WHFS in Bethesda MD
Howard University station
WOL Washington DC
Howard University station
WOL Washington DC
What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey?
I am older so my radio stations of influence were in their prime during the British invasion and many, many American singers and groups.
The stations I listen to the most were WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KAAY out of Little Rock, Arkansas and KOMA out of Oklahama. When I was in the Air Froce I had a few stations near the main base I was stationed at outside of Rapid City, S.D.
Of course systems and better and better systems and FM became the dominate source for broadcast/online music. I did learn much of what I liked and eventually purchased through early radio listening.
I still listen to radio mainly for Jazz stations and NPR news.
The stations I listen to the most were WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KAAY out of Little Rock, Arkansas and KOMA out of Oklahama. When I was in the Air Froce I had a few stations near the main base I was stationed at outside of Rapid City, S.D.
Of course systems and better and better systems and FM became the dominate source for broadcast/online music. I did learn much of what I liked and eventually purchased through early radio listening.
I still listen to radio mainly for Jazz stations and NPR news.
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In NYC, it was WNCN, an all-classical station that competed with WQXR. In those days, you could listen to the Met Opera on Saturday afternoon via WQXR, hear a full opera recording that evening on WNCN, and hear a recorded opera on Sunday evening on WQXR. Both stations had a policy of playing only complete works. After WNCN died, WQXR started avoiding vocal music except for the Met broadcasts and began to play individual movements from symphonies. End of a Golden Age of NYC radio. |
WRPI; Troy NY 1970s WNEW; NYC 1980s - 1990s WFUV; Bronx NY 1980s - 2020 WBGO; Newark NJ 1980s - 2020 Scott Muni, Dave Herman and Dennis Elsas were some of my favorite DJs Pete Fornatale's "Mixed Bag" and Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" Saturday evening shows on WFUV were always popular in my circles of friends. Bruce |
Mid-late 60’s…WPOP & WDRC both AM stations in Hartford CT. As a youngster at the time, the many DJ personalities also added color & drama to the listening experience. One example here. http://www.wdrcobg.com/griffin.html What seemed absolutely scandalous to the teenaged me is just so ho-hum. Then to FM!!!!!!!! WPLR in New Haven. Coincidentally, have a 50 year old city bus cardboard advertising placard (fluorescent orange w/black script) that hangs on my garage wall: “WPLR 99 rock - up your FM dial…” Sweet memories! |
I grew up in the suburbs of NY. The station, if I remember correctly was WNEW FM. Allison Steel was referred to as the Night Bird. She came on around 11PM nightly. She had a sultry voice that just drew you in! Her program was so orchestrated that she would almost literary take you away. All of her songs blended into a theme. One song seemed to take you right into the next so smoothly. Not like so many other DJ's that would put you into a frame of mind and then on the next song rip you totally out of where you were. This all w/o the fanfare of the funny cigarettes. Going back almost fifty years. Robert TN |
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