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Inside Track: WBOS Censored Laquidara

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(from Herald Inside Track; take for what it's worth)

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=154763

excerpt:
"the real reason Charles Laquidara and WBOS parted ways was because the station believed the Boston radio legend was being too political - and he wouldn’t sit for censorship. Laquidara resigned his gig as host of a daily one-hour music show called “Back Spin” after catching heat from station suits for airing his way-left-of-center views on the prez, the war, etc.

"Our spies in the studio say that after Laquidara played Neil Young’s new tune 'Impeach the President,' he was reprimanded by his boss, who told him something along the lines of 'We don’t do politics, we don’t do news, we rarely do interviews and we don’t do controversy. We’re an oasis for our listeners.'
Begging the question: Why, oh why then did they retain the services of the outspoken ex-WBCN jock?
'If they hired Charles thinking all he would do is introduce songs, well then, they didn’t do their homework,' said one industry insider."

>>"We don't do politics, we don't do news

Maybe Chuck could have asked to do a show on sis station WTKK then

Golden rule: he who has gold makes rules. And 'BOS didn't want politics. No word on whether or not they
run any Dixie Chick tunes...
 
it's funny, Gayle and Laura can sorta be lableled as tabloid people, always coming up with something that seems to have no basis. But their track record (no pun intended) is pretty spot on. They must have a ton of people is every aspect of life, because Always in their column you see "As we reported weeks ago, it's been confirmed...."

It might sound odd, but if I see it in the Track, I'd believe it.
 
Yup! By the way even though Chuckkkkkk leaves the door open to working for GM again, he did get a dig in at the format: " “The music I was forced to play made me sleepy.”

WBOS, once known as "The Boss" (when they were album rock, IIRC): "The boss music in the boss city
on the boss station that my BOSS told me to play! Yay!"--George Carlin
 
'If they hired Charles thinking all he would do is introduce songs, well then, they didn’t do their homework,' said one industry insider."

Wow, real insider insight. Laquidara was hired by Buzz Knight, who had been his PD at WZLX for however many years he was over there. What homework? ::)
 
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