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Consulting editor, Gavin Magazine, San Francisco. Author of Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons and The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio.
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While many progressive rock stations died painful, public deaths, one of the first—WBCN in Boston, Massachusetts—carried on. Founded in 1967 by Ray Riepen, club owner (the Boston Tea Party) and later underground newspaper publisher (The Phoenix), WBCN quickly grew in popularity and power. Its most famous alumnus was Peter Wolf, a rhythm-and-blues and blues fanatic who not only knew the music but performed it as lead singer and songwriter for the J. Geils Band. Wolf called himself “Woofuh Goofuh” on the air; he left the station in 1969 to tour with the band. His replacement, Charles Laquidara, became one of ...(100 of 179 words)

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