Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN

[Dave Tomm]

Like WBCN, WHCN had a long run as a progressive rocker in the late  
60's  and evolved into an AOR station and stayed that way through the  
mid 90's.  They shifted to classic rock in 1995, but by the early  
2000's, the rock radio dial in Connecticut was very crowded, with  
longtime crosstown rivals WCCC and modern rocker WMRQ, along with big  
signalled stations from Springfield (WAQY) New Haven (WPLR) and  
Danbury (WRKI) dividing up the rock pie.  In 2002 they shifted to a  
rock AC/classic hits hybrid and changed their moniker to "The River."   
They continue with this format today, but the WHCN calls remain.

-Dave Tomm

On Jul 19, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:

> Nope! The affiliation with the New York station was with WNCN (New
> York Concert Network). I may be mistaken but I think that what was
> then WNCN is now Clear Channel's WAXQ. There was also at least one
> more affiliate in the Concert Network, WHCN (IIRC) in Hartford. I have
> no clue about what WHCN has since become, but someone will surely tell
> us.