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Favorite Boston FM stations of the past........

davect said:
Late 1970's was WVBF in their "F-105" incarnation. Early 80's I liked "Power 103 WHTT". When in the mood for soft rock WSSH hit the spot early/mid 80's. My parents were huge fans of the original WJIB (how could you forget those ship's bells in the ID? "ding-ding. Ding-ding").
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yeah, I also remember that, my mother also lied that one.
Yes, I also liked WISH 99.5, they were great, with their two in a row artist spotlights
 
raccoonradio said:
In its pre-Boston Phoenix days, what was then WLYN-FM 101.7 had Rich Anzalone and others
playing alternative rock/new wave/local bands. It would be simulcast on AM 1360, and it was odd
to hear stuff like Mission of Burma's "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" on the AM dial. (Though that sort of stuff did happen on occasion, like one time when I was in the VT/NH Upper Valley and heard alternative on Dartmouth's station on 1340)
M.O.B.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8piMHsOya4
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the best... he supposedly got fired for cutting off the end of the horse racing recap show that preceded it. It was more likely due to what he was playing, even with all the bleeping of a certain word on Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To F***"). I never listened much after he left

WBZ-FM was the first FM rock station I listened to. Clark had a Saturday morning trivia show and I won a copy of Queen's "Night At The Opera" album--which I still have! I still have all my WBZ-FM music surveys you'd find at the record stores.

I also wish I still had my WCOZ standee that occupied space in my BU dorm room freshman year (Warren Towers, for you BU alumni)
 
A vinyl record by The Fabulous Billygoons has a quote by "Coach Tom Lane, Y-102"...a sign of the old incarnation of 101.7 (I can't remember for sure but they may have been the ones who did a song about a wrestler to the tune of Califonia Uber Alles: "His name is Pedro/Pedro Morales/ His name is
Pedro...")
This thread from radio-info has more:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=88803.0

Eli wrote:
>>"Y-102" became an alternative rocker around 1982, in the tail end of the era considered to be the "punk/new wave heyday", which set it up for the WFNX alternative format when the Phoenix took over in 1983. There were jocks from WMBR, WERS, WZBC and other community/college stations there working for peanuts and for their dedication to the music. Most of them didn't continue on to WFNX, though some ended up on other commercial stations.

--
Speaking of Jerry Goodwin, I did a news internship at WFNX in late '83. Originally I was to work with Jerry or someone else--I forget, but I wound up doing news with Cindy Farias, Henry Santoro, and the late Margie Coombs. Goodwin and Russ Mottla were let go so I got put on
the news beat (which included running across the street to get tea and lunch for then Oper
Dir Judith Brackley!)
 
I may be showing my age but here goes:

WTBS 88.1: Always the most adventurous station on the dial. Still is as WMBR.

WBUR 90.9: Back when "Uncle 'T'" did his late night show. Back when they were more wild and wooly.

WXHR 96.9: When Harvey Radio Labs owned it, and they were broadcasting from Zion Hill in Woburn with classical and show tunes.

WBCN 104.1 The very early days. 1968-1972. All over the place "anything goes", but fascinating.

WGBH-FM 89.7: Pre-NPR with Morning Pro Musica, and Reading Aloud.

and finally.....the best for last....

WVCA 104.9 Gloucester. What can you say about Simon Geller? The last of the last of the tiny little grocery stores in a land of giant Shaw's. The video documentary about him "Radio Fishtown" (available on DVD) is amazing.
 
WBOT - Hot 97.7 Boston never had anything like it before, probably never will again. What a breath of fresh air it was to hear Juvenile, Little Wayne (and the rest of the Big Timers) and Jay-Z, at his height, when 94.5 was busy playing *NSYNC and Brittney Spears.

WBCN - The Rock Revolution (post Parenteau)
 
Sonic Al: I stand corrected, thanks!

>>WXHR 96.9
I used to have some kind of North Shore paper from around 1967 or so and there was an ad in it;
a cartoon of a smiling bee next to a flower with the caption: "Beautiful... the X/R All Time Hit Parade"
(or was it "H/R"?)-- FM 97, AM 740"

(It may have said "FM 96.9" but more likely it rounded it off to the next whole MHz.)
 
Lots of great stations and lots of great folks. Wonderful honor to be part of it and work with some super folks. Best to all and thanks for listening. To be continued....Clark
WBUR, All Hits WBZ-FM, Boston's Best Rock WCOZ, Softrock WEEI-FM, WBOS (a couple of times), WCGY, WVBF, #1 Rock & Roll Connection WBCN name,
and a few others around New England.
 
I really miss the old WHUE 100.7FM. I always thought they were the best Beautiful Music station of the 3 in the market at the time. They had a wider play list than JIB or WWEL. Everyone once and a while the PD would let the DJ slip a vocal by the Ray Conniff Singers or Mitch Miller
 
without a doubt Datz Hits. only been around long enough to experience one station removed from the airwaves, but it was the one i had on always, save for maybe 30 minutes a week of big city (when MIssy calls in lol) and Music for Human (which ive been told by my therapist to listen to, to help relax)


where else could you hear bajan sandwich recipes or grandma, herself taking calls?

nowhere thats where!
 
also slightly less of a loss, but ive noticed new TIS stations on 1640 and 1700 that used to not be there. not that Signal and Caraibes don't have streams, but a 10-dollar Nordmende was a perfectly fine radio
 
that was great when 92.9 used to be Country Music, as well as on 96.9 and 105.7.
Country 102.5 is great, but it can not be heard (on a walkman, any walkman) within inside the city(Boston, From Copley Square area to Comm Ave area, Brookline, DownTown, South Boston, parts of Dorchester, Roxbury, parts or Mattapan, South End, parts of Cambridge, parts of Brighton, NorthEnd, Charlestown, parts of Somerville, and parts of Medford, parts of Chelsea. It can not be heard within inside the city when listenning on a walkman (any walkman, new and old) I assume it's the same when you live or work there.
Believe it or not, some of my former Taxi drivers, one is Arabic, two are Caribbean, all like Country music, so there are many different ethnic groups who also like Country music.
 
The correct spelling for the guy who did A Christmas Story is Jean Shepherd; not to be confused with that honky tonkin' female country singer Jean Shepard...
 
nothing crazy @WBZFM2010, I also enjoyed Eagle 93.7 a lot. It kind of sounds like that these days a tiny bit by about (45%). All they need to do now is just call it (Eagle 93.7) instead of Mike FM
 
LAUROJRM said:
Country 102.5 is great, but it can not be heard (on a walkman, any walkman) within inside the city(Boston, From Copley Square area to Comm Ave area, Brookline, DownTown, South Boston, parts of Dorchester, Roxbury, parts or Mattapan, South End, parts of Cambridge, parts of Brighton, NorthEnd, Charlestown, parts of Somerville, and parts of Medford, parts of Chelsea. It can not be heard within inside the city when listenning on a walkman (any walkman, new and old) I assume it's the same when you live or work there.
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WKLB 102.5 comes in fine in all those areas on my Insignia HD portable. I still believe that, from what you described before, the one you owned was defective.
 
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