He held his final radio gig at the former XM satellite radio station in Washington, D.C. until his arrest. I loved this station (it's been gone for many years now). Without that cornerstone, you would not have the direction that music took. Quick story about that first show: I prepped the hell out of it. "Indie 104.1" on 104.1 HD-3 ceased operations. People were going, This sucks! Regular and special guests chat with me . [3] WBCN was a modern rock/active rock station that mixed music that has been popular in the modern rock, alternative rock and classic rock genres. I had been at a number of other radio stations before WBCN. We start off with Mark Parenteau and end with Lisa Carlin as radio personalities. 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. Once Oedipus left, the station was kind of in a free fall. Sirius XM Radio Inc. Sep 2016 - Aug 20226 years. He took me under his wing. At first, the new "American Revolution" format was only heard during the late-evening and overnight hours, but in mid-May, the station expanded the rock programming to 24 hours a day. Legendary Boston stripper Princess Cheyenne hosted a Sunday night sex advice show that eventually led to one of her appearances in Playboy Magazine in April 1986. Duane Glasscock is fired. [1], In 1973, Martinie telephoned into Charles Laquidara's show on WBCN to correct his mistaken astrological reading. In 1976, he was featured in a voice-only performance as a DJ of the fictional KGYS radio in the movie Car Wash. 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. 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. Do you understand me? I said, Klee, you cant fire Duane. Boston Globe. They were totally my peers. The gala celebration will featu I was just a kid who went to high school to be a baker. Oedipus was orange. This audio stream includes the archives shared for The American Revolution documentary film, coming . Take the Clash. 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. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. John J. CHARLES LAQUIDARAAt WBCN:DJ, 196896, host of The BigMattress. Parenteau was working at the former XM satellite radio in Washington, D.C. when prosecutors alleged that he enticed teenage boys to come to his D.C. apartment to drink, smoke marijuana and have sex. At BCNs peak, its top DJ raked in more than a million bucks a year. Nunc in elit dapibus mauris ultricies facilisis et vitae nisi. 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). Since then:Director of special projects for the Phoenix Media/Communications Group; director of the David Bieber Archives. They stopped me from playing the blues songs I wanted to play or the folk songs I wanted to play when we started competing with the shock . 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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. In late 2009, the station begun to increase its DJ'd programming. [1] [2] He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. BILL LICHTENSTEINAt WBCN:Newscaster and announcer,197078. 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. 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. My character, an alter ego called Duane Glasscock, had a heavy Boston accent. 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. But now radio is more of a specialized thing. We thought, Wouldnt it be great to have a radio station where they played Benny Goodman, Sing Sing Sing, from 1938, maybe mix that with the Carmina Burana, and then mix that with Jimi Hendrix and the Stones, and then come back with a folk song? Oedipus was one of the first to play the Clash. He was one of MTV's five original VJs (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn). The news department was initially headed by Norm Winer, who later became program director. WBCN was full service (news, music, information, and live 24/7). 1 Draft Pick Feb 28, 2023 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 Charles Laquidara is fearless. He then moved to the legendary WBCN-FM/Boston where he won three Boston Achievement in Radio Awards and was the Executive Producer of New England Patriots Radio Network. We got musicians to ask the station to stop playing the music, and the advertisers just walked away. Marc Miller 1978-83 MUSE,Brooklyn NY Patrick Murray 1991-Present News Director,Air Talent Harold "Mississippi Fats" Wilson 1968-77 Restaurant equip. WBCN's Toucher and Rich morning show began broadcasting on WBZ-FM on August 14, 2009. "The incredible story of how a radio station, politics, and rock and roll changed everything." When he started doing it, nobody was doing that. With Andy Beaubien, David Bowie, Ron Della Chiesa, Noam Chomsky. (Peter Simon) The station launched the careers of artists like Aerosmith and arguably played a role in ending the war in Vietnam. Lets drop a pumpkin, lets drop some cash, lets drop some acid.I always thought it would have been good to put a recording device on the station intercom. I was competing against him. 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. Classical music, jazz, or anything else might be played, as long as the skillful DJs could make it work. During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations. Now the clubs are making some more money, so they keep booking the bands. [17][18][19] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. This guy cant sing! Are you playing with a full deck? 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. 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. 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. A formerly bulletproof radio property became riddled and CBS stemmed the bleeding by shuttering WBCN on August 12, 2009. If you want good ratings, then you gotta have bad radio. 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. A bunch of us were sitting around, possibly experimenting with drugs. 3. BCN was creative and successful for a long time. This is noise! As program director, I made sure we always had at least one local band in rotation. [22][1] As a result, the station added the "-FM" suffix on July 29, 2009, allowing CBS to temporarily place the WBMX call letters on the former WFNA (1660 AM) in Charlotte, North Carolina; additionally, during "Mix"'s final week on 98.5, it used the WBZ-FM call letters intended for the new station. 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. WBCN began supporting non-mainstream investigative reporting and alternative news coverage, including reports from demonstrations and highly produced montage news reports. Aliquam varius dui varius tincidunt pulvinar. Massachusetts could get another snowstorm Friday: What areas were the jackpot zones in this past storm? 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. Beasley took complete ownership of the station on December 20, 2017. Eventually, Wolf had a crucial . Hes got a 13, the highest rating ever in the history of ratings. classic rock. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is on the upper FM mast of the Prudential Tower. The fellow who put it together, WBCN founder Ray Riepen, who was sleeping on my couch, asked me to buy into the station. 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