What will wfnx become

Sauveur says with a laugh. The problem, of course, lies in the ratings. At press time, Clear Channel had not announced any plans for the station, though there have been rumblings about a format switch — possibly to talk radio, commercial country, or Spanish-language programming.

Stephen M. He sold the license to broadcast at WBCN did that, splitting into two separate formats classic rock and free-form on a digital station, but its biggest challenge has been letting listeners know it exists again. Longtime DJs such as Kramer and Adam 12 have played their final sets. Clearly, WFNX is not going down without a fight. And I know you can download this and that.

Over the years, WFNX has done spectacular things. Since the station has played an historic role in bringing new music to audiences in and around Boston. We introduced Nirvana and Pearl Jam to wider audiences in In addition, for years we broadcast One In Ten, the only program on a commercial radio station in the nation dedicated to the issues and lifestyles of the GLBT community.

And throughout it all, FNX has continued to break new music…. I was inspired to love radio and what it could do by my time working at WBUR back in the 60s, and I knew that with the Boston Phoenix and its audience, there was a real opportunity to bring together in two different media this kind of radio station. Such things as putting on the first program dedicated to the gay-lesbian -transgender community in the country on commercial radio called One in Ten, and it was on the air for I think 15 years.

We broadcast a recorded version of the poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg and it was read by a long list of luminaries including Peter Wolf, Robert Pinsky, Harvey Silverglate and even I got a chance to do a stanza. So now that this news is out, people are really reacting to the loss because WFNX has been so important for local musicians and music lovers.

People are sad — but also angry. The Phoenix Media Group is a private company, there are no investors, there's no stock holders, there's no public money, there's no bank and at some point a decision had to be made, and I wish it wasn't the case. The station will be on the air over that time and will be overseen by our program director. There will be various surprises and interesting testimonials and opportunities for listeners to say goodbye.

We are thinking of an online version of WFNX, a streaming version. We are streaming now, we have been streaming for a very long time, and we have a very strong audience who listens online so we are looking at that as a way of continuing. I think it really has been an issue of the economy. We haven't lost audience, neither on air nor any of our print publications.