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Coming later this weekend a few new goodies... More from the Top 40 era WEEP Pittsburgh, WRCP from 1969... A COUNTRY surprise from early 70s WSIX (boy does that sound different!), and more from a new contributor (ya need to check it out later today.) All late 60s/early 70s material here.

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[MGDForEver]

wow! That WRCP aircheck is odd! the top 40 formatics with country music is just an incredibly awkward pairing to listen to. My only memory of listening to WRCP was a bluegrass show that they did on Saturday nights, probably around 1975 or 1976. My parents loved bluegrass and we would struggle to pull in WRCP from High bridge, NJ which is about 60 miles North of Philly. FM radios back then just didn't have the reception capabilities that they have now.

 

[gethigh]

> wow! That WRCP aircheck is odd! the top 40 formatics with
> country music is just an incredibly awkward pairing to
> listen to. My only memory of listening to WRCP was a
> bluegrass show that they did on Saturday nights, probably
> around 1975 or 1976. My parents loved bluegrass and we
> would struggle to pull in WRCP from High bridge, NJ which is
> about 60 miles North of Philly. FM radios back then just
> didn't have the reception capabilities that they have now.
>
I wouldn't say that, Years ago, in the early 80's as I kid I lived down in Media, Delaware County, PA. and one year I was given a transistor radio all done up like an old rolls royce. One wheel on the model would be the volume, and the other wheel would be the tuner. Well, the "radio-car" did not have any visable antenna, but I used to listen to 66 Dubya-ennnnnn-BC ( WNBC ) as clear as a bell. SO I guess it all depends on where you are and on what kind of radio were you listening back in the day.

 

[John1]

> wow! That WRCP aircheck is odd! the top 40 formatics with
> country music is just an incredibly awkward pairing to
> listen to. My only memory of listening to WRCP was a
> bluegrass show that they did on Saturday nights, probably
> around 1975 or 1976. My parents loved bluegrass and we
> would struggle to pull in WRCP from High bridge, NJ which is
> about 60 miles North of Philly. FM radios back then just
> didn't have the reception capabilities that they have now.
>
Actually, country stations with a top 40 style were common in that era. WJRZ in Hackensack, WHIM in Providence, WEEP in Pittsburgh, WHK in Cleveland are just a few examples. It wasn't until the '80's that all country stations began to sound alike with an Adult contemporary-like format. Even WRCP did drop that tempo a little later, adapting a style more similar to WIP, the Philadelphia full service MOR powerhouse at that time. When WFIL went country in 1981 they basically kept all of the same adult top 40 jocks, including Barbara Sommers & Dan Malloy (now Dennis Malloy on NJ 101.5).

 

[nocece]

Tuners on radios and TV's are far, far worse than they were even 10 years ago, and definitely worse than they were 25 years ago. I'm 2 miles from downtown Cincinnati, and yet it's a struggle to pick up even Warm 98 on a newer radio.

Even the GE Superadio that is supposed to be so great is junk compared to the average radio 10 years ago.

 

[MGDForEver]

> I wouldn't say that, Years ago, in the early 80's as I kid I
> lived down in Media, Delaware County, PA. and one year I was
> given a transistor radio all done up like an old rolls
> royce. One wheel on the model would be the volume, and the
> other wheel would be the tuner. Well, the "radio-car" did
> not have any visable antenna, but I used to listen to 66
> Dubya-ennnnnn-BC ( WNBC ) as clear as a bell. SO I guess it
> all depends on where you are and on what kind of radio were
> you listening back in the day.
>
Keep in mind that I was referring to fM reception whereas you are talking about WNBC which is an AM station.

 

[peppertree]

Media, PA (on the Main Line of course) was easy for some NYC stations. WABC, WNBC, WCBS, WOR and maybe WNEW-AM. When I lived in Philadelphia (1977-1983), WOR was listed in the Phila. Inquirer under local radio stations. WABC always showed up in Arbitron Phila. ratings when they played music. I listened to WABC as much as any Philadelphia station when I lived there until that morning in May, 1982.

When I lived on the sixth floor of a dormitory (at Drexel) I was able to listen to WYNY when they were on 97 FM. If I turned the radio, I could listen to a Washington DC 97 station.


> >
> I wouldn't say that, Years ago, in the early 80's as I kid I
> lived down in Media, Delaware County, PA. and one year I was
> given a transistor radio all done up like an old rolls
> royce. One wheel on the model would be the volume, and the
> other wheel would be the tuner. Well, the "radio-car" did
> not have any visable antenna, but I used to listen to 66
> Dubya-ennnnnn-BC ( WNBC ) as clear as a bell. SO I guess it
> all depends on where you are and on what kind of radio were
> you listening back in the day.
>
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