Why is wfnx going off the air

WFNX is an independent station that played a lot of new and unique bands over the years. Many other Boston radio stations would eventually catch on to the bands WFNX was playing and started playing them themselves. There have been multiple times in Boston when WFNX would play songs months ahead of the competition, even months ahead of many Boston college stations. You hear it even today as other stations start to play these songs once they get a bit of popularity and play on WFNX.

But unfortunately, the Phoenix Media Group, based in Boston, has sold the I am sad. This was the soundtrack to my high school years.

But once I got to college, the classic rock of youth started to evolve into what was popular now. When you are a college student, the world is at your fingertips so to speak. You are no longer under the weight of your parents, and so you have freedom to explore life in a new way.

This includes exploring music too. You could be ahead of the curve on bands like The White Stripes. WFNX was a listening playground for many people. Boston is a fertile ground for alternative rock at both a national and local level. Because of the many colleges and universities in the Boston area, college students listen to a wide variety of music and WFNX was one of those stations that helped to mold their listening moods.

A lot of kids were introduced to the station and then never left the area, and with the announcement that it is being sold, many of these kids, who are now adults, are sad and annoyed that this station is disappearing.

This is the unfortunate nature of commercial radio today, as so many young adults today need music at their fingertips, playing music on their iPhone, iPod, PC or another device. 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. From the mid s on, I was hooked.

While many of my friends in middle school were duped by corporate pop I was a devout FNX listener. While I was an earlier listener, when my peers began to listen to bands like Nirvana and Pear Jam they began delving back into the FNX catalog to see what they had missed. Cobain cited them as one of his biggest influences.