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The Day The Oldies Died

Anyway, Texas has loads of oldies radio stations....

I am not sure exactly how many oldies stations there are in Texas, but the best oldies station in Texas has to be KONO 101.1 in San Antonio. It has been around since the 70's, and it brings back great memories everytime I get the chance to listen to it. If Houston had preserved one of it's original Top 40 stations from that era, similiar to KONO 101.1 and K-EARTH 101 in Los Angeles, Houston would also have "an original" oldies station...
 
Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. It's just sad that I can't get in the car and hear my favorite songs any more. Tried a little Eagle this morning, it was more like a vulture - in sound, I mean. Not for me.
 
And don't forget about our oldies stations broadcasting worldwide from deep in the heart of Meyerland!

Radio Bop radiobop.com "Your Never-Ending Nonstop Sock Hop!" - 50s/60s Rock 'n Roll from 1955-1965

Radio Bop 60s radiobop60s.com "Boss Radio Is Back!" - All 60s...all 60 minutes of every hour!

ROOTSofROCK.US "The Music Elvis Grew Up With!" - Pre-Rock 'n Roll era pop / country / R&B from 1944-54
 
mrh1960 said:
Anyway, Texas has loads of oldies radio stations....

I am not sure exactly how many oldies stations there are in Texas, but the best oldies station in Texas has to be KONO 101.1 in San Antonio. It has been around since the 70's, and it brings back great memories everytime I get the chance to listen to it. If Houston had preserved one of it's original Top 40 stations from that era, similiar to KONO 101.1 and K-EARTH 101 in Los Angeles, Houston would also have "an original" oldies station...
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KONO gets my vote as well. Add the former Oldies 103 in Austin, now Bob FM to the list.
KONO has been around longer than the 70s, they were (and still) on 860 back in the 60s.
 
PapillionWyngs said:
Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. It's just sad that I can't get in the car and hear my favorite songs any more. Tried a little Eagle this morning, it was more like a vulture - in sound, I mean. Not for me.
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By the way, don't just look at the Apple iPod when you're shopping for an mp3 player. There are a ton of other-brand players with many more features at a fraction of the price. After I lost my Shuffle over the railing of a boat, I shopped around and went with the Sansa e260. It's just a cooler gadget with more features: a nicely-sized screen, photo and video playback, a recorder, 4.0GB with an expandable memory slot, and an FM tuner (no AM). In fact, my brother took a shine to mine and found himself a factory-refurbished one just like it online for even less than I paid. Browse a few sites and see if you find something in your range, because good, affordable mp3 players are out there, and owning one is so worth it.

In my old car, I was running a car accessory cord to get the mp3 player to play through my car stereo, but the sound quality was horrendous at times. The new car has an mp3 jack embedded in the center console, and the Sansa fits percectly---and sounds out of this world!
 
StevenNOLA said:
KCOL Groves (Beaumont)
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Thanks! They are on my presets now, and pretty strong until I get outside of highway 6/1960. After that, Bob-FM 103.5 starts coming in pretty well - not oldies but listenable.

I knew getting a Pioneer Supertuner 3D would come in handy, I just never thought it would be for getting oldies in Houston.
 
Give a listen to KAAM-770 AM in Garland, TX. It is a bit unique. A lot of infomercials on the weekends, and a few short drop-in infomercials and PSA's during the week. A very homey, come on in and sit a spell type station. But the music (oldies/MOR) is top drawer. At 8:00 AM and noon each weekday, they have the "Flag Waver Special," a 15 minutes (or so) shot of patriotic music and commentary. Not too hokey in these times, and the musical selections are very good. During the day, "Legends 77" can be heard N-S from almost Ok City to Madisonville, TX., which is about 85 miles North of Houston. So a good long, unbroken range of no station changing. Don't know the E-W range. They do stream on the 'Net.
 
Hello PapillionWyngs...I just wanted to say that I can empathize with your sadness. I was not only a fan of the Oldies format and radio in general, I successfully jocked at several Oldies stations. Unfortunately, its not because of a lack of listeners that the format is disappearing but, as noted earlier, because ad agencies don't buy schedules on stations with demographics heavily over 50 and quite frankly, the just don't "get" the format either. It's very sad and I just wanted you to know you're not alone.
 
PapillionWyngs said:
Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. It's just sad that I can't get in the car and hear my favorite songs any more.
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Then put a HD Radio in your car and listen to the oldies format on 107.5 HD-2. You'll also probably find the extra NPR programming on 88.7 HD-2 interesting, too.
 
PapillionWyngs said:
Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. It's just sad that I can't get in the car and hear my favorite songs any more. Tried a little Eagle this morning, it was more like a vulture - in sound, I mean. Not for me.
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That's why the Good Lord invented cassette tapes. You can make your own and listen in the car. ;D
 
I'm not in my 50's yet but I like the 70's! It's the music that was playing in the house, at the swimming pool and in the skating rinks. Look at these economic times. NO ONE under 30 can GET credit to buy higher ticket items. Who says that an "oldies station" still can't skew a little younger? So what, the old farts still lived thru that decadel...they'll suffer through England Dan one more time. Just tired of hearing that the 18-34 demographic is the desired one when in actuality, retailers will tell you the opposite. Look at GM, they forgot about the aging consumer and focused on trucks. The rest of us 40 somethings would have like to have aspired to an American made luxury car but they didn't offer one...so off to the Toyota/ Honda dealership we went. I like America, ELO, Boz Skaggs shoot... I like my cable 70's station. Wonder if there is a PPM on that? I'm so excited! I get to hear the Eagles, ZZ TOP and Fleetwood Mac on KKRW, KHMX, KODA and now the Eagle! Good for cume right? I'm heading back to the lounge.
 
rallen13 said:
Give a listen to KAAM-770 AM in Garland, TX. During the day, "Legends 77" can be heard N-S from almost Ok City to Madisonville, TX., which is about 85 miles North of Houston. So a good long, unbroken range of no station changing. Don't know the E-W range. They do stream on the 'Net.
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Uh - I have them in Cypress, and they are strong enough in my car and on a GE Superadio to listen. They used to be a lot stronger before they started messing with IBOC, but are still listenable. There is quite a bit of hiss from 790's IBOC hash further into Houston which eventually makes them unlistenable.

Pre-IBOC - I tried for them in Galveston, but there is serious interference from another 770 down there.

West, they go as far as Crosbyton, TX. They used to be in almost perfect C-Quam stereo out there, but they start losing the battle for the frequency to KKOB by the time you get to Lubbock.
 
KVNS 1700 Should put an OK signal in Houston during the day. and at night its an Excellent signal. Even up here in Mckinney, TX north of Dallas. [when KKLF is nulled right or off the air.]
 
See all this good help you're getting with finding oldies in your own neck of the woods? I hear tell that even people who are more than 1,500 miles away are getting in the middle of it. They know right where to go.
 
LibertyNT said:
KVNS 1700 Should put an OK signal in Houston during the day. and at night its an Excellent signal. Even up here in Mckinney, TX north of Dallas. [when KKLF is nulled right or off the air.]
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KVNS isn't listenable in Houston during the day, but can be heard down close to the Gulf Coast. Come nightfall, it's a blaster here to the point where KKLF can't be heard.
 
Reading this blog reminded me of the best years ('95-2000) I spent in radio at KLDE. We had top notch jocks in Barry Kaye, Joe Ford, Jim Conlee, etc., and one of the best mgnt teams i've ever had the pleasure of working for in Chris McMurray and Dennis Winslow. Our sales staff was bringing in $$ hand over fist accompanied by an outstanding Marketing Dept.

I learned a lot from those guys and I cant' thank them enough.

rocknrollisdead.
 
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