Greetings from the desert! A long-lost native of Rhode Island with a request for the group regulars.
Mom & Dad will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this upcoming December. I'd like to put together a small bit of 'radio' nostalgia for them. The library of music I mostly have covered. They met in '59 and were married in Warwick in '60; dad was the sailor who blew in...another story for another time. ;D Anyway, here's my shopping list:
(1) Pointer to any web pages of Rhode Island/New England radio history. A handful of liners, sweepers and the like from that era would really be cool...I did stumble onto the pages of WBRU - great start, if I need to, but that begs the question;
(2) What other stations were the movers and shakers of that era? I can tell you that my grandmother (mom's mother) was really big into 'currents' of the time; that's probably what was being listened to. WPRO I can definitely remember one of their mid- to late-60's jingles vividly; any other stations that might have been the 'in' station to listen to in the late 50s & early 60s?
(3) Late 1960 - any songs that were hot in that region that I really should be on the lookout for that might make it?
If this forum isn't appropriate, a link to where it would be appropriate would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help & info; looking forward to your replies. Additional info can also be sent to my Y! address; same screen name as here. Please use same subj. line if you would.
Mom & Dad will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this upcoming December. I'd like to put together a small bit of 'radio' nostalgia for them. The library of music I mostly have covered. They met in '59 and were married in Warwick in '60; dad was the sailor who blew in...another story for another time. ;D Anyway, here's my shopping list:
(1) Pointer to any web pages of Rhode Island/New England radio history. A handful of liners, sweepers and the like from that era would really be cool...I did stumble onto the pages of WBRU - great start, if I need to, but that begs the question;
(2) What other stations were the movers and shakers of that era? I can tell you that my grandmother (mom's mother) was really big into 'currents' of the time; that's probably what was being listened to. WPRO I can definitely remember one of their mid- to late-60's jingles vividly; any other stations that might have been the 'in' station to listen to in the late 50s & early 60s?
(3) Late 1960 - any songs that were hot in that region that I really should be on the lookout for that might make it?
If this forum isn't appropriate, a link to where it would be appropriate would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help & info; looking forward to your replies. Additional info can also be sent to my Y! address; same screen name as here. Please use same subj. line if you would.