Talk:WBCN (FM)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Station Alumn
I'm going to revert the IP address who added back all of the unnotable alumni to the list, based off the idea of what should be notable for a University alumni which is similar to a radio station. A list like this should not be exhaustive but rather an emblematic list of notable examples.Curtis (talk) 01:59, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

A radio station's history should show everyone who's worked there. Rob 24.63.197.176 (talk) 02:02, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the history on the website should but this is an encyclopedia. Nothing should be added that isn't verifiable and also notable. In the case of this article only certain people in the alumni section are notable. Generally on wikipedia lists of people like this are limited to emblematic examples (i.e. the most notable people that are unique) this is not the place to have a list of everyone who has ever worked for a radio station.Curtis (talk) 22:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what got deleted on 02:02, 4 August 2009 (UTC), but the list of the initial DJ's in March 1968 should include Jack Bernstein, whose show was called "Three Miles Out." I know this because I was there. The only reference I can find is at http://www.reocities.com/uridfm/w/wbcn.htm, which purports to have been published in Boston Rock, March 19, 1981, Issue 13, and written by Joe Rogers. The name of the show is not mentioned on the website, however.peter (talk) 19:58, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Defunct?
Is defunct the proper term for WBCN, as the station still exists, but is now HD only? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.88.213.74 (talk) 19:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks to whoever changed the title back

70.88.213.74 (talk) 20:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

2011 return
I'm removing the section called "2011: Attempting a Comeback" from the article, as the entire section lacks WP:RS, and is mostly WP:TRIVIA. It is totally without sources (let alone reliable ones), and contains, at best, original research by fans, and possibly insider information. It started out with the dubious statement "WBCN began a slow and thought out campaign to attempt to return to an analog and HD1 digital station." The programming called "WBCN" is CBS Radio. If CBS Radio wants to move a playlist to an analog station and change its callsign to WBCN, it will do so; it doesn't need to "attempt" it. Likewise, CBS Radio telling people they should listen more often to a CBS Radio audio feed is not notable. It also contained trivia such as what website was redirected to what else on what date, and what dates specific programs were moved around; see WP:TRIVIA and WP:NOTNEWS.

In addition, the rest of this article has very few sources also. The information, as interesting as it looks, has no evidence, and so needs to be removed as lacking WP:reliable sources and WP:Verifiability so that it doesn't get passed around further, unless someone comes up with sources for all of it soon. A year and a half without citations is quite enough, and it seems that, instead of paying attention to the maintenance tags, people just keep piling on more and more unsourced detail instead. --Closeapple (talk) 04:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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Error in Beatles section
The 1969 broadcast was not of the March 'Get Back' acetate. It was a broadcast of a tape copied from an earlier compilation acetate, never intended for release, and for reference purposes only. It's a distinct disc, with different versions to the Get Back acetates. See here for example: http://www.beatlesource.com/bs/mains/audio/GetBack/comp1/kumback.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:32FD:5600:ACC9:28B3:7668:18F9 (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Merging WBCN (FM) to WWBX
As a general practice, Wikipedia radio station articles should detail the history of radio stations by the licenses. There honestly exists no reason for this page to be separate from that of WWBX. On August 12, 2009, WBCN simply changed their call letters to WBMX and format from rock to AC; the now-defunct internet/HD subchannel bearing that name wasn't really related but could be considered a successor to said station. Nathan Obral (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Support in line with my past merger proposals on this topic. Raymie (t • c) 08:25, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Support: I can see why there was some hesitancy to follow the licenses when the format changes took place in 2009, particularly with the two separate HD/webcast continuations… but in the process of finally setting that straight, for the moment WWBX's history section starts in medias res; this merger will fix that. (Though the sourcing on the WBCN side of things should be shored up along the way…) (The "WBCN"-branded HD subchannels, while some mention should be made at WWBX for explanatory purposes, really pertain more to their actual parent stations, WBZ-FM and WZLX. They wouldn't be independently notable of those stations without the connection to WBCN, but even then that may not necessarily be enough to merit a separate article.) -- WC  Quidditch  ☎   ✎  04:14, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 11:50, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

WBCN History pre-1968
History of WBCN in the 50's and earlier 60's seems to be missing from this article. Is there any reason for not including the place WBCN played as the Boston hub of the Concert Network pre 1968?

I would add that when WBCN switched format from classical/concert music to rock, the owners, studios, and transmitter location all stayed the same. (Personal knowledge.)

MyNotes: Work-in-progress https://www.bostonradio.org/stations/26897 seen 22Oct2020 WBCN first took to the airwaves in May 1958 as a standalone classical FM known as the “Boston Concert Network”. WBCN was part of a group of “Concert Network” stations, including WXCN 101.5 Providence (now WWBB), WHCN 105.9 Hartford, WRCN 103.9 Riverhead, N.Y., and WNCN 104.3 New York (now WAXQ). WBCN's studios were then located at 171 Newbury St. in Boston's fashionable Back Bay neighborhood. By the late 1960s, WBCN began to feel the competition from other classical outlets, including WGBH 89.7 and WCRB/WCRB-FM. WBCN began leasing out time at night for ‘underground rock’ broadcasts, under the name “The American Revolution”. The first rock song heard on WBCN, on March 15, 1968, was “I Feel Free” by Cream. Within a year, WBCN had become a full-fledged rock station, and classical music was history on 104.1.

Olddog55 (talk) 23:55, 22 October 2020 (UTC)