Enercom has sold WAAF, the Worcester station that gave us Opie and Anthony (who got fired not for encouraging women to whip 'em out on Wednesdays but for announcing that Tom Menino was dead in a car crash), to a Christian broadcaster, Inside Radio reports.
A Worcester radio station (OK, a former Worcester station) brought in that topless Worcester woman to protest for topless equality and certainly not to boost ratings or anything. State Police were monitoring the situation closely.
MediaBistro has an interesting tale about a guy who works on a show at WMFO who says a man claiming to be a Boston Police detective visited his house to warn him to stop tweeting insults at WAAF's Greg Hill:
The Freemasons must be getting really desperate.
On the drive home last night, with the radio set on Scan, I stopped on 'AAF for some reason. And then one of those Ben Franklin "Is there greatness within you (and do you have a penis)?" commercials came on. Who knew that last year alone, 200 Harvard men answered the call?
After Ben faded away, 'AAF played a promo for one of its "long sets" that featured Beavis and Butthead simulacrums going "He said 'long,' heh heh."
The Globe reports that WILD-FM will soon become a repeater station for WAAF, the better to reach headbangers on the South Shore (WILD-AM will remain as is).
John Daley sighs:
WILD has been a Roxbury radio station for as long as I can remember. Now it has been sold and will, unfortunately, go from being a city station to being a booster for suburban rock music fans.
Bad enough that it basically became a 'BCN clone. But when Ryan heard "Sweet Home Alabama" on 'AAF, he shed a tear for 'AAF and Boston radio.
Borderline doesn't understand why WBCN and WAAF insist on playing so much Ozzy Osbourne - it's not like their 18-34 demographic is going to know him as anything other than that kooky reality-show guy:
... There are not enough 40-year-olds out there who will wax nostalgic while listening to "Crazy Train" in their Altimas as they drive home on the Pike.
And besides, if you're going to play something from 1982 during peoples' commute, wouldn't The Cars be more appropriate?
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