Once again, shred makes the scene

Since returning to Boston, the former WBCN DJ has booked shows, served as a band consultant, and taught ice skating. (Erik jacobs for the boston globe)

After Shred was introduced as a WBCN DJ at last month's Boston Music Awards, it was clear not everyone got the memo that the veteran scenester had left Boston.

After 20 years at the modern-rock outlet - during which he oversaw 13 editions of the Rumble, the station's annual battle of the bands - he departed in October to do mornings at WKBE in Glens Falls, N.Y. The sojourn was brief.

"It was like Stalag 13 and I was doing radio there," he says with a laugh of the turbulent environment at the station.

Appropriately enough, his BMA appearance coincided with the day of his return. The 43-year-old Littleton native immediately dove back into the music scene, rescuing shows he had booked at the soon-to-close Bulfinch Yacht Club and powering up a new Friday night series at Oliver's at the Cask 'n Flagon under his Team Shred banner.

Although his absence was short-lived, Shred sorely missed the scene for which he has been an ardent cheerleader since booking his first show as a teenager in Central Mass. As local music director at 'BCN, local scout for performing rights organization SESAC, and as a booker at the Middle East in Cambridge, he gave many local bands their first break and is still looking to do that.

In addition to booking shows, Shred is serving as a band consultant and indulging his other great love by teaching ice skating at the Kendall Square Community Ice Rink.

"Part of all of this and Team Shred is me just stepping out and doing my own thing," he says on the phone en route to the rink. "We all have our doubts about when we step away from that thing that we've been attached to for so long."

Happy in his varied pursuits, Shred doesn't rule out a return to the airwaves.

"I'm a radio free agent, so I'm looking for somebody to pick up my option," he says.

SARAH RODMAN