WBCN "POWER 104" Coming Soon ?

[brlmedia]

i am trying to find out how i can get a picture/screenshot of the power 104 logo/page from this morning, anyone know besides google how i can get a cached page of their website from earlier today?

thanks

 

[MHB]

i am trying to find out how i can get a picture/screenshot of the power 104 logo/page from this morning, anyone know besides google how i can get a cached page of their website from earlier today?

thanks

On the main page of their website, one of the rotating big messages is the Power 104 logo and the statement "Are you . . . kidding? Power 104 is DEAD! WBCN is The Rock of Boston!"

If you click on it it says, "Top 40? Seriously Boston Herald. Are you kidding? Do some research. WBCN is THE ROCK OF BOSTON!"

 

[radiofool89]

logo: http://imgsrv.wbcn.com/image/DbLiteGraphic/200904/4128083.jpg

 

[WBIMDJ]

Audio archives of the entire 4 hour event are on the Toucher & Rich page, hour 1-4: http://www.wbcn.com/pages/2574389.php

 

[Deleted User]

Didn't Laquidara get sent to WZLX on April Fools day making way for that guy who ended up on Sirius... who was that again?

The difference is Charles never returned to BCN

 

[Skynet74]

I fell for this crap. I tuned in BCN in the car and heard Power 104 followed by some[EDIT]music. I think I literally shed a tear. I'm in Rhode Island and I couldn't tune to HJY fast enough. But HJY isn't as good as BCN. So I'm happy to hear that it was just a joke.

[EDIT-inflammatory]

 

[DToTheJ]

it has to be a stunt, they are playing the same few songs in a row: http://www.yes.com/#WBCN?log

Even if it was for real, playing the same songs per hour is a motus operandi for CBS-owned CHR stations. Compare with their New York "Now" and L.A. "Amp" playlists...

 

[radiofool89]

i miss power 104 :'(

 

[Radio_bored-Op]

*shouts from buffalo,niagara falls*
we have some cool radio stunts/gags, but from
the sounds of it - nothing as sweet as this!!

but,
i have a ???
what if this stunt were to be scheduled to run from
10am-3pm(mid.day jock) "mixed up" at the wrong studio.......
but, the phones(to the front desk) were SOO STRONG,
it gave the *thought* to a flip???

of course, not right then, on the spot*
and, it was probably *FUN* for that day, get it out
of your system...but, ok - back to what sells...but
could a stunt like this, have such an overwhelming
response, it starts the wheels, to have a formal
flip, say memorial day weekend?

 

[chitchatjf]

it has to be a stunt, they are playing the same few songs in a row: http://www.yes.com/#WBCN?log

Even if it was for real, playing the same songs per hour is a motus operandi for CBS-owned CHR stations. Compare with their New York "Now" and L.A. "Amp" playlists...

Rotating of a few select tunes to get played every 60-90 minutes yes.
They they were doing was playing the same 10 songs in the same order.
Why did they play Womanizer as opposed to IF you Seek Amy?

I still believe the possibility of BCN going CHR is still real.
With both now and amp they gave advance warning and then started by offering 10000 songs in a row without commercials.
With Freeform on HD2 and more rock on HD3 I think it could still happen in a mannor that would admmitaly alienate the rock audience at first but to not forget the rock heritage.

 

[Hardrocker9]

Not a chance, BCN is a far better more focused rocker than K-Rock was second time around. I wish they took some notes and followed the BCN playlist. For that matter I wish RXP would take note of BCN's music, they claim that rock is alive in NY but they're the ones that put rock in the ICU circling the drain.

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

Like many of you I have checked the PPMs of Boston radio, and noticed that BCN was the ONLY CBS radio station not in at least ONE noteworthy top 5 list (overall, 18-34, 25-54). My brother, described on another thread (the disco show thread, FYI) as a metalhead, was p***ed to holy Hanna-Barbera about the April Fool's flip and asked me why. I told him about the 2 CBS stations which made the flip to top 40 in New York and L.A., and told him to relax - for at least one more year. It's not as if he doesn't have other options already, like 'FNX, Mix, Kiss (which I haven't listened to since the 20th anniversary retrospective back in '99) and the 'AAFs on the current side (those 4 plus 'BCN pretty much share at least 50% of the same songs; I revolted upon hearing very little besides No Doubt, Green Day, Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray and that unintelligle Chumbawamba song back in '97/'98 and flipped to 'RKO and 'EEI then until Star from '99 to '05 and back to 'RKO/'EEI since) plus classic rockers 'ROR, 'ZLX, Mike, Oldies lately and Mix on weekends (under the title "Whatever Weekends", where it basically plays the same Led Zep, Who, Stones, CCR, Doors, Mac, Floyd, Eagles, Aero, VH and AC/DC as siblings 'ZLX and Oldies and ignores non-rock).

Anyway, I'm predicting that by this time next year, 'BCN will be top 40 with a more mainstream top 40 format than Kiss. Although I looked at Kiss' most recent top 30 (only 3 out of 30 I'd call rock, namely Matt Nathanson, The Fray and All-American Rejects), I suspect that a lot of their real hitmakers are those like Chris Daughtry, Jason Mraz, Nickelback, Plain White T's, Fall Out Boy, The Offspring, Shinedown, Lily Allen, Coldplay and 3 Doors Down, especially since most of Kiss' top 30 are also on Jam'n, a situation that NEVER should occur. In short, I think that 'BCN can easily wipe up Kiss 108 in the Spring of '10.

BTW, if I was in charge of Kiss, I'd restrict Jam'n artists like Flo Rida, T.I., T-Pain, Lady Gaga and Britney to Jam'n so that people can tell Jam'n apart from Kiss.

 

[MassMusicMan]

Mix on weekends (under the title "Whatever Weekends", where it basically plays the same Led Zep, Who, Stones, CCR, Doors, Mac, Floyd, Eagles, Aero, VH and AC/DC as siblings 'ZLX and Oldies and ignores non-rock).

Why are you so awful?

 

[ssetta]

Come on, guys. This was just an April Fool joke. It is now April 23. Get over it.

 

[radiofool89]

mayb everyone really wants POWER 104 to be a reality!

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

Fact: 'BCN is losing not only to 'AAF but ALSO to 'BOS, the latter which officially shares the same format as 'BCN, and it isn't EVEN close!

'BCN has almost 200,000 fewer listeners than 'BOS!

'BCN has almost a MILLION fewer listeners than Kiss 108, and EXACTLY 25% of Kiss' rating!

No question this time: 'BCN has less than a year to turn things around, or we see Power 104 FOR REAL! (BTW, Pats would hop over to 'ZLX in 2010.)

 

[Neanderpaul]

Word has made it out here that they are in a bad way there at the Vault.

As much as it appear WBCN might have to go bye bye...a big part of me will be sad to see it go.

It was WRKO/WCOZ/WBCN/WAAF/WGIR...and Eddie Andleman's Sunday Night Sports Huddle that made me want to do this for a living.

Most of those reasons are dead & buried now.

Sad.

I'm going to miss WBCN. There are GREAT people in that building. Too bad it appears they're being killed by horrible decisions made on some level unrelated to them.

 

[chitchatjf]

The way to do it would be to start Friday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend at 5pm.

Britney Spear's Circus would be a good track to start it with and go commercial free ALL SUMMER until kickoff of the first Pats game.

I would still keep the BCN call letters and maintain the rock programming on HD2 and HD3

 

[Retro]

I am presently streaming 92-3 Now in NYC. I briefly checked out 97-1 Amp FM in L.A. too. It is my opinion that if CBS were to launch a new CHR here that it would give Clear Channel a real run for their money.

 

[radiorama1]

I am presently streaming 92-3 Now in NYC. I briefly checked out 97-1 Amp FM in L.A. too. It is my opinion that if CBS were to launch a new CHR here that it would give Clear Channel a real run for their money.

Hey Retro, great to see you back on 8)