In addition to the straight version of " Tessie ," the EP includes " The Fields of Athenry ," " Nut Rocker " ( an instrumental rock version of The Nutcracker overture ), " The Burden " as performed live on WBCN, " Tessie ( Old Timey Baseball Version )" in which the song is accompanied primarily by a ballpark organ, as well as a music video for " Tessie.

It is programmed by Sam Kopper, WBCN's first rock program director, and also features past events from the WBCN archives.

WBCN Free Form Rock ( originally Free Form BCN ) is a digital-only radio station broadcasting on the Internet and in the Boston radio market on HD Radio WZLX 100. 7 HD-3.

" Boston Emissions " is now replayed on 98. 5-HD2 on Mondays at 7: 00 pm, and on Thursdays at 8: 00 pm on WBCN Free Form Rock.

" The American Revolution ", a documentary film about the cultural, social and political impact of WBCN from 1968 through 1974, is currently in production.

His yet to be titled publication chronicling the history of WBCN is due in the spring of 2013.

Since WBCN's change to digital-only, the station was known as " Free Form BCN " and then " WBCN Free Form Rock " by late September 2010.

Modern rock as a radio format experienced a sharp decline, with high-profile cornerstone stations like WLIR-FM, K-Rock in New York City and WBCN in Boston flipping to other formats.

Like its larger counterparts, the newspaper also entered into the broadcasting business in 1925 with a license to operate radio station WBCN.

In the mid-1970s, he acted on the New York and Boston stage and did voice-over work for Boston radio station WBCN.

" On Boston radio station WBCN, Dane Cook was named by radio show Toucher and Rich to a tournament of the top 16 " Worst Comedians " and, based on listener voting, was voted the " Worst Comedian " of all.

Currently involved in a radio show with Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb known as The Toucher and Rich Show on WBCN in Boston.

In 2010, the show featured legendary WBCN radio personality Charles Laquidara and Mark Paranteau.

He was an announcer for WBCN in the 1960s and WGBH-FM radio in the mid-1970s.

Before switching to 98. 5 HD-2 on August 12, 2009, WBCN ran its rock format for 41 years as an analog radio station on 104. 1 MHz ( now WBMX ).

Although WBCN was not the only radio station, or even the first station, to air material from the Get Back sessions — WKBW in Buffalo was the first, and the tapes also aired on WEBN in Cincinnati, WBAI in New York City, and KCOK in St. Louis — WBCN's broadcast of the tapes has been immortalized because it was preserved on a high-quality reel, which spawned several widely-circulated Beatles bootlegs.

His work began at the student radio station at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by 19 years at Boston radio station WBCN.

His media career began at Boston radio station WBCN where he was styled the " News Dissector.

Norm Winer, who worked at pioneering progressive rock radio stations WBCN in Boston and KSAN in San Francisco, has been the XRT Program Director for over 30 years.

Before " Dakota ", no Stereophonics single had charted on any rock charts in the U. S. After its release in February, the single steadily gained ground on U. S. alternative rock radio, notably on stations such as WFNX, WBCN and KROQ-FM.

The station quickly entered into a time-sharing agreement with WBCN, owned at that time by the Chicago Southtown newspaper.

Although WKBW was the first station to air the " Get Back " tapes, WBCN in Boston would be better known for playing them, as its broadcast of the tapes was preserved on a high-quality reel, which spawned several widely-circulated bootlegs of The Beatles.

WBZ's sports commitment also included the return of the Boston Bruins Radio Network to the station in 1995 ; however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN ( 104. 1 FM, now occupied by WBMX ) starting with the 1995 season, and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network.

The Bruins once again left WBZ following the 2008-09 season, after CBS Radio launched a third incarnation of WBZ-FM at 98. 5 FM as an all-sports station, which also took the Patriots from the former WBCN.

WBCN was a modern rock / active rock station that mixed music that has been popular in the modern rock, alternative rock and classic rock genres.

In 1965, Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Music Director of WBCN by station program director Don Otto.

Their playlist in general was more varied than many of their competitors, there was some focus on local music ( also see the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble ), and the station was known nationwide for breaking acts ( The Cars, ' Til Tuesday, U2 ) and setting trends.

By the mid-1980s, WBCN had successfully fended off a number of challengers ( the hard rocking but tightly formatted WCOZ, Top 40 Hitradio WHTT, Classic Rock WZLX, among others ) to become / remain the region's top rock station.

The station lost some of its longtime listeners ( who migrated to the now co-owned WZLX, where former WBCN DJs Laquidara and Carter Alan had gone ), but quickly gained credibility among many younger people.

During the autumn months, WBCN became more focused on sports as the station broadcast the games of the NFL's New England Patriots beginning in 1995.

In early 2006, with the Howard Stern morning drive time show gone due to Stern moving to Sirius Satellite Radio, WBCN experienced a plummet in Arbitron ratings that the station had not observed since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it fell behind then rock format competitor WCOZ.

During the following months, industry insiders, local media, and even WBCN's on air staff speculated that, in a matter of time, WBCN could see a format change, especially after the Boston Herald ran an article in the March 30th, 2009 issue about WBCN's future, and the station airing a Top 40 format for a few hours the following day ( April Fool's Day ).

From 1995 through 2008, WBCN was the flagship station of the Patriots Rock Radio Network, which broadcast games of the New England Patriots.

In order to keep the intellectual property of WBCN intact, without another station in Boston making claim to it, CBS Radio got the FCC to assign the WBCN call letters to WFNA 1660 AM in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The station, programmed by BCN's original 1969 program director, Sam Kopper, began airing in February 2009 as Free Form 104, airing, until the demise of the original WBCN, on 104. 1 HD-2.

" Free Form BCN " began airing live freeform shows in 2010 on 100. 7 HD-3 and was re-branded WBCN Free Form Rock in late September 2010.

On October 11, 2007, on Boston Radio Station WBCN, Dicky Barrett confirmed what he called " the worst kept secret in Boston ": the announcement that the Bosstones would indeed play a tenth official Hometown Throwdown at Cambridge's famed Middle East club on December 26 – 30, 2007.

West worked at WBCN in Boston performing daily on the air on The Big Mattress show. West ventured to New York City in 1988 with no guaranteed future working at KROC Radio.

West launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN.

WBCN started broadcasting on 1130kHz from the paper's offices at 65th and Halsted.

Popular legend holds that WBCN was sent a promotional copy of The Beatles ' unreleased Get Back album and played it on the air before the release of the album was cancelled.

In late summer of 1969, WBCN somehow obtained a reel-to-reel tape of a reference acetate of a potential album song lineup prepared by Beatles ' engineer Glyn Johns on March 10, 1969.

WBCN aired the tape on September 22, 1969.

In the period around 1975, John Garabedian, now recognized for the nationally syndicated " Open House Party " ( which was once heard locally on WXKS ), was an afternoon DJ on WBCN.

During the walkout, WBCN stayed on the air with substitute DJs imported from several out-of-town Hemisphere sister stations.