goodbye, WBCN

No more will the Patriots be broadcast on “The WBCN Patriots Rock Radio Network.”  It seems there will be a little shuffle in Boston radio in the near future. 

From the Boston Globe article…

CBS Radio announced today that the station now known as Mix 98.5 (WBMX) will become "98.5 The Sports Hub" on August 13. The new call letters will be WBZ-FM and will feature a mix of sports talk and play-by-play programming. The morning drive time slot will be occupied by the Toucher and Rich show from WBCN. 

The Sports Hub will air New England Patriots and Boston Bruins games, according to a release from the station.

Personally, I don’t listen to terrestrial radio anymore; I have an XM receiver I love.  But this is sad to see.  WBCN is a legendary radio station—it started as a classical outlet (Boston Concert Network) and morphed into the rock format that served it well for decades. 

Be that as it may, while this is sad news, it's just the natural progression of technology. As we speak, the internet is putting the newspaper industry out of business. In 5-10 years, IPods will put music radio on the endangered species list. Talk radio will survive until another newer media comes in and replaces it. Personally I find today's technology of being able to load as much music of my own choosing into an IPod far more exciting then flipping through 8 different channels trying to find something that I might not think sucks at the moment.  And with XM, I get all the sports I want (MLB, NHL and NBA…if I want the NFL, I have to go do Sirius…but I’m not a football fan). 

I wonder if this will take WEEI radio down a few pegs.  I really can’t even come close to turning that tripe on anymore. All that’s done is screaming and yelling.