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The Making Of an Online Station That Exclusively Plays New England Music

Written by LUKE RUUD Posted April 11, 2022 Filed Under: MUSIC

“I’m sure many regions have talented musicians, but this area seems special.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Boston music, Music, online radio, radio

TJ THE DJ HITS 400

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 3, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

Red Sox selector celebrates virtual milestone

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Music, radio, Red Sox, Sports

SKIN IN THE ONLINE RADIO GAME

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted September 29, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

How one station staffed by Hub mainstream radio expats is slowly reaching the world

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: culture, Music, radio

REMEMBERING DJ AND MUSIC SCENE MAINSTAY JEFF BREEZE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Written by TOM NASH Posted September 1, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

I was in awe of how in his world, you could be an outsider and still have community across New England

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: DJ, Music, new england, radio

“CRIME OF THE TRUEST KIND” IS A MASS PODCAST LIKE NO OTHER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 22, 2021 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

“Centered on New England crime stories, each episode unravels the details of what happened.”

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: crime, Life, new england, podcast, radio

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

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