WBCN Radio gets Sporty / RIP Rock of Boston

I was always an FNX kinda guy, but still sad to see WBCN 104.1 FM switch to an all-sports talk format, as FNX affiliate the Boston Phoenix confirms this morning.

The juice from Adam Reilly: "CBS, 'BCN's owner, is moving Mix 98.5 to 104.1, WBCN's frequency, and starting a new, all-sports station--apparently to be dubbed the Sports Hub, and to carry the call letters WBZ-FM--at Mix's spot on the dial. Word is that 'BCN's morning team of Toucher and Rich will do the Sports Hub's morning show when the change is implemented in mid-August."

While plenty of jokes are made about BCN's reluctance to let the '90s pass, it's a bummer anytime a rock format is nixed for a robo-station filling an already overcrowded sports landscape. Then again, we could use a more open-minded forward-thinking sports talk alt to WEEI.