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AN 'OFFICIAL' LETTER FROM CHARLES
Re: His Move From WBCN to WZLX:
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AN 'OFFICIAL' LETTER FROM CHARLES
Re: His Move From WBCN to WZLX:
Forgive me for sending you this form response, but
I want you to know how and why things went down the way they
did. If you still have questions or things you want to say,
feel free to write and I'll respond more personally. Obviously
I'm getting a ton of email because of all the changes, so I
apologize for answering you in such specific detail, but
basically it comes down to this: Infinity Broadcasting, my
bosses, have always been fair to me. They have never slid on
any deals or verbal agreements, and they have always made
decisions which turned out to be good for both me and for
the radio station. When the Infinity Corporation bought
WBOS a few months ago, we knew that it would be silly to
keep two "franchise" d.j.s on at the same radio station; and
even sillier to keep America's most famous morning man
( Howard Stern ) on at night in Boston. Someone had to go to
either BOS or WZLX ( the other Infinity station ).
The decision was an easy one to make...A large
segment of the 25 to 44 year-olds in Boston were turned off
by some of the modern rock that I was playing at BCN, so
they drifted back and forth from BCN to ZLX, BOS and other
stations. These people were the same listeners who had grown
up with WBCN and with me during the 70's, 80's and 90's...
and they were also the same people who could relate to me
better on a station that played classic rock, which features
the original musicians and the songs that are the roots of
every rock song coming out on CD today. I fit right in there.
And even though I LOVE new rock ( doing alternative
music on morning drive for the past two years has been one
of my sweetest experiences ever in radio ), we knew that I
had to save my playing of Hole, NIN and Garbage for my CD
player at home. We decided that the logical thing to do was
for me to go over to WZLX, where most of my listeners felt
more comfortable musically.
ZLX made me a great offer, giving me all kinds of
perks, including free parking at the PRU for the entire BIG
MATTRESS crew, all kinds of musical freedom, and the right
to do any kind of radio that I would have fun doing. The
thing that sucked? Besides not being able to play alternative
music, and knowing that the media might "spin" this move in a
negative way, I had to deal with the fact that I'd have to
change those call letters that were so familiar to me, WBCN.
But you know something? It really was a decision
that was not all that hard to make. In fact, I can honestly
say that -- had I known what the folks at ZLX were willing
to offer me -- I would have gone over there seven or eight
years ago.
Think of it sort of like a company comes in and buys
both the Red Sox and the Yankees. The company decides to
make Fenway Park the home of the Yankees, and to have the
Red Sox go across town and play in another park..I guess I'm
the Red Sox in this little scenario.
Anyway, thanks for all your letters! I hope that
explains things a little better -- and believe me -- I'm not
giving this any kind of media "spin" -- I haven't felt so
optimistic about anything like this in years! I'm sure that
when people get wind of the fact that we're doing radio "the
way it used to be" over at 100.7 FM, the decision will speak
for itself.
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