Yeah and he was on WBOS 92.9 for awhile but left under
a kind of disagreement (did show from Hawaii)
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1184853
from the Boston Herald by Jessica Heslam
CBS sacks WBCN for all-sports Boston station
In a major shake-up to the local radio landscape, CBS Radio is pulling the plug on legendary Boston rock station WBCN [website]-FM (104.1) and is switching off the music for the first time in its colorful history in favor of sports.
“The Rock of Boston,” which put disc jockeys such as Charles Laquidara and program director Oedipus on the map, will fall silent next month after more than four decades when CBS Radio moves sister music station WBMX-FM (98.5), or “Mix 98.5,” up the dial to 104.1, CBS announced today.
A new sports station, called “98.5 The Sports Hub,” will debut on 98.5 with the new call letters, WBZ-FM, on Aug. 13. (CBS also owns news station WBZ-AM (1030).
WBCN, which has been struggling in the ratings, will be available online at www.wbcn.com.
The sports station will carry Patriots [team stats] and Bruins [team stats] games, and WBCN morning duo, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb of “Toucher & Rich,” will host its morning sports show.
Comcast SportsNet’s Gary Tanguay will also host a show, sources said. CBS said it plans to announce a full talent and programming schedule at a later date.
The sports station will feature sports talk and play-by-play programming, according to a press release.
“Sports Hub” is the first FM sports station in Boston, said CBS Radio Senior Vice President Mark Hannon, giving listeners “crisp and clear reception.”
The station also plans to launch a Web site, www.985thesportshub.com., which will boast blogs from the station’s personalities, sports videos, scores, polls, message boards, community groups and sports news.
“Boston fans eat, sleep and breathe sports, and are some of the most die-hard followers in the country, so it makes sense for us to bring the city’s favorite pastime to an easily accessible platform where listeners - for the first time in Boston - will be able to take advantage of sports programming through the crisp and clear reception offered on the FM dial,” Hannon said in a statement.
CBS has been trying to flip WBCN into a sports station for years, even trying to lure WEEI-AM (850) hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan away from the sports powerhouse in 2007 when they were renegotiating new contracts with WEEI. CBS has successfully switched other music station to sports in major markets across the country.