I am pretty sure that Vchimp was talking about the first radio stations he heard. He tied it into "Knock Three Times", which if new, was 1970, putting it into the Nixon administration. We tend to forget how young he is! It still seems odd that he wouldn't have listened to radio until he was a teenager or thereabouts.
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Which Radio Stations Shaped your Taste in Music?
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Knock Three Times wasn’t a hit until early ‘71, but Tony Orlando had a successful variety tv show on CBS from ‘74 to ‘76 that included multiple George Carlin appearances.
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1960s Network TV show theme songs shaped my taste in (popular) music - thinking back, it was the theme music to the Jonny Quest prime time cartoon is where it all began.
Also, the theme music to Hawaii 5-0, Medical Center, Mod Squad, It Takes a Thief, Mission Impossible come to mind as influencing my taste in music.
Before I began listening to the radio a lot in the early 1970s, I recorded a cassette tape filled with TV show theme music (KC got an independent TV station in late 1969, I recorded a lot of the older theme music from their reruns).
I started listening to WHB AM in ~1970, KIIK FM in ~1972, KRNA FM & KQCR FM in ~1974 (all top 40 type formats), then the top 40 type format FM stations in KC starting in 1984 (mainly KBEQ FM before their sudden change in 1993).
Kirk Bayne
Also, the theme music to Hawaii 5-0, Medical Center, Mod Squad, It Takes a Thief, Mission Impossible come to mind as influencing my taste in music.
Before I began listening to the radio a lot in the early 1970s, I recorded a cassette tape filled with TV show theme music (KC got an independent TV station in late 1969, I recorded a lot of the older theme music from their reruns).
I started listening to WHB AM in ~1970, KIIK FM in ~1972, KRNA FM & KQCR FM in ~1974 (all top 40 type formats), then the top 40 type format FM stations in KC starting in 1984 (mainly KBEQ FM before their sudden change in 1993).
Kirk Bayne
I knew I should've looked it up first. I just assumed. It was right after "Candida".
But it was not during the "Nixon administration" as stated. That happened starting in 1969.
Except that he forgot General Eisenhower.
My local hospital is named after that president and military hero, not for Nixon!
Did you miss post #61? Chimp wasn't talking about Kennedy or Eisenhower. He was talking about listening to the radio in 1971, which was during the Nixon administration!
Bottom line we all view media due to where we are at a certain age. Usually big understanding at age 12 or 13. This is when we start understanding how media works, and I believe that age really hasn’t changed over the decades. So generationally it really is the old model. Of course online media is the usual for those born in 1980 and beyond, but even they still use traditional media. What is old and good tends to be new and good again.
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KFRC 610/99.7 FM, KABL 960 (San Francisco, CA), KCCL 101.9 (Sacramento, CA), KXBX 1260 (Lakeport, CA).
Numerous others have come and gone over the years, but these were the mainstays until most of them went off the air and/or flipped to non-music formats in the mid 2000s (KXBX recently flipped to an AC/Classic Hits format I think, so mostly 80s, with a few 90s and 70s; when I first started listening, it played the "America's Best Music" format, and had a sound very similar to KABL (Swing/Big Band, Jazz, Easy Listening and 50s-60s pop)).
c
Numerous others have come and gone over the years, but these were the mainstays until most of them went off the air and/or flipped to non-music formats in the mid 2000s (KXBX recently flipped to an AC/Classic Hits format I think, so mostly 80s, with a few 90s and 70s; when I first started listening, it played the "America's Best Music" format, and had a sound very similar to KABL (Swing/Big Band, Jazz, Easy Listening and 50s-60s pop)).
c
Buffalo, NY
the 1980s WKSE , started it all,
the 1990s "Majic 102" carried it
to the next level,
and what made me say I wanted to do this as a career, Border town stations:
am640, the best of Toronto ( CHOG )
AND CING 107•9, "Energy 108"
what ▪︎killed it ▪︎
WLOF FM @ 101.7
the 1980s WKSE , started it all,
the 1990s "Majic 102" carried it
to the next level,
and what made me say I wanted to do this as a career, Border town stations:
am640, the best of Toronto ( CHOG )
AND CING 107•9, "Energy 108"
what ▪︎killed it ▪︎
WLOF FM @ 101.7
the * beat of Toronto * with tarzan Dan
1968
WTAI – 1560 KHz. – “Where The Action Is” – Eau Gallie, Florida”
"First AM Progressive Rock Station on the East Coast"
1970
WKPE-FM 104.1 MHz Cocoa Beach
1970-1971
WORJ-FM Radio Free Florida 107.7 MHz – Mount Dora
WORJ was a progressive rock outlet serving the Orlando area and was about 70 miles from Indialantic. It was receivable under good FM conditions. For a while it was carried on TV cable channel 13. In 1981 it became WJYO-FM – Joy 108 – Mount Dora –Orlando with an MoR format. WDIZ (100.3) was now the AOR outlet in Orlando.
1971
WKKO “KO” – 860 KHz – Cocoa FL
WMUM & WQXT 1971 Palm Beach 97.9, 1340 ----
WCOS-FM 1971 Columbia SC 97.9 ----
WACG 1971-72 Augusta GA 90.7 Friday night
WAUG-FM 1971-72 Augusta GA 105.7 2100-0100 Sun.
Sudfunk 2 1972-73 Stuttgart UKW Afternoons (in German)
Radio Luxembourg 1972-74 to UK 1439 after 0100-0230
Radio Nordzee International 1972-73 to UK/NL 1367 all night
Radio 1 1972-74 BBC 1214 mornings, evenings
AFN – Germany 1972-73 Germany 1394, 611, 1142, 872
SEN 1973-74 Vicenza 106 FM ----
Radio TV Italiana 2 1973-74 Vicenza FM @ 2030-2230 (in Italian)
Radio Caroline 1974 Vicenza 1187 to UK - all night
WRPI 1974 Troy NY 91.5 Saratoga Springs
WAUG-FM 1975 Augusta GA 105.7 Late nights
WAIV 1970s Jacksonville 96.9 Progressive rock
WFIT 1975-now Melbourne 91.5 now 89.5
WDIZ 1970s-1990s Orlando 100.3 AOR
WQSR 1975- Sarasota 102.5 Quad 102.5
WORJ 1970s-1981 Mount Dora 107.7 Progressive rock
WGVL 1970s Gainesville 105.5 The Ship
WHTQ 1980s-2000s Orlando 96.5 Q96 (AOR)
WKGR 1980s- Fort Pierce 98.7 The Gater (AOR)
WYNF 1970s-80s Tampa 94.9 Y95FM (AOR)
WQXM 1970s Clearwater 97.9 98 Rock (AOR)
WJRR 1990s-now Cocoa Beach 101.1 Rock
WTKS-FM 1990s-2000s Cocoa Beach 104.1 Classic rock – weekends
WZZR 1990s-2000s Stuart 92.7 AOR
WOCL 1990s Orlando 105.9 O-Rock 105-9
WPBZ 1990s-@2015 Indiantown-PB 103.1 The Buzz
XM Satellite radio 2000s satellite 51 MusicLab
WROK-FM 2015 Sebastian 95.9 95-9 The Rocket
WJRR-HD3 2000s Cocoa Beach 101.1-3 ALT 101 - Alternative
WHOG 2000s-now Ormond Beach 95.7 The Hog – Classic rock
WFIT 2000s-now Melbourne 89.5 Alternative
KW - Melbourne FL
WTAI – 1560 KHz. – “Where The Action Is” – Eau Gallie, Florida”
"First AM Progressive Rock Station on the East Coast"
1970
WKPE-FM 104.1 MHz Cocoa Beach
1970-1971
WORJ-FM Radio Free Florida 107.7 MHz – Mount Dora
WORJ was a progressive rock outlet serving the Orlando area and was about 70 miles from Indialantic. It was receivable under good FM conditions. For a while it was carried on TV cable channel 13. In 1981 it became WJYO-FM – Joy 108 – Mount Dora –Orlando with an MoR format. WDIZ (100.3) was now the AOR outlet in Orlando.
1971
WKKO “KO” – 860 KHz – Cocoa FL
WMUM & WQXT 1971 Palm Beach 97.9, 1340 ----
WCOS-FM 1971 Columbia SC 97.9 ----
WACG 1971-72 Augusta GA 90.7 Friday night
WAUG-FM 1971-72 Augusta GA 105.7 2100-0100 Sun.
Sudfunk 2 1972-73 Stuttgart UKW Afternoons (in German)
Radio Luxembourg 1972-74 to UK 1439 after 0100-0230
Radio Nordzee International 1972-73 to UK/NL 1367 all night
Radio 1 1972-74 BBC 1214 mornings, evenings
AFN – Germany 1972-73 Germany 1394, 611, 1142, 872
SEN 1973-74 Vicenza 106 FM ----
Radio TV Italiana 2 1973-74 Vicenza FM @ 2030-2230 (in Italian)
Radio Caroline 1974 Vicenza 1187 to UK - all night
WRPI 1974 Troy NY 91.5 Saratoga Springs
WAUG-FM 1975 Augusta GA 105.7 Late nights
WAIV 1970s Jacksonville 96.9 Progressive rock
WFIT 1975-now Melbourne 91.5 now 89.5
WDIZ 1970s-1990s Orlando 100.3 AOR
WQSR 1975- Sarasota 102.5 Quad 102.5
WORJ 1970s-1981 Mount Dora 107.7 Progressive rock
WGVL 1970s Gainesville 105.5 The Ship
WHTQ 1980s-2000s Orlando 96.5 Q96 (AOR)
WKGR 1980s- Fort Pierce 98.7 The Gater (AOR)
WYNF 1970s-80s Tampa 94.9 Y95FM (AOR)
WQXM 1970s Clearwater 97.9 98 Rock (AOR)
WJRR 1990s-now Cocoa Beach 101.1 Rock
WTKS-FM 1990s-2000s Cocoa Beach 104.1 Classic rock – weekends
WZZR 1990s-2000s Stuart 92.7 AOR
WOCL 1990s Orlando 105.9 O-Rock 105-9
WPBZ 1990s-@2015 Indiantown-PB 103.1 The Buzz
XM Satellite radio 2000s satellite 51 MusicLab
WROK-FM 2015 Sebastian 95.9 95-9 The Rocket
WJRR-HD3 2000s Cocoa Beach 101.1-3 ALT 101 - Alternative
WHOG 2000s-now Ormond Beach 95.7 The Hog – Classic rock
WFIT 2000s-now Melbourne 89.5 Alternative
KW - Melbourne FL
Were you serving overseas in the military in the early '70s?
American Navy (military) ships use 'N' prefix's for their radio calls. Example: my destroyer (circa early 60's) was NBIG. And once decommissioned the calls can be reassigned.
Ships also had voice calls. My ship was assigned "Stale Vessel". The Captain went nuts when he found out and requested a replacement. The new call was "Stage Door".
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My musical tastes go back to these sources:
WALX Selma (During their Beautiful Music and Top 40 Days) (Yes this station still continues to have an influence on me, because, I grew up on them and the ownership has been helping me learn the business)
All The Other Top 40 Stations we were getting back in the 80s to early 90s (They played songs that appealed to me then)
Christian Radio started to change my tastes back in the early to mid 90s (After I started listening)
Now my own radio station is shaping the tastes I currently have in music. (I like 100% of the tunes we're playing and see no signs of changing it)
Dan <><
WALX Selma (During their Beautiful Music and Top 40 Days) (Yes this station still continues to have an influence on me, because, I grew up on them and the ownership has been helping me learn the business)
All The Other Top 40 Stations we were getting back in the 80s to early 90s (They played songs that appealed to me then)
Christian Radio started to change my tastes back in the early to mid 90s (After I started listening)
Now my own radio station is shaping the tastes I currently have in music. (I like 100% of the tunes we're playing and see no signs of changing it)
Dan <><
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Yes I was stationed in West Germany and northeastern Italy - 1972-74
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Do you find that your time in Europe at all changed your musical tastes when compared, for example, with others you went to school with prior to your service?
(And "thank you" for your service to the country!)
Yes. I was able to hear more music from European stations. Many of the other people in the units I was with in Germany and Italy were from all over....so I heard a lot more soul, jazz, and fusion as well.
kw-mlb
Not sure what you mean by "poor man's Seattle Tacoma top 40 station". I spent a couple years in the Seattle area in the mid-70s, and even though they didn't have the best signal where I lived, they were my favorite of the 3 top 40s by far.
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