We Used To .....

[john in la]

Did not know WNOE got out very far as that is a FM station.
WWL is the clear channel station out of New Orleans that had the trucking show on at night.

 

[oldsarge]

Yup,WCFL-the ''Voice of Labor' 'in Chicago,.. The Chicago White Sox baseball network. Bob Elson calling the game

 

[teddy52food]

Hard to beat Cliff Mitchel on KASM Albany Mn. He stayed on until 80 years old.

 

[CKain(MI)]

As a teen, WOWO was my favorite here in So. Mich. When was at Keeslar AFB, Biloxi Ms I could get it at night, Then at Otis AFB MA I could also pick it up, esp as a I had a 'long wire ant' strung from my barracks soffit, to the next door bld. I enjoyed AM dx'ing.. Also in MA, I could pickup WINS and Murray the K. loved that Dj. Wbz & Wkdb were good. early 60's !!

 

[CKain(MI)]

As a teen, WOWO was my favorite here in So. Mich. When was at Keeslar AFB, Biloxi Ms I could get it at night, Then at Otis AFB MA I could also pick it up, esp as a I had a 'long wire ant' strung from my barracks soffit, to the next door bld. I enjoyed AM dx'ing.. Also in MA, I could pickup WINS and Murray the K. loved that Dj. Wbz & Wkdb were good. early 60's !!

 

[aFORDable]

The Wolfman, WLS Chicago while cruising in my 60 chevy bubble top with a speaker in front and back. Those were the days.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

The old fly specked AM radio in the milk parlor had Walter Winchell and Edward R. Murrow telling how things were in the world and Pat Boone selling our milk via radio commercials. One never outgrows the need you know. gm

 

[Tony in SD]

olgentdc
No real training at that time. We just strapped a belt with a hook around our waste. That was it for safety equipment. You had to be careful. Never gave falling a thought besides know what the result would be if I did. It was in the 1980s when I was a poor family man that would do anything legal for a dollar. Yes it is/was dangerous. Modern OSHA rule require certification now days with anti fall harness.

 

[Meangreen]

I was an 80's kid and we'd listen to Van & Bonnie on 1040 WHO out of Des Moines, Iowa in the mornings.

 

[Tony in SD]

Didnt know we had so many RF nerds on this site. Once upon a time I held an FCC 1st Class Radio Telephony License. They were later all revised to a non-expiring General Class License back in the 80s or 90s. If you had one, Im sure it was demeaning to you when got a meaningless General Class License because, particularly if you had a 1st Class. Because you would have studied hard, as I did to pass the 2nd class, 1st class and radar endorsement tests. Not much studying for the 3rd class which was the license required if you were a DJ at a station back in the day and a perquisite to taking the 2nd class test. I am proud to say I was one of the few who passed each test the first time I took them back in the 70s.

 

[dr sportster]

The FCC allowed 5000 watts radio and the Wolfman transmitted from Mexico at 50,000 watts You could hear him in Canada ! The filaments on the headlights in the parking lot would glow and everyone got headaches a lot.

 

[NIK OWEN]

WNOE WUZ [email protected] COULD HEAR IT @ NITE, 60 N. OF DALLAS...KLIF, S. OAK CLIFF, DALLAS, FOR TOP 40...BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED, NIK
SPEAKIN OF DEL RIO{MEXICO}, AS I WUZ LOST, THEN, WE WOULD MOCK THE PREACHERS, & SAY THEY SOLD AUTOGRAPHED PICTS OF JESUS CHRIST...XERF, NITES, DEL RIO, TX

 

[NIK OWEN]

DONT MATTER, BUT IT WUZ WBAP, FT WORTH/WFAA/ DALLAS STATION

 

[Gene Davis (Ga)]

Didn't see anybody mention WCKY out of Cincinatti Ohio, at 1530 on the AM dial.

 

[Robert (ID)]

X2 on missing paul harvey.. sure would love to go back to those days... I remember listening to the weekly horse races on dads pick up radio while moving irrigation pipe.. Listening to the news on the hour too..

now days the guys i work with dont listen to the Radio or watch the news... if it doesnt pop up on FB on the smart phone glued to their hand they dont know anything thats going on...

 

[PJH]

That's a fancy crystal set with that variable cap. Ours had a slider on the coil for tuning.

 

[RusselAZ]

Grew up in NW Kansas. Loved AM radio when they used real DJ's. I and a friend made/had a crystal radio that we listened to at the Friday night high school football games. It was more entertaining. Teen years could get KOMA out of Oklahoma City most of the time. Could bet WSM most of the time on Friday and Saturday night shows. When a freshman in high school, Dad bought me a realtone 10 transistor radio for my birthday. That radio went everywhere with me. Listened to Kennedy's body arriving back in DC while milking in the barn. Remember hearing the weekly casualty figures from Vietnam. Later in life having moved to western Nebraska listened to KSL from Salt Lake. They had 4 or 5 hours of suspense stories at night while working in the shop. Could get KOMA in Basic at Ft. Bliss TX most of the time. Could get WLS from Chicago at Ft Rucker AL most of the time. Still listen to political commentary on AM. Lots of memories.

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 22:47:14 11/30/23) That's a fancy crystal set with that variable cap. Ours had a slider on the coil for tuning.

hank you. I was so young, I'm not sure I knew what I was doing.. I could simply use a diode and earphone and touch it to the electrical outlet plate screw and listen in the classroom in school house without th teacher noticing. .

 

[BillinCentralMO]

Wolfman Jack left us far too young. However , the king of AM radio here , was KMOX , The Voice of St Louis.

 

[SleepyFarmall]

From eastern panhandle of WV I can pick up WWVA, Wheeling, WV, Chicago, Richmond, Boston and beyond. Some must be Canadian as it is in French. I have a Westinghouse console radio from bout 1938. Michael