Archive for July, 2009

For Lease: Newbury Street the Summer of 2009

Monday, July 20th, 2009

I took a stroll down Newbury Street in Back Bay in Boston the day before Independence Day. It was a beautiful day and Newbury Street was the bustling happening street one would expect it be, but there were also rather sad signs of the recession stumbling through. Blow are pictures of a few storefronts between [...]

CBS Radio Cuts WBCN, Adds Sports, Moves Mix from 98.5 to 104.1

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

104.1 WBCN – the self-proclaimed Rock of Boston – will soon be moved from terrestrial glory to the Internet graveyard, as originally reported by Adam Reilly on his media blog at ThePhoenix.com. The station’s owner CBS is moving Mix (WBMX) from its current signal 98.5 to WBCN’s. 98.5 will in turn be taken over by [...]