romeo Void. The morning-show format with Charles, The Big Mattress, every station uses that idea nowa morning zoo where youve got a couple of hosts, youve got sidekicks. She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. 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. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. He pioneered live remote broadcasting techniques and became The Honorary Dean of Boston Comedy, spotlighting dozens of up-and-coming comedians on his show. He's been working morning radio all over the country with his partner Pete McKenzie for over 30 years now. WBCN was always in a state of perpetual brokenness. The duo formerly worked together at Atlanta alternative station WNNX. BCN did that. [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. CHARLES LAQUIDARAAt WBCN:DJ, 196896, host of The BigMattress. For a brief period during that transition, Charles Laquidara, who was acting program director hired Robert "Bo" Burlingham as news director. Please say a prayer for Mark.. WBCN air staff in the station's record library. The aim was music discovery, which often meant strange and surprising band pairings. 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. Jim Halfyard took over the graveyard shift. 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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. On March 17, 2004, Jackson, 62, suffered a heart attack and died while driving home after dining with a friend in Los Angeles. Most of my listeners knew more about the music than I did. Rating: 4.8 Reviews: 6. If anyone had anything to say, it went on the intercom. [15] On October 10, 2017, CBS disclosed that as part of the process of obtaining regulatory approval of the merger, WBZ-FM would be one of sixteen stations that would be divested by Entercom, along with sister stations WBZ and WZLX, and Entercom stations WRKO and WKAF, with Entercom retaining WEEI AM and FM, WBMX, WODS and WAAF. "WBCN Free Form Rock" was formatted to play multiple music genres (including rock, jazz, the blues, and country). 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. In 1979, the station was purchased by Hemisphere Broadcasting, who let go several longtime employees who they determined "non-essential." His father was a Catholic and a psychiatrist and his mother was Jewish and a psychologist. 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. Bradley Jay (later, he became host of the weekday overnight talk show, "Jay Talking", on AM sister station WBZ[12]) was the last DJ. See details That, for me, was the best thing about working at WBCN: He took a liking to me. 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. 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