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...this time the FM stations are just beginning to give his new album, Caliente, the play it deserves (the single "I Want You," has had some air time) and Gato will definitely be playing some of the album's better selections. If you are going to see him, however, here's one word of caution--he doesn't usually bring his regular back-up people to Boston, so he will probably be surrounded by some untalented locals...
...stations to turn to on your car radio. For mindless bubble-gum noise, there's WRKO, 680 on the AM dial, and WMEX at 1510. You know the style: abrasive disk jockeys, mind-numbing disco, "free" give aways, etc. For those into classical music, WCRB-AM at 1330 and FM at 102.5 is the place to turn. Boston has also been blessed with an excellent jazz station, WBUR, 90.9 FM, run by students at Boston University. If you're into country and western, WCOP at 1150 AM is probably your best...
Like its counterparts in other big cities, WBCN at 104.1 FM has undergone a steady degeneration. It started out in the early '60s as an underground outfit, willing to take chances and experiment with new material. Now it--like you, me, and everything else--has been coopted. WBCN is slick, commercial, and bland. Listening to it, you might think it was still 1969--Jimi and Janis live, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are together, the Beatles are the hottest thing going. Occasionally there are high spots--Andrew Kopkind's commentary and the Liberation News Service among them--but generally...
...open office on the third floor of Holyoke Center as director of the Office of Fiscal Services. Like all other offices in Holyoke Center, his office's windows do not open; some employees say this gives work a sort of hermetic and stuffy feeling. Gibson also has an FM radio that plays softly while he works. So does Brown-Beasley, and he says that all employees on the third floor of Holyoke Center should have the privilege. Music should be "piped in," says Brown-Beasley...
...WHRB-FM, Harvard's radio station, resumed operations yesterday afternoon after a two week silence caused by the breakdown of the station transmitter...