Comments on: CBS Radio happily kills WBCN

By: Airman in Afghanistan

Airman in Afghanistan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:01:07 +0000

I just today learned that WBCN was shut down. I am very upset about this. I am currently serving overseas in Afghanistan. I am from Boston. Every time I go home on leave the first thing I do is tune my radio to 104.1. The fact that I can’t do that anymore is disheartening to say the least.

As for CBS: Thanks for killing that small bit of joy I get after a deployment, and fuck you!

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:04:22 +0000

The DJs on FNX and AAF sound like every hacky DJ I’ve ever heard on any radio station. This sucks. I’m really starting to get bummed knowing WBCN will never be my drive-home music again.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:41:32 +0000

Their morning show is a bunch of hacks. Nice 4 to 1 rating ratio to T&R, guys.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:24:37 +0000

First they took away my KROCK in NYC… Now they’re taking away my BCN.
I’m calling for a BOYCOTT of all CBS Radio.

By: Todd Badolato

Todd Badolato — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:34:09 +0000

What a bunch of f@g’s!!! Sports talk is as stupid as George W. Bush and whatever FNX is turning into is just as homo. That’s fantastic, now crappy WAAF has a monopoly on rock (or at least what they call rock) in Boston.

P.S. – WAAF has shitty radio personalities.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:48:04 +0000

All I can say is this is kind of sad, I’m old enough to remember when BCN became the only station on the dial for my generation, truly legendary. However what made BCN legendary has been gone for years because of the corporate BS that is killing it off for good now. This really shows what what they know about what people want to hear, nothing at all. But then I suppose they don’t care what people want to hear because it’s all about advertising revenue $$$$$ As far as sports radio on FM is concerned, I think it’s a waste of radio spectrum. I’m a sports fan, but sports radio currently all over tha AM dial is Moron Radio by Morons for Morons, so I suppose it will be finacialy succesful and bore the rest of us to tears. RIP BCN

By: Shawn Dube

Shawn Dube — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:11:53 +0000

This is fucking bull-shit. I loved everything about WBCN. I felt more connected to the DJ’s than with any other station. Thank God Toucher and Rich are keeping their show.

By: Paradiddle

Paradiddle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:51:25 +0000

No! BCN and FNX were two of my favorite channels to listen to. Now it’s all autotuned, synthesized pop and top 40 left to listen to for my demographic? I have to listen to pop or hip hop or latin music? i’m sorry, i’m all for diverse musical styles, but this seems to be in fact doing the opposite.

By: Kris C

Kris C — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:50:38 +0000

This “Jack” has posted this rumour on 3 separate sites, including the The Phoenix website

By: Addicted to Addiction

Addicted to Addiction — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:54:31 +0000

F-ing bogus. Toucher and Rich make my morning, every morning. WBCN was my go-to throughout the day as well. Grew up in CT – also mourned the loss of WMRQ. Must everything that’s awesome go the way of the shitter??

By: BostonRockGuru

BostonRockGuru — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:26 +0000

BOYCOT! FNX is for pussies. Indie rock sucks. I want Blaring guitar solos not whining and bitchy emo crap. F-CK FNX & F-CK CBS.

By: Blast Magazine Newsroom

Blast Magazine Newsroom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:16:08 +0000

That would be heartbreaking if it were true. Like, slit your wrists heartbreaking.

By: Blast Magazine Newsroom

Blast Magazine Newsroom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:14:10 +0000

Oh and FNX has the decidedly better morning show.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:10:23 +0000

Work at FNX (my name is an alias) behind-the-scenes as an ad salesperson.

Just got out of a meeting.

Our format is also being changed!

As of Friday, July 17 at 12 noon, we’ll become “Latino Superestereo 101-7″, Boston’s first ever Spanish FM station, programming contemporary Latin pop to target young Hispanics under the age of 35.

Our colleagues at WAAF must be sitting pretty, for their two major competitors will have abandoned the format within weeks of each other.

I’l be statying to sell spots on “Latino Superestereo”. The FNX airstaff is out, but will get to say goodbye on the air over the enxt 72 hours and will remain until the switch.