Is there a regular show called “The Opie and Anthony Radio Show” on NYC’s 92.3 KRock?
“We’re throwing down because we’re going down.” That was the theme of the fourth and final day of pioneering rock station WBCN’s farewell to 104.1 on Boston’s FM dial. The last few days have been an education from a station that began 41 years ago as a radical part-time offshoot of the staid Boston Concert Network channel and defined free-form FM programming from 1968 through the 1980s. The morning’s programming featured Steve Nelson, a manager of the legendary Boston Tea Party, where WBCN broadcast its first hour of rock programming in 1968. The venue, which once hosted The Who, Led Zeppelin, and crowd favorites The Velvet Underground, was a part of the emerging rock audience in a city overrun with college students and ready for new music. The morning show played songs dedicated to rock’s rebellious spirit, such as Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock and Roll” and the Police’s “I Can’t Stand Losing You.” It also had an air of resignation, playing the last track on the latest CD by Bob Dylan,
