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rmdWFNX, which has been mostly doing a good job of being independent radio in Boston[1] since 1983, is being sold to Clear Channel. I've been listening to them off and on since they started, and they've been my go-to radio station for every boston-area vehicle I've had that included a radio. Even when I was living in Seattle, when I had a way to listen to them streaming (back before radio stations were doing streaming), I was listening to them sometimes.
[1] modulo the few years they sucked when they had some program director they got from WAAF and were full of angry grungey buttrock snarly dickwaving music around 2001. I stopped listening regularly and then was happily surprised when they started not sucking again.
[1] modulo the few years they sucked when they had some program director they got from WAAF and were full of angry grungey buttrock snarly dickwaving music around 2001. I stopped listening regularly and then was happily surprised when they started not sucking again.
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Date: 2012-05-16 09:54 pm (UTC)It's #5 on every radio I own (#1 and #2 are WBUR and WGBH).
Years ago, I listened to WCGY (it was one of the few stations I could hear at work). Then suddenly the station got to be a really cool radio station. They played more interesting music and the DJs were chattier (in a good way). Then the station suddenly changed their call letters and completely changed their format. It turns out the station had been sold, so the DJs were marking time and having fun since they no longer had worry about what the bosses would do (they had already received notice).