Oedipus

Who is Oedipus?

Oedipus is an American radio personality. Oedipus’s radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s college station WTBS. He gained notoriety by starting the first Punk rock radio show in America, introducing Punk and New Wave to Boston and to the country.

In 1977, Oedipus convinced WBCN to hire him as an announcer to bring his cutting edge sounds to the airwaves. In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004. Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. Multiple Billboard, FMQB, and Gavin Report award recipient for best Program Director of the Year, Oedipus hosted the acclaimed “Nocturnal Emissions” program for over 25 years, playing new tracks every Sunday night.

Oedipus has his own foundation, the Oedipus Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Mobius, Stop Handgun Violence and The Technology Broadcasting Corporation of MIT. He is a member of the Board of Mentors for Community Servings, an organization that feeds Boston-based families with acute life-threatening illnesses, a participator on the board of advisors for the Boston Music Awards and a member of the Board of Overseers for the Huntington Theatre Company.