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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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REST IN BEATS DJ ON&ON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 21, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC

On a fractured scene for which the go-to metaphor has always been a crab bucket, On&On was a uniter with friends on all sides.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston Hip Hop, Boston rap, DJ On&On, Golden Brown, JAM'N 84.5, local music, radio, UGHH.com

BOSTON’S HIDDEN DIAL: AN INSIDER’S TOUR OF THE HUB’S COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS

Written by STEPHEN PROVIZER Posted May 15, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

I’m here to remind that the radio dial in Boston still offers a cornucopia of sounds known and unknown, music that is often deftly curated by musically obsessed volunteer disc jockeys at college stations. With the possible exception of the Bay Area, we have the best and most unique radio dial in the country.

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: Big City, Boston, Cambridge, college radio, dial, FCC, lpfm, Music, radio, Radio Free Allston, SOMERVILLE, terrestrial radio

PROPS FOR THE SHOP THAT DROPPED UBER COP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm

In the past two weeks alone, the Dig has been excited to see several stories that we first dug into, in some cases with help from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, that have since been picked up by the larger mainstream media.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: articles, Big City, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, BPD, cops, Dig, DigBoston, FCC, Journalism, media, Police, radio, Uber

MAKE SOME WAVES: WHY ZUMIX RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 28, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC

Help keep multi-generational radio on air as it moves to a dial near you.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Boston, chelsea, Dig, DigBoston, east boston, East Boston High School, Everett, nonprofit, nonprofit journalism, radio, Revere, Winthrop, Zumix, ZUMIX Radio

TOO LEGIT TO QUIT: THE HUB’S UNLICENSED RADIO STATIONS SPIN THEIR WHEELS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

Written by BASIM USMANI Posted February 25, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

For people who are just starting in the Commonwealth, unlicensed frequencies offer programming that can’t be found elsewhere on the dial.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Blue Hill Avenue, BNN, Boston, Boston Latin School, Charles Clemons, clear channel, deejay dex, Haitian community, Hyde Park, ill neil, jam’n 94.5 fm, jeff2timez, junior rodigan, low-power fm, lpfm, Massachusetts, Mattapan, mayor Marty Walsh, radio, Radio Concorde, soca, team jerk, teleboston, Tom Wheeler, touch fm, unlicensed radio

FIRST ARTIST RENDERINGS OF UNION SQUARE’S THUNDER ROAD RELEASED

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted December 4, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

Considering the positively Kafka-esque bureaucratic process of licenses, permits, approvals and overall palm-greasing needed to open a new music venue anywhere in the Boston area, we’ve learned not to believe anything actually exists until we can actually spill a beer on the floor. But consider ...  read more

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, Cambridge, Charles Abel, Chuckmaster Entertainment, Dan Millen, music venues, radio, RockOn Concerts, SOMERVILLE, Thunder Road, union square

LYKKE LI VS. FRIENDLY FIRES: “I’M GOOD, I’M GONE”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 26, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover

Friendly Fires made “I’m Good, I’m Gone” a sultry dance track to end your evening on the perfect note. Make sure to use it as such.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2007, 2008, Bodybuilders, Boston, Column, Columnist, Dance, debut, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, England, English, Europe, Friendly Fires, german, Green Day, How Deep is Your Love, India!, Indie, Indietronica, Kompakt, Lykke Li, Megaphone, Mercury Music Prize, Morocco, Music, Music Video, Nina Corcoran, Paris, Photography, pop, portugal, Punk, radio, Reggae, Run for Cover, saxophone, singer songwriter, Stop motion, Sweden, The Rapture, Youth Novels

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