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Citizens of Boston, you heard some awful news this week. According to reports, rock institution WBCN 104.1 FM will no longer be filling the airwaves with its iconic brand of irreverent broadcasting. Instead, it will live on as a web domain. In its place will be WBMX, a station that was formerly at 98.5 in the FM universe. An all-sports format will take up WBMX's old home. Who can you thank for this? Send all complaints to CBS (NYSE: CBS), the station's owner.

Actually, before you compose a bunch of angry missives, please consider the state of terrestrial radio. Quite frankly, CBS doesn't have a choice. Between the lousy growth prospects for the medium, and the challenged status quo of the advertising market given the terrible global recession that continues to rip through the markets like a hideous beast, changes have to be made. Changes that you thought would never come.

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