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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. 

jusam
realworldaudio
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Bartok Radio, Hungary. The most educational classical music station I ever ran across with fantastic sound quality and content. I grew up on it. Thumbs up for the Huns! ;
Now it's available as internet radio as well... sound quality not the same, but you can get the content and maybe pick up some Hungarian along the way;
sc53
722 posts
 
KUNM in Albuquerque—my cousin Paul was the station manager in the mid to late 70s, and he had really eclectic tastes. 
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grannyring
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WBCN Boson.  Peter Wolf had the night shift.  Great station.  If I recall correctly, they were the first to play U2 here in the states. 
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sparksgja
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Then in the UK listening first to Radio Luxembourg and then the pirate radio stations - Radio London and Radio Caroline - all on my 'tranny' (transistor radio) on Medium Wave of course. 

Also BBC Radio 1 and the late great John Peel from 1967 until his untimely death in 2004.

It wasn't only the stations but also the disc jockeys that influenced musical taste so much - and for me the more bizarre normally the better! 

These days in CO a mix of local stations mainly in the car.
markmoskow
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WMMR 1969-1972. T. Morgan, David Dye, Luke O'Reilly, Steve Martarano, Michael Tearson
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