Radio Free Boston (53 page)

Siegel, Matt,
112
–
113
,
119
–
120
,
128
,
132
,
146
–
147
,
153
–
154
; on Mishegas,
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–
152

sixties counterculture,
11
–
12
,
55
,
61

Smidt, Clark,
104
–
106
,
154
,
212
; at WBZ-FM,
103
–
104

soft rock.
See
WEEI-FM

sports, on WBCN,
180
,
203
–
206
; the Patriots,
204
,
259
–
267
,
311
,
313

Sportshub, the (WBZ-FM),
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,
311
,
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,
316

Sprecher, Sue,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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station location, WBCN in Boston:
83
Leo M. Birmingham Parkway,
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–
305
;
171
Newbury Street,
2
,
23
,
27
,
29
,
33
–
34
,
45
;
312
Stuart Street,
45
,
77
;
1
265
Boylston Street,
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–
157
,
216
–
217
,
300
; Prudential Tower,
78
–
80
,
81
–
82
,
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–
149
,
156
–
157

Steinberg, Marsha,
85
,
87

Stern, Howard,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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,
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,
305
; advertising on show,
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,
293
; commercial load on show,
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–
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; effect on WBCN,
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,
305
; Mike Colucci incident,
249
; promotions with Stern show sidekicks,
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–
274

Strick, Steve,
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,
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,
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,
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; passed over as program director, leaves WBCN,
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,
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–
307
; record label relations,
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,
300

strike at WBCN,
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–
143

St. Thomas, Kurt,
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–
239

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),
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–
52

Tank,
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138
,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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–
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,
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–
265

Taylor, Fred,
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,
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–
98

Taylor, Marlin,
18

Teper, Melissa.
See
DJ Melissa

Thomas, Mike,
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–
309
,
311

Thompson, Hunter S.,
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Top
40
radio,
9
–
12
,
108
,
119
,
161
,
163
,
234
,
297
,
319
; lampooned on the “Big Mattress,”
83
; “Cousin Brucie” WABC,
11
; rejected by Ray Riepen,
20
–
21
; WBZ-FM,
103
–
104
; WRKO,
43
.
See also
Ginsburg, Arnie; WCOZ

Toucher and Rich,
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,
311
,
317

Traxler, Lisa,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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turkey drops.
See
Drop era at WBCN

Twenty-fifth WBCN anniversary party at Hard Rock Café,
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–
248

Ullman, Debbie,
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46
,
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,
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65
,
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,
82

Uncle T,
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–
43

underground radio,
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,
12
–
13
,
31

United Electrical, Radio and Machine

Workers of America (UE),
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,
85
,
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133
,
140

U2,
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170
,
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–
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van drop.
See
Drop era at WBCN

Van Halen,
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,
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Vaprin, Dinah,
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,
85
–
87
,
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,
207
.
See also
feminism at WBCN

Vaughan, Stevie Ray,
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–
219

Viacom,
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,
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–
297
,
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,
300

Vietnam War,
11
,
23
,
48
–
49
,
91
,
205
–
206
.
See also
Laquidara, Charles: Underground Camera/Honeywell-Pentax incident and trial; politics on WBCN

WAAF,
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,
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,
257
,
276
,
279
–
282
,
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–
290
,
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–
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,
318

Ward, Mike,
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–
72

W
BMX
,
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,
307
,
311
,
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,
315

WBZ-FM,
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–
104

WCOZ,
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,
104
–
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,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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; as “Kick-Ass Rock and Roll,”
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–
144
,
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,
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–
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Weather Underground,
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–
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WEEI-FM,
154
–
155

Wellington, Dave,
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–
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,
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–
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West, Billy,
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,
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,
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WFNX,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Whitman, Sherman,
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,
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Who, the,
6
,
9
,
27
,
36
,
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,
218
,
254
; at Boston Garden 1976,
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–
108

Wiener, Michael,
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–
129
,
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,
135
,
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–
141
,
143
–
145
,
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–
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; buying radio stations,
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,
182
,
222
; hiring Mel Karmazin,
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,
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–
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Williams, John Taylor,
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–
94

Winer, Norm,
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51
,
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–
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,
64
,
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,
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,
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; leaving WBCN,
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; love of Monty Python,
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–
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; negotiations with sales department over ads,
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–
93
; as Old Saxophone Joe,
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–
91
; on resisting Aerosmith,
99

Wohlman, Dave,
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,
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Wolf, Peter,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; with the Hallucinations,
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,
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23
,
34
,
36

Wong, Matthew,
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,
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Wood, Anngelle,
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–
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,
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Woodstock '
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,
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–
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WZLX,
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,
257
,
267
,
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–
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,
273
,
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–
309
,
318
;
CBS
purchases,
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–
252
; Roth, David Lee audition,
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–
307

Young, Jesse Colin,
150

Zappa, Frank,
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,
4
,
44
,
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,
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,
150