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WROL's history dates back to 1927 [1] and WBSO, owned by Babson College.The station moved to Boston in 1935 after a sale and became WORL. [4] During the late 1930s, WORL was the first station in Boston to adopt a popular-music format ("The 920 Club", named after the station's former frequency; the title remained even after the move to 950 on March 29, 1941) with disc jockeys spinning the tunes.
WBQT-HD2 had programmed an all-Irish music format as "96.9 Irish", due in part to Boston's Irish history and influence. The HD2 subchannel had been on-air since 2006, when it debuted as "Classical 2.0." [35] In late 2006, when Greater Media purchased classical station WCRB, 96.9-2 flipped to an all-Irish format. [36]
This would be the third time the WBMS call sign was used in the Boston market, as it was the call sign for WILD (1090 AM) from its sign-on in 1946 to 1951 and again from 1952 to 1957. The station has since aired limited original programming and sports with a locally based oldies format on weekdays while continuing to simulcast WATD-FM.
The Greater Boston Area is currently the tenth-largest radio market in the United States. While most stations originate in Boston, other stations in this list includes stations like Greenfield, but still serving under the name. Broadcast radio AM Stations Call sign Frequency Location Format Brand Name Language Affiliation/Owner WEZE 590 Boston Christian radio 590 AM The Word English Salem ...
See You at the Hall: Boston's Golden Era of Irish Music and Dance. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-610-7. Grimes, Robert R. (1999). How Shall We Sing in a Foreign Land?: Music of Irish Catholic Immigrants in the Antebellum United States. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 0-268-01116-8. Moloney, Mick (2002).
The free-form evening will be more like a classic Irish music session than a formal gig, with attendees encouraged to get up and dance. Social, cultural traditions of Irish music celebrated at ...
WUMB-FM (91.9 FM) in Boston, Massachusetts, is the radio station of the University of Massachusetts Boston. It broadcasts a mix of Americana, blues, roots, and folk hosted by its staff weekdays. On weekends the station concentrates on traditional folk, Celtic, blues, and world music including syndicated programs.
WROR-FM (105.7 FM) – branded as 105.7 WROR – is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to Framingham, Massachusetts.Owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, the station serves Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England, including portions of the Portsmouth and Providence radio markets.