Looking back, we should have seen this coming. When WBCN left the FM dial in 2009, after more than four decades on the air at 104.1, it slammed shut a seminal chapter in Boston’s history of rock radio. Some called it the end of an era, which it was, while others groused that the groundbreaking station had lost its direction long ago.
At 101.7 FM, WFNX was sort of like ’BCN’s kid sister. Independently owned, it was the misfit born in 1983 with a chip on its shoulder and a penchant for taking chances on fledgling bands such as R.E.M., Nirvana, and Green Day, and later championing hometown heroes like the Dresden Dolls and Passion Pit.
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"I was crying not only about the loss of my job, but also about what it means for all these indie and local bands. What's going to happen to them now? Who's going to play them? " according to Ms. K. Did she not listen to her own radio station? WFNX stopped being the cutting edge a long time ago. A few months ago, on Julie's own show she played Goethe twice in a row....not the same band, but the same band's song. On a real ALT station, they might play something else from the band, anything but the song that's hitting the charts. How do you think Bowie, The Cure, etc got it our there? People, including FNX, played other tracks from the album. Julie, you lost this one a long time ago....cry for your job, but not for what it represented recently. A listener for 20+ years
Who needs FNX? The River rocks.