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Jul 16, 2009 · For the third time this year, an iconic rock radio station in a major city is shifting formats: Boston’s 104.1 WBCN, “The Rock of Boston,” will leave the airwaves on August 13th. The rock...
Jul 29, 2014 · On August 11, 2009—following a weeklong farewell from many of the station’s past contributors—WBCN died to the strains of Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond.”
- Ethan Gilsdorf
Aug 12, 2009 · Of course, ’BCN – which went off the air at midnight last night after more than 40 years of rocking Boston – was in a lose-lose position. “If they have him on, they get (bleep),” said one...
- Gayle Fee
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Jan 18, 2022 · On March 15, 1968, as Cream’s “I Feel Free” hit the airwaves, WBCN was no longer a classical music station, instead going into freeform mode airing everything from non-Top 40 rock and jazz to blues and soul music depending on the mood of any of the eclectic hosts when they were on air.
Nov 19, 2021 · Boston radio station WBCN revolutionized rock radio with its freewheeling format and political activism in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Jul 29, 2014 · Two years ago, Boston's struggling WBCN-FM experimented with a program change from the standard classics to a free-wheeling amalgam anchored in rock and roll.
Sep 6, 2023 · The longtime WBCN DJ made a name for himself not only as the guy who played what he wanted to play, but who said what he wanted to say, whether calling for a boycott or protest, refusing to read...
