Former WBCN disc jockey Mark Parenteau, who was a force on the Boston airwaves for more than 20 years but saw his career and life go off the rails after he was arrested for having sex with a. Peter Wolf aka The Woofa Goofa - WBCN Radio DJ. During his time on Loveline, Carolla gradually drew an increasing fan base to the program. in Boston Albert O 1983-Present Air Talent,midnight-6am Oedipus 1976-Present Program Director Mark Parentau 1978-Present Air Talent,3-7pm Jim Parry 1968-79 Anthroplogy student at Harvard U. August 1948: The first antenna is erected a 595-foot tower. 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. My first radio show: 5-8 p.m. on Northeastern University's 104.9 WRBB. Now the clubs are making some more money, so they keep booking the bands. 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. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's college station WTBS (today WMBR ). That told the story of what the station was really like. Are you playing with a full deck? I quit radio in 76 because it was getting in the way of my cocaine habit. And the Internets savage evisceration of the music industry finished off what was left. I wasnt allowed to run the radio station the way I wanted to. Billy called up doing bacon frying. It was just a matter of time before it became centrally controlled and they could put all of these cost-cutting measures into effect. You were BCN. The Police, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Clash. Youve seen the movie Almost Famous. Gil Santos, former WBZ sports reporter, did play-by-play, while Gino Cappelletti, former Patriots star, provided color commentary. 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. He remained a practicing Catholic throughout his life. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. 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. 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). Darrell Blair-Edward Martinie[1] a.k.a. 60s. Charles Laquidara played Superman by The Kinks back to back for an entire show in celebration. on the Internet. She also hosted pre-recorded broadcasts for the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1970s and 1980s. Charles Laquidara was the biggest star of them all. I was the rare DJ from somewhere else. 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. The Charlotte station was a semi-satellite of WFNZ 610 AM, known then as "The Franchise", an all sports talk station. Boston Globe. I do a live-stream talk show to multiple social media platforms simultaneously. Mark Parenteau was up in the car, doing a live broadcast. In 1965, Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Music Director of WBCN by station program director Don Otto. So was its sound: Now-famous megagroups, from Aerosmith and the Clash to the Ramones and U2, all found early support on 104.1. Greater New York City Area. It got a little harder as time went on. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). 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. But that changed the following year, when a The women at WBCN, we had to carve out a place for ourselves. WBCN was more than simply an entertainment vehicle. You didnt have someone playing Hank Williams then Muddy Waters then Van Morrison then Velvet Underground, in 15 minutes. Tommy Charles. For the first time, the owners of the station began to make a profit. 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. "King of All Media" The original "shock jock", Though controversial, he is one of the highest-paid radio personalities in the United States and the most fined personality in radio broadcast history. Nam eleifend mollis interdum. No one could say he wasnt one of the best DJs in the country, said Parenteaus former BCN colleague Charles Laquidara. The Patriots on the weekend: Is it a football station? Mark Parenteau died after a long illness at the age of 66 in 2016. Uploaded by There was the time he got dosed on mescaline from eating laced matzo ball soup and went on-air. On March 15th the station celebrated 25 years on the air. 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 . 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. Boylston Street still had the old-school spirit. As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. 1. There were all the artistsSpringsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2that the station broke and changed lives. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is on the upper FM mast of the Prudential Tower. A Worcester native, Parenteau began his career at 15 on WORC-AM in his hometown. From February 26, 1991, to December 3, 2017, the "Mix" format in Boston used the callsign WBMX. 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. In the summer of 1968, Kopper was made the station's first program director. WBCN is a CBS Radio station. The station started to air the syndicated Opie & Anthony during the morning drive. So that effectively destroyed radio. By 1975, WBCN had gradually evolved from the underground/progressive format of the 1960s to the more mainstream album oriented rock format popular in the 1970s. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. Many of the DJs, particularly morning "Big Mattress" host Charles Laquidara, were now local quasi-celebrities. Unknown names like Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, the Cars, U2 and the Clash were made household words while the station actively supported local music through its annual Rock n Roll Rumble and the burgeoning comedy scene with the Comedy Riot competition. There were other conspiring factors, too: The alt-rock format was souring. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . I remember one night, Paul Ahern, a record promoter, and I were sitting in his car, maybe smoking a fatty, and he said, Charles, I want you to hear something. Steve Lushbaugh 1978-79 Production Director at WMMR,Phila. There are 3 small gaps where I flipped/changed cassettes. WBCN's 104.1 analog and HD-1 moved to 98.5 (WBZ-FM) HD-2. All of the Amenities. The entire musical landscape of America, and maybe the entire world, would have been different. So these bands, because we thought they were good, could be heard next to the Clash, or could be heard next to Fleetwood Mac. After graduating, he landed a job at a small radio station in Cumming, Georgia.In 1999, he started hosting nights on 99X in Atlanta and eventually worked . But we like you because youre intelligent and youre not afraid to take chances. Who says that today? Famous People with Tinnitus Adam Carolla Age: 58 Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. At BCNs peak, its top DJ raked in more than a million bucks a year. Wed go out and hang out with the bands. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Because the station got involved in giving these bands a higher profile, people could see them in clubs. WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori and Charles "Master. *Howard Stern (born January 12, 1954). -. Music DirectorTom "T" Semper 1981-83 Air Talent,WSHE in MiamiPaul "Tank" Sferruzza 1981-85 1986-Present Sports DirectorLisa Traxler 1983-89 Air Talent,WZLX-FM in BostonDebbie Ulman 1971 Air Talent,Olreans,MADina Vaprin 1971-73 1979-82 Asst. WBCN began supporting non-mainstream investigative reporting and alternative news coverage, including reports from demonstrations and highly produced montage news reports. They are the Hall of Famers, those broadcasters who are the top of their profession and who carry the spirit of the great older generation of radio professionals who put Boston on the map as a great radio town -- Jess Cain, Dave Maynard, Larry Justice, Norm Nathan and of course, the great late David Brudnoy, to name a few. However, there was always tension between the artistic expression of the DJs, and management's need to run a business, resulting in the unionization of the station with the United Electrical Workers in 1971. See details 104.1 WBCN - WBCN 104.1 FM ("104.1 WBCN") is a radio station licensed to Boston, MA. If you're a scraper, please click the link below :-) I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. Boston radio station WBCN revolutionized rock radio in the late 1960s and 1970s. 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]. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. But in 1996, the new Telecommunications Act spawned a sudden nationwide consolidation of the radio industry, and thats when things for BCN went south. After he left WBCN, Parenteau hosted shows on XM Radio and Q104, until the arrest in 2004, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. WBCN started as a classical music station in 1958, but a decade later reformatted as an "underground" or free-form, progressive rock station. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. The next jock on would be like, Hey, Im going to playoh, man. It was a friendly rivalry, but it was definitely a rivalry. We got musicians to ask the station to stop playing the music, and the advertisers just walked away. Jackson had a daughter and three grandchildren.[2]. Bob Machsond 1977-79 Lawyer in NYC. Praesent varius consequat convallis. The Oedipus Project (oedipus1.com) champions new, alternative, and experimental music. MATT SIEGELAt WBCN:DJ, 197779.Since then:Host ofMatty in the Morning on Kiss 108. Charles deserves every bit of respect he gets in the radio community. The aim was music discovery, which often meant strange and surprising band pairings. [1] [2] He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. And you kept me! Anyway, he ended up firing Duane, but in less than three weeks he ended up bringing him back. scoped composite of various personalities. I was there at the end of the heyday in some ways. same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, "Darrell Martinie; with astrology, he was the 'Cosmic Muffin'; at 63", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darrell_Martinie&oldid=1131675986, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 07:02. 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. In 2007, the station was nominated for the Top 25 Markets Alternative Station of the Year Award by Radio & Records magazine. Rich Curtis. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago.[2]. BCN was creative and successful for a long time. I dont want to say it was nonstop partying. WBCN was an over-the-air radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. Died shortly after 10am today. So he said, Why dont you just come in and play your music? So on the first night, I was the second DJ. Luckily Im still alive. Especially here in Boston, people loved that. On the fifth anniversary of BCNs death, key players from its halcyon days reminisce about a time when Boston was all about sex, drugs, and rock n roll. 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. For a long time, WBCN successfully balanced new and old music (featuring the slogan "Classic to Cutting Edge"). 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. And when you exceed your success, that leads to excess. When that happened, loyal staffers set up a faction of people to try to get hold of advertisers, to get hold of musicians, to ask them to pull their support. I loved this station (it's been gone for many years now). Oedipus also hosts an annual Christmas Eve show featuring rarely heard Christmas songs. The fellow who put it together, WBCN founder Ray Riepen, who was sleeping on my couch, asked me to buy into the station. The arrival of shock-jock Howard Sterns syndicated show to mornings that same year created a schizophrenic entity of WBCN, with community-based concern and music vs. callous commercialism and coarse talk. When we moved out, they were taking all the old records out of the cabinets in the studios. After the move to Brighton, the space was different. A weekly journey through the wild and twisted mind of Mikey Adams. WBCN and the American Revolution - Bill Lichtenstein 2021-11-30 How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. We had a grid that we taped in front of the albums, and everybody had their own color pen. 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