As we reported earlier in the week, Boston area legendary radio station WAAF, which played and integral part in Rock and Metal programming for fifty years was sold and has swapped formats starting today, Saturday, February 22nd, 2020. Entercom Communications Corp., a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest radio broadcasters in the U.S., on Tuesday, announced a deal to sell Rock 107.3 WAAF Boston to Educational Media Foundation for $10.75 million in cash. EMF has confirmed they will convert to ‘contemporary Christian’ programming. For their final song ever, the station played the track the debuted their station with fifty years ago, ‘Black Sabbath’, by Black Sabbath, which was a brand new song when the station appeared. The main band of the station, 107.3 is on to other programs today, but their smaller bands are still operating and they are going to continue for now as an online radio station. They are still hosting The Big Gig Anniversary concert, featuring Godsmack and Halestorm.

 

 

“We’re very pleased that we’re able to bring contemporary Christian radio to the Boston area,” said Joe Miller, the company’s vice president of signal development. “Boston is one of the last major markets we haven’t been able to get a major signal into until now.”

Entercom said it will continue to air the rock format on its existing HD stations, 104.1 HD2 and 93.7 HD2, and on radio.com. The FCC has to approve the transaction, but

WAAF lost Greg Hill, the host of the “Hill-Man” morning show for more than 28 years, in 2019, when Entercom announced he would join Sports 93.7 WEEI’s morning show.

“The Greg Hill Show” now airs from 6 to 10 a.m. on WEEI.