WILD Eulogized - On WBUR's Website

[DToTheJ]

http://www.wbur.org/2011/06/28/wild-radio

 

[raccoonradio]

Maybe BUR could run some programming for this community (what WILD had) themselves instead of duplicating NPR shows run on GBH! :

 

[MarcB]

Maybe whomever buys WXBR 1460 can bring back WILD from the dead - not the "hate Whitey" (no not the mobster) talk, but a mix of R&B Hits and R&B Oldies.

 

[raccoonradio]

Trivia: When he came to the Celtics, Shaq O'Neal--a fan of gangsters--said he was going to redub himself Blackie Bulger. He changed his mind out of respect for family members of Whitey's victims

 

[HHH]

Maybe whomever buys WXBR 1460 can bring back WILD from the dead - not the "hate Whitey" (no not the mobster) talk, but a mix of R&B Hits and R&B Oldies.

You can't get WXBR 1460 in the city of Boston. Nor will you even after a possible upgrade due to WAZN on 1470. Best bet would be a group of investors determined to create an inner-city based format buying 1260 or 1330 or 1150 or 1510 or 1600. All are fulltime signals which cover the inner city very well. Some might be cost prohibitive (1510 xmtr site) or too profitable for the current owner (1600) but who knows?

 

[Laurence Glavin]

Maybe whomever buys WXBR 1460 can bring back WILD from the dead - not the "hate Whitey" (no not the mobster) talk, but a mix of R&B Hits and R&B Oldies.

There IS such a pronoun as "whoever"; it's to be used when it's the SUBJECT of a sentence. "Whomever" is to be used when it's the OBJECT of a verb. So in the above referenced sentence, "whoever" is correct.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

If you click on the WBUR story and scroll down to the comments, there's a brilliant one by ME. Discuss.

 

[carmen]

“Shows hardly come to town anymore because promoters don’t feel as though they have a way to get the word out to people to come to their shows. So you don’t see as many African-American concerts here in Boston anymore. And it’s been like that in a big, big way in the last five years or so,” Maye said.

is there some key distinction between African-Caribbean-American and African-American that he holds dear? because this comment is BS

anything said about radio no longer being a relevant epicenter is BS too. it's a shame WILD is too out of touch with reality to be a part of it but whatever, plenty of good stations to choose from. plus they have good audio

 

[raccoonradio]

It's true about AM talk/news etc moving to FM, though when Laurence mentioned the 1050 in Peterborough NH disappeared--well yes technically but it popped up on 650 in Ashland. Someone a couple comments down mentions "if compelling content were on AM"--well whether or not you'd find it compelling, WBZ still traditionally does well at 1030 (though who knows if it would somehow move to FM someday, I mean beyond on an HD-2 or HD-3) and Entercom still keeps WEEI going at 850 where it's either neck and neck with Sports Hub, or 2nd place but still does well. Entercom maybe can buy another FM (who?) someday and put WEEI there or shift Mike there and move WEEI to 93.7 etc
but I don't know when that day will come.

Speaking of people feeling disenfranchised in terms of radio formats, I'm just returning from Pittsburgh where WDUQ is about to dump most of their jazz in favor of NPR news, etc. (yes yes,
you can get it on an HD radio etc. or online). I think one article in the Pitt. Tribune-Review
(the paper Teresa Heinz Kerry loves so much; being sarcastic--she told one of their reporters to
"shove it", and no I didn't get to visit the Kerry mansion in Fox Chapel PA) said that yes HD
radios could be had for as low as $25, portable or home. $40 portable maybe, but...? And the
situation in places like Calif. (rock displaces classical which displaces a college station) and RI
(alt. rock fans of one college station will get to hear WCRB on the main signal instead). Getting back to Pitt. I was talking with someone from their blues society and mentioned the WDUQ move;
she had heard of it, while the drummer for blues band we were with didn't know (it may come as a surprise to many) and all she could say about DUQ's move was "Well thank God we still have Little E's"
(which must be a jazz club or something).

Changes.

 

[N1WVQ]

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anything said about radio no longer being a relevant epicenter is BS too. it's a shame WILD is too out of touch with reality to be a part of it but whatever, plenty of good stations to choose from. plus they have good audio

Good audio? So no more IBOC?

 

[robotique]

im a huge urban music fan however im really enjoying China Radio Int'l. It offers a look into a very relevent culture in the evolving global economy and global culture. The little chinese language lessons, pop music, cultural items and state-sanctioned (LOL) news are refreshing on the evening commute.

 

[blackgold]

This stuff that WILD's broadcasting is stupid! Anything put up by the CCP is poisonous for the soul!

 

[CTListener]

im a huge urban music fan however im really enjoying China Radio Int'l. It offers a look into a very relevent culture in the evolving global economy and global culture. The little chinese language lessons, pop music, cultural items and state-sanctioned (LOL) news are refreshing on the evening commute.

CRI is a good-sounding government station, has been for years. I've got Sirius XM in the car and often listen to it and similar stations, from East and West, on World Radio Network. Some, like Radio Netherlands, are very informative and entertaining. Others, like Radio Romania International, sound like shortwave stations used to sound like 30 or 40 years ago: "news" features about potato harvest totals and banal "mailbag" shows. I see no harm in listening to any of them. Just keep in mind that everything you're hearing is being put through an official government filter.

 

[DToTheJ]

...Anything put up by the CCP is poisonous for the soul!

As opposed to WALE in Providence, which is poison for the ears.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

...Anything put up by the CCP is poisonous for the soul!

As opposed to WALE in Providence, which is poison for the ears.

???...Poison...? You mean "Veneno", don't you?

In any event, for the better part of a year now, 990-WALE has been running the best format it's had in years...."SILENT"... or...should I say "SILENCIO"? ;D