1980 index. Radio Over the years, PMCG acquired radio stations in Boston, Portland and Providence, notably the Boston alternative rock radio station WFNX. The company owned stations serving Metro Boston, New Hampshire, and Maine. The radio stations covered the same music, arts and political scene as the paper and sold to many of the same advertisers. The Maine station, WPHX, was sold to the owner of WXEX in 2011, while on May 16, 2012, the over-the-air signal and broadcast tower for the Boston station WFNX was sold to Clear Channel Communications and New Hampshire station WFEX has been sold to Blount Communications, the latter two transactions subject to FCC approval. Following FCC approval of the sale, WFNX stopped broadcasting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012; the webcast ended in May 2013. Former WFNX DJs and personalities Julie Kramer, Adam 12, Henry Santoro, and Paul Driscoll joined Boston.com and formed Radio BDC, another internet radio station. Records from WFNX were also donated to Northeastern University’s Snell Library Archives and Special Collections. Awards The Phoenix received many awards for excellence in journalism, including honors from the New England Press Association, the Penny-Missouri Newspaper Awards, the American Bar Association Gavel Awards, Michael J. Metcalfe Diversity in Media Awards and the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. In 1994, Phoenix classical music writer Lloyd Schwartz was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. See also List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture References Notes Sources Levy, Jo. "The Boston Phoenix: Boston's Alternative Paper Not for the Birds" The Real Paper (1972–1981) Ploughshares issues Theater Mirror Northeastern University School of Journalism External links Online archive of The Boston Phoenix The Portland Phoenix Publications established in 1966 1966 establishments in Massachusetts Publications disestablished in 2013 Newspapers published in Boston Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Defunct newspapers published in Massachusetts 2013 disestablishments in Massachusetts