Over the past four years I’ve tracked some of the Boston radio scene events, including:
- Classical music station WCRB switching frequencies
- Steve LeVeille let go by WBZ, then brought back by listener demand
- End of WBCN as on-air station
- Departure of Barnes Newberry from WUMB
- WGBH buying WCRB
Deaths:
- WBZ talk show host Paul Sullivan
- WBZ legend Larry Glick
- WGBH Jazz Decades host Ray Smith
The Internet has had a huge effect on the radio industry, of course. Something I didn’t like for a long time was the Web player that the CBS network was using. I don’t know when CBS hooked up with Radio.com to update the player, but I think the results are excellent, despite a couple of pop-ups that have caused Firefox to crash.
The CBS station WODS — Oldies 103 in Boston — is still the best place to catch The Beatle Years and Beatle Brunch. You’ll find them on the WODS podcast page.