Re: Changes at WFNX?

[Damon Cassell <radiofreak@4motion.org>]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Sean Smyth wrote:

> Scuttlebutt on the Boston message board at Radio-Info.com has rumors flying
> about the future of 101.7/101.3, everything from some form of a hip-hop
> format to a liberal hot talker to Joe Gallant's rather unreliable "WFNX will
> flip to Spanish tomorrow morning" mantra.

I suppose any of these would be better than what FNX is now: a lame WBCN 
wannabe. 15 years ago FNX had a hand in introducing me to a lot of music I 
would never have heard anywhere else, except maybe on the 
non-commercial end of the band. With a decent signal and parked in the 
middle of the band they caught the attention of a lot of people like me. 
Only later would I discover college radio. 
 
As they gradually switched, during the mid to late 90's, from a somewhat 
intelligent format to loudmouth, gutterball morning programming and 
endless loops of Kid Rock and other mainstream rock nonsense, 
myself and many other old listeners moved on. Hell I'd be more likely to 
listen to them if they had a halfway interesting hip-hop format versus 
their format these days. Although I have noticed they have brought back 
some "alternative" classics into the playlists it's not quite enough. 
Maybe I'll tune my radio off of WZBC when FNX switches, just long 
enough to have a last laugh. RIP. 

Damon