Discovered how fun radio can be this past week...

[radiobop]

Hey, I just returned from a week in Anguilla and St. Martin in the Caribbean and checked out local radio to find it fun...92.5 fm in St. Martin played some current hits, island surf, some local reggae, In The Navy by the Village People followed by Paula Abdul with local sometimes screaming personalities though jockless at night. 103.3 in Anguilla plays nonstop soft rock mixed nicely with soft tropical with song-ending beats matched with the beginning beat of the next song...every station in the area is very listenable...something unfortunately not true of some of our local options...(IMHO)

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Hey, I just returned from a week in Anguilla and St. Martin in the Caribbean and checked out local radio to find it fun...92.5 fm in St. Martin played some current hits, island surf, some local reggae, In The Navy by the Village People followed by Paula Abdul with local sometimes screaming personalities though jockless at night. 103.3 in Anguilla plays nonstop soft rock mixed nicely with soft tropical with song-ending beats matched with the beginning beat of the next song...every station in the area is very listenable...something unfortunately not true of some of our local options...(IMHO)

Yeah - I discovered that the 1700 from South Texas did really well in my car last night - lots of fun hearing oldies again!

 

[thathoustonradiogeek]

I don't know why but oldies sound so much better on AM. Whenever I go to San Antonio I tune to KONO on AM rather than FM.

 

[ColonelStJames]

Hey Geek,

Mostly because those songs were originally recorded to sound great through a four inch mono speaker on an AM transistor radio. If you ever watch any of the George Martin interviews at Abbey Road, you'll see that he actually had a little speaker on top of the mixing console, so he could hear how the Beatles' songs were gonna sound to the radio audience. Plus the compression on AM stations (like when I worked at KILT) makes talking them up sound even better! I like Oldies on AM better myself.

 

[bigtom101]

Hey Geek,

Mostly because those songs were originally recorded to sound great through a four inch mono speaker on an AM transistor radio. If you ever watch any of the George Martin interviews at Abbey Road, you'll see that he actually had a little speaker on top of the mixing console, so he could hear how the Beatles' songs were gonna sound to the radio audience. Plus the compression on AM stations (like when I worked at KILT) makes talking them up sound even better! I like Oldies on AM better myself.

Same thing with the classic jingles - Rick Sklar would listen thru a 4 inch speaker at the PAMS recording studios to hear how all the teenagers with the transistor radios would hear them.

Of course, reverb and heavy processing makes ANYTHING sound better.

Please excuse me while I go adujust the plate reverb & the Omnia to torture more college kids....

 

[thathoustonradiogeek]

Hey Geek,

Mostly because those songs were originally recorded to sound great through a four inch mono speaker on an AM transistor radio. If you ever watch any of the George Martin interviews at Abbey Road, you'll see that he actually had a little speaker on top of the mixing console, so he could hear how the Beatles' songs were gonna sound to the radio audience. Plus the compression on AM stations (like when I worked at KILT) makes talking them up sound even better! I like Oldies on AM better myself.

I should know. I splurged $250+ for the Remastered Beatles Mono Box Set

 

[careful705]

I should know. I splurged $250+ for the Remastered Beatles Mono Box Set

Those mono mixes sound absolutely brilliant don't they!!! Especially Sgt Peppers. Who da thunk it?? Believe me its true.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I should know. I splurged $250+ for the Remastered Beatles Mono Box Set

Mono? I wouldn't pay ten cents when stereo versions exist. If somebody doesn't like stereo, all they have to do is press the mono button on their pre-amp or something. I finally got to hear the stereo version of the Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" - I'll never listen to it in mono again.

1700 Brownsville is an interesting blast from the past, as was true oldies from Chicago a few years ago. Mono oldies are better than nothing - and the music is darn sure better than the same 200 classic hits on tweedle dee 93.7 or tweedle dum 107.5 - let just play Hotel California back to back 24/7 - BLEAH!!!! But if I had a choice, I'd take a stereo oldies channel every time. Wait a minute - its called Sirius XM and I DO have stereo oldies. One less over the air listener ---- disenfranchised by corporately owned stations and their narrow view of what formats sell and what don't. After a while - NONE of them will sell, and those morons won't have a clue why!