Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN

[Ted Larsen]

Seeing WCCC certainly brings back some long forgotten memories. I was dating 
my future wife who lived in NYC and I was always driving my VW Beetle from 
Boston to the Big Apple when the station was all classical which I liked. 
Their format was called "The Hot 100." When CCC was out of range I'd switch 
to WCBS for all-news.

This is an exhaustive history of CCC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCCC_(AM)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Tomm" <nostaticatall@charter.net>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Cc: "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com>; "Boston Radio Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN


> 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.