Story developing just now. At 4:03PM this afternoon while playing Florence & The Machine's "Shake It Out", WFNX officially left the FM dial and has been replaced with 101.7FM The Harbor. The station is a variety hits station playing mostly 80's pop and rock hits, 70's disco, and 90's era alternative. The station is currently running commercial free through the Labor Day weekend.
This represents a dramatic shift in the world of Boston radio where I'm sure alot of people are changing the presets in the car (myself included) to make up for this huge change in the world of Boston local radio. I already had the duty of saying goodbye to WFNX this past Friday at 7PM and while I'm glad FNX will continue to live on in the terrestrial sense, it still won't be the same as getting in my car and turning on the radio and listening to 101.7FM as I'm heading to work or just cruising about town. And of course, several FNX personalities including Julie Kramer, Henry Santoro, Adam 12, and Paul Driscoll will be carrying on with RadioBDC. While I wish them well with this new venture, I won't be tuning in as I feel that Internet radio is confined to only listening at your computer. And until they can simplify the technology where you can listen to Internet radio in your car without having to plug in your iPhone or iPod, I won't be tuning in to WFNX.com or RadioBDC at all.
Another one bites the dust so they say. But it's time to move on and put the past away and look towards the future here. While it'll be a long time before I fully get over this, I look ahead to a new world where radio stations are being streamlined into autobot stations playing DJ-less formats of the same music over and over again and claiming to be a "variety hits" station like The Harbor says they are. While I don't fully embrace the change cause alot of the grudge I have against CC is personal, I understand that changes have to be made because of the economy and whatnot. This represents a total void in my music listening habits that are constantly shifting over time, but I'll always have a special spot in my heart for WFNX. And for all they have given me over the last few years, I'll be eternally grateful for all the moments in my life they have populated with cutting edge alternative music. Farewell WFNX, keep rocking in the free world on the Internet dial!
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