After five years at MTV, Jackson returned to Los Angeles radio, JJ's first gig after MTV was 106 KWST then at KROQ-FM in 1987, then as program director of modern rock/alternative station KEDG ("The Edge") until May 1989. . WBCN was always in a state of perpetual brokenness. 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. We all had our colors. I can remember sitting in the back of my parents Plymouth Valiant. High Profile Show & Ratings (was Re: Changes at WBCN-Boston), 5. Memorable radio personalities from Cleveland's past. -. Since then:DJ at WZLX; inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2009; retired and living in Maui, currently working on an autobiography titled Daze in the Life. During the stations heyday, its DJs, the music scene, and listeners were all intensely interconnected. 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 womens movement, the gay and lesbian rights movement, basic rights, what it meant to be an American. We were as important as the Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox. Known as ' The Rock Of Boston ', its two main Boston - area competitors are Album Oriented Rock / Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX. 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. Regular and special guests chat with me . My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mar 2020 - Present3 years. 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. I remember hearing the lyrics, I might like you better if we slept together, and I remember not knowing what it meant. Jukebox stations are not radio; they are jukeboxes. The 5-8 p.m. block on WRBB at the time was for alternative and indie rock . He can be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, in the exhibit Dedicated to the One I Love: Rock and Radio. Acts including Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison and The Kinks all played The Boston Tea Party. 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. "J. Oedipus hosts a website called "The Oedipus Project." [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. The J Show, Weekdays 5:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. If you're a scraper, please click the link below :-) 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. He had been ailing in recent years, suffering from a number of conditions including spinal stenosis that made it difficult for him to walk. I got to interview people like Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Ronny Wood, Smokey Robinson. I was a kid then. 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. Their reputation was extraordinary across the county. Died shortly after 10am today. Music is a passion. The station brought former disc jockeys into its studios to say goodbye. A weekly journey through the wild and twisted mind of Mikey Adams. There were all the artistsSpringsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2that the station broke and changed lives. What about the Raiders? tried to bring back freeform rock radio spirit for 21st Century. Host Robin Young speaks with filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein about "WBCN and the American Revolution." WBCN is a digital-only radio station airing on WBZ-FM HD -2 and on WZLX HD -3 in Boston, Massachusetts and owned by CBS Radio. There was just a belief that we could do it. And he screwed up all the time! Once Oedipus left, the station was kind of in a free fall. And you kept me! Anyway, he ended up firing Duane, but in less than three weeks he ended up bringing him back. This article is about the media personality. WBCN also launched The Toucher and Rich Show, a new locally produced comedy-based afternoon drive time show starring Fred Toettcher and Rich Shertenlieb. SAM KOPPERAt WBCN:Program director, morning DJ, 196871; live music broadcast producer and weekend DJ, 197591. BCN was creative and successful for a long time. 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. I was like that kid. For those who lived in the listening area, which. WBCN Free Form Rock Theres a direct lineage to Jon Stewart. 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. When I took over as program director, we were getting our ass kicked by WCOZ, Kickass Rock n Roll. We needed to turn it around, and we were able to turn it around. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. 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Oedipus was orange. You could start in downtown Boston and walk to Cambridge, to Harvard Square. Freelance. So these bands, because we thought they were good, could be heard next to the Clash, or could be heard next to Fleetwood Mac. When these new people came in from New York, they just didnt get it. 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. If you were taking some bad acid and needed somebody to talk you down, call us. His words "over and out" were the last to be heard on WBCN on August 12, 2009 when the station went off the air. That does not exist anymore. From the birth of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s through just about the end of the 20th Century, Cleveland was a great town for radio. 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. So did blues icons like B.B. Since then:Director of the Oedipus Foundation. My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. 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. WBNS radio had been a CBS affiliate for almost 20 years, so Channel 10 immediately joins the CBS television network. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. 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. It felt more like a bank. Active rock accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 digital subchannel. Mark Parenteau was up in the car, doing a live broadcast. This is awful! A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. 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 only there for a short time. In his appearances on MTV, Jackson often went by and introduced himself as "Triple J". at WRRM,CincinnatiMaxanna Sartori 1970-77 Promotions and Marketing,NJMatt Schaffer 1981-89 News&features at WXKS-FM,BostonDanny "The News Dissector" Schechter 1970-1979 TV Producer in NYCSteve "Clean" Segal 1968-69,1976-77 Air Talent,MilwaukeeBob Shannon 1976-77 V.P.,TM Productions,DallasKen Shelton 1980-Present Air Talent,10-3pmEli Sherer 1978-1989 Traffic Reporter/Consultant inCambridge,MAMatt Siegal 1976-80 Air Talent at WXKS-FM,BostonBob Slavin 1975-77 Music Producer in Boston,MASusan Sprecher 1976-80 TV producer,NJSteve Strick 1978-82 1986-Present Air Talent and Asst. 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. 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 . When The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, they thanked him personally for their initial support in America. WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. In that final week, CBS said to the staff, Do anything you want. 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. Howard Stern went to BU listening to Charles. Johnson then left WBCN to assume a new position at WGBH.[6]. They had a studio upstairs, thats where the classical music station was, and thats where it started. I had horrible taste in music. 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]. Jimmy Mack 1977-81 deceased Kevin Malvey 1992 Air Talent,WBOS-FM Boston Phil Marlowe 1989 Air Talent,WCCC-FM Hartford Daryl "Cosmic Muffin" Martini 1977-82 1985-present Astrological Reporter Danny McCloskey 1977-82,1987 Student in S.F. They were just a bunch of crazy hippies. 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. Are you kidding me? People really related to that. The station survived and prospered through generations in spite of tumultuous turnover, not to mention a 1979 strike by its DJs and staff. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago.[2]. Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. Is it possible that WBCN, the greatest rock n roll radio station in American history, died five years ago this month? I dont want to say it was nonstop partying. The duo formerly worked together at Atlanta alternative station WNNX. Oedipus (Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. It was a blast for me. [3][4] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. I still cant go to an event without at least one person mentioning WBCN. 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." But still, it was always WBCN. Do you understand me? I said, Klee, you cant fire Duane. While the existence of the promotional album is apocryphal, the truth behind the broadcast, though less dramatic, is equally as fascinating. We start off with Mark Parenteau and end with Lisa Carlin as radio personalities. by Mark Shneyder 432-42 Wed, 05 May 1993 14:18:42. There was the Rock n Roll Rumble. The call letters stood for the " Boston Concert Network ". His radio . That was part of its charm. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. For those who lived in the listening area,. 3 Cosmic Dancer (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 4 Main Man (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 5 Ballrooms of Mars (K.Day Radio, Los Angeles, 15th Feb 1972) 6 Mystic Lady. 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". You didnt have someone playing Hank Williams then Muddy Waters then Van Morrison then Velvet Underground, in 15 minutes. 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. 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