WODS, known on-air as "103.3 WODS" is a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. WODS has a pop leaning Classic Hits format with music mostly from 1964 to 1979 (with an occasional early-'80s song), and is also involved in the organization of several concerts and events within the Boston area. WODS is a CBS Radio station. The station plays little if any songs from before 1964.

WODS began as WEEI-FM in 1948. It ran CBS's "The Young Sound" format beginning in 1965 after FCC regulations forced it to cease to be a 24-hour relay of the AM side (WEEI 590). "The Young Sound" was an easy listening format focusing on instrumental versions of recent pop tunes. By 1969, "The Young Sound" had evolved to a Top 40/AOR hybrid format, voice tracked on WEEI-FM by Dick Provost. In late 1972, WEEI-FM flipped to an adult contemporary format. The station evolved into its famous "Soft Rock" format in 1977, which remained in place until 1982 when it flipped to a Top 40 format. By 1981 all of the other Owned and Operated CBS FM radio stations employed the Hot Hits format except for WCBS-FM. Unlike sister stations though, WEEI-FM played hits from the past several years all along. The other Hot Hits stations evolved to what WEEI-FM was doing in 1983. By then, the Los Angeles station had dropped the format and reverted back to adult rock.

In 1983 WEEI-FM changed call letters to WHTT after WEEI (AM) was sold, WEEI-FM is now the call for the Westerly/Providence, Rhode Island relay of the current WEEI (AM), now on 850. The station was for a time in the mid 1980s one of Boston's most popular stations, but its stay at the top of the Arbitron ratings was not to last. WHTT continued with a Top 40 format until July 1986. At that point ratings were decent but it was determined that it was tough competing directly with WXKS-FM Kiss 108 as well as WZOU (now WJMN). Top 40 formats are generally hard to sell unless ratings are extremely high. It was also determined that Boston could not support three viable Top 40 stations. As a result WHTT launched an adult rock format known as "Boston's Quality Rock" playing a blend of softer Album Rock cuts, pop rock cuts, aome eclectic smooth jazz, and a few mainstream pop hits. The airstaff stayed on from WHTT initially, though most would gradually leave over the next year. The station became WMRQ. The ratings went downhill fast.

In October 1987, the station switched to an oldies format playing the Rock and Roll Hits from 1955 to 1969. The station had a very deep playlist playing a larger number of songs than most oldies stations. Call letters soon were changed to WODS and the station became known as "Oldies 103". WMRQ's airstaff stayed with the station despite the format change. Several of these people are still with the station today. By 1989, WODS was also playing a very limited amount of music from the early 70s up to 1972 mixed with the 50s and 60s.

As time went on, Oldies 103 added more 70s music but continued to focus on the 1960s and still played a considerable amount of pre-1964 oldies. In 2001, WODS began to move away from 50s music. The station added more late 70s songs as well as a few 80s hits.

At the end of 2001, the legendary Little Walter's Sunday Night Time Machine was replaced with the more generic "The Lost 45s with Barry Scott." In 2002 most of the pre-1964 oldies were eliminated and are now rarely if ever heard. WODS got deeper into music of the 1970s. Today WODS is just about half 1964-1969 and half 1970-1979. Occasionally they play a song from the 1980s. Prior to the mid 1990s WODS only played moderate amounts of Christmas music during the holiday season and did not go wall to wall even on Christmas. Beginning in the late 1990s the station began wall to wall Christmas Music on Christmas Eve and continued until Christmas evening. Beginning in 2003, WODS has played holiday music from a week before Thanksgiving until Christmas Day. However in 2007, they started their Christmas Music on Monday November 12; and in 2008 it commenced on Thursday, November 6-the earliest it has ever been. The official website features a 24 hour holiday music channel 365 days a year, you could very well hear Jingle Bells in July. This tradition has been continued in 2009 with Christmas music playing on Friday, November 13.

In 2007, WODS added Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The '70s Saturdays nights at 11pm and The Wolfman Jack Show Sunday nights at 11pm. In October 2008 WODS switched nights for the two shows and added a second airing of AT40:70s Sunday mornings at 10am. The 2-hour version (second and third hours) plays in the morning and the entire 3-hour version plays at night. In 2009 the morning broadcast was dropped and now AT40: 70s airs only Sundays at 12Midnight.

In 2008, WODS added Tom Kent's syndicated show weeknights from 7pm to 10pm. As a result, the Top 20 Countdown—a Thursday night staple on WODS for many years—was moved to Saturday mornings from 7am to 9am with Patrick Callahan as host as of October 4. The Top 20 Countdown was originally known as the Thursday Night Countdown, with hosts including Sandy Benson, Patrick Callahan and most recently J.J. Wright; though Jay Gordon, Dan McCoy and Norm Thibeault took over hosting duties while Sandy was out on maternity leave.

In October 2009, though WODS did not modify their music, they changed their on-air name from "Oldies 103.3" to simply "103.3 WODS" in an effort to attract a younger demographic.

Weekdays

6am - 9am - Chris Zito and Karen Blake

9am - 2pm - Paula Street (with WODS since a few weeks after the 87 launch)

2pm - 7pm - J.J. Wright

7pm - 12am - Tom Kent

Weekends

• Barry Scott (The Lost 45s, Sundays from 7pm to 12Midnight)
• Top 20 Countdown with Patrick Callahan Saturdays 7AM to 9AM
• Dale Dorman
• Patrick Callahan
• Neal White
• Mike O'Reilly
• Mighty Mike Osborne
• Brett Richards
• Jessica (no last name)

Syndicated weekend shows

Saturday 6am - 7am - The Beatle Years

Saturday 7pm - 12am - Tom Kent's Ultimate Party

Saturday 12am - 5am - The Wolfman Jack Show

Sunday 8am - 9am - Elvis Only with Jay Gordon (produced at WODS)

Sunday 9am - 10am - Beatle Brunch with Joe Johnston

Sunday night 12 midnight - 3am - American Top 40: The 70s with Casey Kasem

• Mike Finegan (who was with the station prior to the WODS launch in 1987 until November 2008)
• Austin Of Boston (Austin Davis)
• Jason Wright[1]
• Brian Murphy
• Dan McCoy
• Rick Hunter
• Jay Gordon (still hosts Elvis Only)
• Rick Shockley
• Mike Addams
• Sandy Benson
• Michele "With One L" Hughes
• June Knight
• Mauzy Stafford
• John Potter
• Paul Perry
• Mark "The Captain's Cupcake" Mamone
• Jimmy DelPonte
• Tom St. John
• Steve Kelly
• Little Walter DeVenne
• "The Famous"Jim Sands
• Doug Taylor
• Frank Kingston Smith
• Joel McMillan
• Bill Lawrence
• Norm Thibeault
• Pete Falconi
• Steve York
• Harry Nelson
• Jeff Lawrence
• Maurice Wilkey
• Judy Pancoast

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• Karen Blake DJ