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Boston is a long way from Nashville, but don’t tell that to country superstar Kenny Chesney. Chesney’s show at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium on Sunday made history: It was the top grossing single-day country music concert ever. “I don’t know about history,” Chesney said in a press release yesterday. “I just know about smiling faces and people having a good time, and there sure were a lot of ’em at Gillette Stadium.” The singer/songwriter from Luttrell, Tenn., became one of only 16 acts to gross more than $4 million at a single concert, joining a list that includes the Rolling Stones,...

Station likely to get new home on the dial If all goes as planned, local classical music fans will be able to keep listening to their favorite radio programming on WCRB-FM. But instead of tuning into 102.5 as they now do, they'll turn to another frequency on the FM dial, 99.5. The current WCRB-FM is being sold to Greater Media, which owns 19 radio stations, including five in Boston. Much speculation has surrounded the station's fate -- and its classical format. But it appears the format will live on, if on a station that's more difficult to hear in the...