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Radio Shack

This thread reminds me of a parody I heard on Y95, of the B-52's hit Love Shack. I believe the parody version contained a line about a new catalog coming in.

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Don't be so quick to bust Radio Shack's chops just yet. They kept the radio station where I am now on the air under the previous owner with about half of our equipment coming from there. Of course, we upgraded once the station changed hands! :D
 
First of all..... Radio Shack provided the amp and turntable that I listened to Led Zeppelin II on in October of 1969 . . . . Now those first pressing were S-W-E-E-T ! ! !

Secondly, Radio Shack provided an FM - Cassette Radio for me in 1972, at a reasonable price, so I could play my cassettes that I made from LPs, and...
so that I could listen to the great Rock music played on FM radio back then...

In comparision..... I have an HD Radio in the car now.....and KZPS and The Bone have BOTH fallen short in their delivery of great music on their HD-2 Channels.....

[Their delivery of great music on their primary channels, is NON-EXISTEENT, because, for me, by definition, great music programming is not hits in rotation.
THAT is why I started listening to FM radio in the first place! To get away from the hit-driven "AM" format !!]

But now.... even with "HD" radio..... there is no room in the dark ages of radio programming that will allow for anything but, "hits in rotation"....

"Like the dog that returns to his own vomit"..... even with more options.... corporate radio just keeps spewing out the same meal, over, and over again....

Only room for the Lowest Common Denominator on the Corporate Airwaves!!!!
 
RADIO SHACK
"My best friend's a TRS-80!"
A parody of the B-52's smash "Love Shack," Radio Shack features vocal performances by MJD as Fred Schneider (who loved the spoof), plus Nola Enge and Christine "Noelle" Baker ("Slide rule...busted.") sharing female leads. This song, written with the help of John Mammoser, was produced using a 12" EP at KZZP's studios, but aired initially on Pirate Radio, which explains the regrettable "vibrator" reference.

http://www.ninehells.com/mjdmedia1/mjd-radioshack.mp3

Needless to say TandyLand wasn't even close to being amazed about this one. I loved it!
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
Don said:
Same thing in Philadelphia and New York...it's being promoted rather heavily. And I agree about the price. If they get cheap enough, maybe it'll fly, but I'm smelling AM stereo here. I actually one of those component Radio Shack AM stereo tuners, so I guess I qualify as a radio GEEK! ;)
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The TM-152 - I have one, too. It isn't a DX unit for sure, but does respectably well on locals to medium fringe. Add a loop antenna and it can get amazing reception.

The thing about the TM-152 is that - being an AM stereo radio - it has product detection. Therefore very good fidelity on AM stations that are smart enough not to have chopped off their bandwidth. TM-152's can be easily re-tuned to include the expanded band, and long after the last C-Quam station signs off, they will be highly valued for their great sound!
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When I bought it, I lived in a metro/suburban signal area, and it worked very well. I now live in a fringe signal area, and it's sort of numb sensitivity wise. But on the stations that have some punch (and after dark!) it still produces nice AM audio. BTW, I bought it on clearance, for $29.99 :)
 
Back to off topic. With all the talk of Olsen's, Lafayette, Federated, Incredible Uni, B-A, (for a while) Allied-Radio Shack, and the rest..... you can't forget little 'ol Crabtree's Electronics down on Ross Ave in Dallas. They had another on Central, but it was not near as good as the hole in the wall on Ross. The Ross store was stuffed with high and low end stereo gear, and even surplus military equipment. And from that Ross store sprouted Dean (Owens?) who started his own Dean's Electronics. Now that guy knew it all...... Now back to the post.
 
stevezodiac said:
Back to off topic. With all the talk of Olsen's, Lafayette, Federated, Incredible Uni, B-A, (for a while) Allied-Radio Shack, and the rest..... you can't forget little 'ol Crabtree's Electronics down on Ross Ave in Dallas. They had another on Central, but it was not near as good as the hole in the wall on Ross. The Ross store was stuffed with high and low end stereo gear, and even surplus military equipment. And from that Ross store sprouted Dean (Owens?) who started his own Dean's Electronics. Now that guy knew it all...... Now back to the post.
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Those were the days... After Crabtree’s sold out (I think it was to Allied) Tom Nanny re-opened in the same location. Tom was the guy responsible for all the surplus stuff at Crabtree's. The tradition continued for quite some time with a great parts and surplus store. The "official" name was the was "The Nanny-H.C. Company." HC was Hoyt Crabtree, the silent partner.
 
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