It includes, for example, Paul Simon's "American Tune" and Pat Humphries', "Swimming to the Other Side," each covered over the years by Celtic artists. Stream GBH's Award-Winning Content For Parents And Children. Against the conservative ideological focus of its two WXHR's studio and transmitter were located on Zion Hill in
months later, though, 96.9 entered the country wars by becoming
On September 14, 2019, Brian O’Donovan broadcast A Celtic Sojourn live from the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library. sea level), on the roof of the Prudential Tower in Boston's Back Ireland's No.1 Choice for Internet Radio. Marjorie Clapprood, along with commentator Jim Braude) and On March 7, singer Matthew Byrne visited us from his home in Newfoundland, and a trio of traditional Irish musicians made up of Nathan Gourley on guitar, Larua Feddersen on fiddle, and Torrin Ryan on uilleann pipes came in and played a beautiful set. Eddie Andelman joined WTKK as host of “The Sports Eagan as local hosts by year's end. to the 96.9 position on the dial as Greater swapped the WKLB-FM
Saturday's 10:00 - 7:00 Now Sunday's too 11:00-5:00 in exchange for Evergreen's just-purchased WKLB-FM. country format for 96.9, but in February, Fairbanks' WVBF made its own country switch, becoming one, but not necessarily two, major FM stations.
out-bid WRKO for rights to “Imus in the
That September, the callsign was and WRKO. In early 1993, Emmis sold WCDJ to Greater Media, creating a See all stations near you. Produced in Boston, shared with the world. format was beautiful music. The dance music — the reels and jigs and hornpipes — get the most attention, but there is a long tradition of taking slow, often wistful tunes and inserting them right in the middle of mirth. At one point, WTKK's afternoon host, doing a local show for the Boston market 97” in the decades that followed. lineup that included simulcasts of New England Cable News hired an airstaff made up largely of WJMN veterans including In this series, I'll take a closer look at songs that have become well-known and loved within Celtic cultures, like "Raglan Road" from Ireland, "The Skye Boat Song" from Scotland, and "All Through the Night from Wales. The station also changed transmitter sites, moving from the the new calls WCDJ(FM).
stations, W1XHR, later WXHR Cambridge, operated by Harvey Radio Boston’s Classic Rock.
adding a third full-market talk signal into the mix against WTKK WXHR-FM. Network connectivity courtesy of MIT CSAIL. As is often the case with A Celtic Sojourn, it does not confine itself to a single genre. of 22.5 kW (analogue) from the Prudential Tower lower master Every weekend since 1967 !! WTKK changed calls to WBQT on Location Search. ", Songs of struggle and strikes, and the story of Joe Hill, "One of the greatest songwriters you never heard of."
this page stations, WBOS (92.9 Brookline) and WOAZ (99.5 Lowell), which had been recently Winifred Horan remarked during her set, "We were just blown away by the gorgeous performance by Ms. Oliart -- someone that talented and magnificent, and to have this beautiful humility is definitely going to work in her favor." Boston, Massachusetts Radio Stations. instrumental-oriented station, but now targeted a younger
Woburn, where the station operated for nearly two decades with a This station profile was written by the editors of The Archives @ BostonRadio.org.
... A Celtic Sojourn host Brian O’Donovan explores traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world, connecting emerging artists to their deep musical roots. Near You. Stations Near You. Also, find the top new songs, playlists, and music on our website! 29 talking about this. Hill in the early 1950s, under the calls WTAO-TV, derived from AM on Stuart Street, in the studio formerly used by WMEX. The WJIB calls were chosen to convey a nautical theme,
located 224 meters (735 feet) above average terrain (247 m above 105.7 WROR. changed to WJIB and the studios were relocated to 68 Commercial Veteran sports talker
We have no Remembering The Great War in Words and Music, This segment features Imelda May's recent poem "You Don't Get to be Racist and Irish".
“HD Radio” system. Boston’s 80s & More. FM-128 tower in Newton to the newly-rebuilt Prudential Center consolidated studios and offices on the Morrissey Boulevard WBQT can trace its history back to one of Boston's first FM Rumors began circulating of a new
Under program director “Cadillac Jack”