WBCN may have been known as the “Rock of Boston,” but it was folk artist Tom Rush who captured the impact of the radio station when he played the traditional “Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm” Monday night at the House of Blues in a multigenre musical love letter to the early days of the renegade broadcast outlet.
The four-hour concert celebrated the initial fund-raising drive for production of “The American Revolution” and raised more money for the documentary about the station due out next year.
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WBCN not being on the air is everything that is wrong with radio today
Local talent, intelligent dialogue and of course a broad spectrum of real rock n roll
CBS f'd up taking BCN off the air and they f’d up again when they didn’t put it back on when the canned oldies.
Bringing back a fresh BCN would be a coup in a market craving for great radio.
WBCN IS on the air at www.WBCN.com (click on Free Form logo) or 100.7-HD3, radio is right again!
Chuck-a-luck-a-ducka! Woofah Goofah Mama Toofah! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I imagine Duane Glasscock was watching from the balcony, laughing hysterically . . . .
Scott McLennan got it right for the most part. The good vibes poured off the stage into the crowd that clearly appreciated the quality and talent of the musicians. However, Scott and most of the other media keep missing or ignoring the fact that WBCN is still alive. Sam Kopper and a host of others have kept it going on 100.7 HD-3 and www.WBCN.com as WBCN Free Form Rock. This is not the station that left 104.1 in 2009 but the REAL WBCN. With live DJ's every weekday, playing free form rock as only WBCN could.
In fact they broadcast the entire show and were live outside the House of Blues in the Gypsy Dancer, Sam's mobile broadcast facility. For some reason the media likes to only look at the demise of WBCN, not its rebirth. There is a huge demand for real music by real people. Not just auto tuned, corporate music that some consultant says should sell. Last night there was incrediable talent on that stage that played together as if they were doing it together for years. There was real joy up there.
People there and elsewhere felt a real connection to WBCN in its heyday. The media is doing is huge diservice to their audience if they only give part of the story. How about full coverage? Remember WBCN is not gone just a little harder to find. Go to www.WBCN.com, click on the Free Form button and you can hear great radio again. During weekday mid days (most unil 4 or 5PM) you have LIVE, the rest of the time is "Mitch" the computer. Still way better than other supoosed rock stations.