The Rock of Boston WBCN format Quit?

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This is good news for WFNX, which competes with WBCN for listeners craving alt-rock fare. But it’s bad news–or at least depressing news–for Boston radio as a whole. In its earlier years, ‘BCN was known, among other things, for unusually varied programming; for championing talented acts that were still in their infancy, but went on to become superstars; and for showcasing major talents like Charles Laquidera and “News Dissector” Danny Schecter. Of course, the cerebral stylings of Laquidera, Schecter et al. have long since yielded to (among other things) Howard Stern, the execrable Opie & Anthony, and Patriots play-by-play.
WBCN is a modern rock/active rock station that mixes music that is popular in the modern rock, alternative rock and Classic rock genres. WBCN is a CBS Radio station. Known as ‘The Rock Of Boston’, its two main Boston-area competitors are Album Oriented Rock/Active rock WAAF and alternative music WFNX.

The once proud station was a pioneering, innovative rock radio oasis that became the cornerstone of a corporate behemoth. To see the devastation, the lack of name and/or talented on-air personalities finally sinking the old ship, is truly sad. The joke in town used to be “Name a band that played last year’s WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble?” with a follow-up – “Name any band that played the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble??”

The Rock of Boston WBCN format Quit?

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