It’s been a decade since WBCN rode Boston’s airwaves. In mass media terms, that’s an eternity. Today, if you tune to its old spot on the FM dial, you’ll hear a “hot contemporary adult” format, Mix 104 ...

If the tale of WBCN were told in a rock song, would it be a defiant Sex Pistols-like punk anthem? A wistful narrative, sung in the key of Bob Seger? A woeful U2-ish wail of heartbreaking loss? Or a ...

It’s been 15 years since Bill Lichtenstein first conceived of his idea: to make a documentary about the enduring legacy of WBCN. One of the first calls he made was to Charles Laquidara, the DJ who ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spots to the Hub screening and accompanying bash are limited but are up for grabs through Sept. 23. Folks looking to relive those WBCN glory days can ensure ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! If Billboard or Cashbox evaluated the station, it would be placed under the “progressive ...

What are those clichés? Don’t kick dirt on a grave, don’t beat a dead horse? But in the case of “The Rock of Boston,” WBCN, its death should have been celebrated with an orchestral symphony of ...

How true is the adage that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That certainly seems to be the case in comparing the tumult and upheaval of the late 1960s to the tumult and upheaval of ...

This is a repeat episode. We all need a break from the endless (though important) discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, this week, we take a look back at the incredible true story of how, once upon ...

For the third time this year, an iconic rock radio station in a major city is shifting formats: Boston’s 104.1 WBCN, “The Rock of Boston,” will leave the airwaves on August 13th. The rock station had ...

♪ ERA: 10:30 P.M., MCHAR 15, 1968. ANPT A CHOICE FOR THE FITRS SONG PLEDAY ON THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW ROCK STATION WBCN. >> WE DID NOT CARE WHAT THE RULES WERE. ERIKA: FROM ITS FIRST MOMENTS, IT BECAME ...

Boston is known as the birthplace of the American Revolution. One of its highlights was the infamous Boston Tea Party of 1773. Fast-forward to 1968, when Boston can lay claim to a second revolution ...