Phoenix Media: WFNX will live on, online

June 25, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Station to move content to web-only streaming later this summer

Boston.com hires WFNX crew, will launch online alternative music radio station

June 25, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Music lives in Boston, on Boston.com

WFNX is dead

May 16, 2012   3 Comments  

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Phoenix sells alternative station to Clear Channel, which will shut it down

The Revolution will be Tweeted: WBCN radio and the history of dissent

Dec. 15, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Recording the history of the historic station

WEEI will simulcast on FM — Mike FM goes bye bye

Sept. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

After a drop in listenership partly due to weak AM signal, WEEI The Sports Hub (850 AM) will begin simulcasting on WMKK (93.7 FM), wiping out the existing pop rock station on that channel. The Boston Globe reports that Entercom, WEEI’s parent company, will announce WEEI’s switch to the station best known as Mike FM. [...]

Harris poll shows people would pay extra for local radio on their cell

Sept. 19, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Weather, music given as reasons

WFNX closes The Sandbox

Jan. 4, 2010   30 Comments  

LET GO: Ed Oliveira (pictured) and Charlie Padgett (Blast staff photo/Sarah Gordon/File 2009)

“Big Jim” also taken off the air

Could WAAF be next on the chopping block?

Sept. 12, 2009   5 Comments  

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More sports FM radio in Boston coming. Less music.

Here’s sand in your ears

Aug. 11, 2009   1 Comment  

If I ran golf, it would be a full-contact sport, said Special Ed (Blast staff photo/Sarah Gordon)

The Sandbox on WFNX: How three Virginia goofballs shook up Boston’s drive-time radio market

CBS Radio happily kills WBCN

July 14, 2009   15 Comments  

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Devastation. Horror. Greed. Sports.

Is a Snoop antenna any good?

May 11, 2009   1 Comment  

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The police scanner is still one of the most versatile tools in the journalist’s arsenal, sometimes right up there with the No. 8030 Gregg Ruled spiral reporter’s notebook and a pencil (pens are unreliable when it’s -10 degrees or if its raining). Spot news photographers are famous for their scanners. I once rode along with [...]

Logitech Squeezebox Boom

Dec. 9, 2008   Leave a Comment  

One of the funnest things about the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is listening to Radio One London from an apartment in Boston.

One of the funnest things about the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is listening to Radio One London from an apartment in Boston.

Meridian F80

Dec. 8, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The Boothroyd Stuart Meridian F80

It’s bloody costly, but if you absolutely have to have the best stereo/radio/alarm clock, drop your chips here.

Cambridge SoundWorks SW820 HD Radio

Dec. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Like it or not, HD Radio sounds good, and for the $100 you’ll spend on Amazon for this baby, Cambridge SoundWorks makes their case.

Dayna Steele rocks business

Nov. 10, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Are you in a band? Do you want to succeed in the business world? Did you ever wonder what brings success? If you answered yes to any of these questions, let Dayna Steele give you the answers. The 90′s radio personality better known as the First Lady of Radio, worked with iconic bands, married an [...]

Howard Dean’s radio address

April 19, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, gave the Democratic radio address to the nation this week. He used it to come out strongly against Senator John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential candidate. “Citing Senator John McCain’s belief that the country is better off, when more than a quarter of a million jobs have [...]

iHome’s new hotness

March 26, 2008   2 Comments  

The iH69 iPod Computer Speaker System with Computer Sync, in addition to being a mouthful, is a compact, versatile solution for all your dorm/desktop/bedroom audio needs.

iHome is releasing two beautiful new iPod-compatible audio systems. One is small and loud, and the other’s got Bluetooth. [...]

Cobra creates first Bluetooth CB radio

Feb. 20, 2008   14 Comments  

Cobra Electronics will debut the first ever Bluetooth-compatible CB radio at the 2008 Mid-America Trucking Show March 27 through 29 in Louisville. The patent pending 29 LTD BT is the first-ever CB radio is aimed at making communication easier and safer on the road by bringing your cell phone calls wirelessly into the CB unit. [...]

German-engineered, uh, cube coming

Jan. 16, 2008   Leave a Comment  

High-end (they say “distinctive”) audio manufacturer Sonoro is storming into the American market with the release of the “cubo” line. The product will come in two flavors — “cubo elements” and “cubo fusion.” The elements model comes with Internet radio that allows users to choose from 10,000 radio stations. There is also an AM/FM version [...]