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WBCN THE ROCK OF BOSTON?

There is actually a Save WBCN group out there on Facebook

You have to be a facebook member to see it though as far as I know.
"For 41 years, this station has been a beacon of Rock and Roll. This group is established to voice objection to this decision by CBS."
 
evolve991 said:
From what I've read CBS took a good Rock station and first eliminated everything about it that worked, created an overused playlist,put a bean counter in charge of musical selection and then when the inevitable happened decided it was much better to complete the destruction of a long standing station rich in history and followers. Hmmm. How could I know all this? Well there was this little off the beaten path radio station known for it's originality and diversity and Infinity/Viacom/CBS bought it and first eliminated everything about it that worked.....I feel for all the fans of WBCN,I've been putting up with 4 years of CBS nonsense with the remnants of WHFS being slapped on this HD2 and that stream and a couple other frequencies and who knows whats next....maybe it'll be the calls for a traffic repeater next week....
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Which company bought the station that caused the strike during the late 70's? That was the beginning of the long slide. I remember it well, was also right after the movie FM of which Steely Dan wrote the great theme song of the same name.
 
KB1OKL said:
Which company bought the station that caused the strike during the late 70's? That was the beginning of the long slide. I remember it well, was also right after the movie FM of which Steely Dan wrote the great theme song of the same name.
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I believe that company was Hemisphere Broadcasting.
 
musicfan101 said:
I'm just curious: How come 104.1 just switch to top 40? I personally don't like top 40 music. I mean I saw this (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/1041-NOW-FM/58904407681?ref=search) awhile ago, but you would think CBS would save money and go this route...
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You mean why don't they switch to Top 40? They probably feel it's potentially more profitable to launch the only FM all-sports station in the immediate Boston market than to try to compete with Kiss 108.
 
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