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.
I'm late to this but fun to see the references to WPLR in New Haven. I listened every night to Stoneman's curated shows. "I'm Stoneman. Enjoy." And of course when he signed off, he used that doctored bit of John Prine's "Illegal Smile." I listened to endless WPLR in the 70s....
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