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WBCN (104.1FM) is concluding their four-day farewell as a rock radio station. Technically a sports station will appear tomorrow at 98.5 as WBZ on the FM dial (while music will still be heard on the web and as a secondary HD-radio channel), but it is truly the final day for this radio institution after more than 40 years.

• In 2004, Joan Kroc donated $1.5 billion of her McDonald's Corp. cash to the United Way. In 2009, $80 million of that is going to help build the Kroc Corps Community Center in Uphams Corner. [Boston Globe]

• The body of Juan C. Guzman, an Iraq War veteran, was recovered from the Merrimack River in Lawrence today. Three days ago, he was thrown into the water after a boating accident. [Boston Globe]

WBCN, a staple of Boston's rock music scene for about 40 years, will disappear in August as CBS Radio switches Mix 98.5 to 104.1 FM and converts 98.5 to an all-sports format with call letters WBZ-FM. The station will carry Patriots games, Bruins games and will retain WBCN's morning duo, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb/"Toucher & Rich". WBCN's playlists will still be played online at http://www.wbcn.com/.

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Even though the guys who held up the "Iron My Shirt" sign during a Hillary Clinton campaign speech were determined to be pranksters from Boston station WBCN, people are still pissed at Adolfo Gonzalez Jr. and intern Nick Gemelli from WBCN's "Toucher & Rich" show.