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What was the first radio station you grew up listening as a kid?
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You were on the edge of the Golden Age of 810 KGO ! Probably the finest News/Talk station in the country !
In 1960 my babysitter had WCEF 1050 Parkersburg WV on during the day and WLS at night on our table radio. Dad got transferred to Chicago that year and I got a transistor radio. WLS and WCFL (which seemed to have a better signal in Libertyville) were my go to stations. Dad listened to WJJD? (country) and WGN. Mom listened to WMAQ. IIRC Gene Rayburn was doing Monitor on the NBC radio network at that time
The very first station I listened to was KENE 1490 Toppenish WA in the central part of the state. It was the only station my mother listened to, so I heard a ton of it. These days it is run by the local Native tribe and plays one of the most bizarre formats you'll hear, a mix of Native American chants and Jack-style oldies. When I got my own radio I listened to its sister station KZHR (92.7 FM) and its Top 40 format, KREW (1210 AM) full service AC, and oldies KMWX (1460 AM) and KORD (870 AM) from nearby Tri-Cities WA.
KTRH in the 80s in Houston. Sometimes KPRC, iirc, possibly a gardening show we'd listen to in the car on weekends running errands. But mostly, I remember the news in the morning on the radio in the kitchen before school.
Born and spent the early part of my childhood (80’s) in Baltimore, MD. Remember my Dad listening to WQSR-FM and FM93 WPOC.
We moved to what is now the DC exurbs. Fredericksburg, VA. Remember listening to WFLS AM/FM in the morning getting ready for school. Mom usually listened to WGRQ (Q96), a local top 40 out in King George County or WFLS. Dad was usually listening to the early incarnation of Hot Talk WJFK or WXTR Xtra 104.
We moved to what is now the DC exurbs. Fredericksburg, VA. Remember listening to WFLS AM/FM in the morning getting ready for school. Mom usually listened to WGRQ (Q96), a local top 40 out in King George County or WFLS. Dad was usually listening to the early incarnation of Hot Talk WJFK or WXTR Xtra 104.
Spent my early childhood with parents listening to WJR on a tube table radio in the kitchen. That radio absolutely, positively never was tuned to anything else. Mornings with J.P. McCarthy, dinner prep with news and weather. Sunday morning was Renfro Valley Gathering.
From my bedroom window I could see the beacons on the two eastern towers of WKNR, and that and CKLW were my go-to stations as soon as I had a radio I could listen to myself. Little did I know at the time that I would shortly (ten years or so) be responsible for keeping WKNR (later WNIC/WMTG) on the air, and later many others.
From my bedroom window I could see the beacons on the two eastern towers of WKNR, and that and CKLW were my go-to stations as soon as I had a radio I could listen to myself. Little did I know at the time that I would shortly (ten years or so) be responsible for keeping WKNR (later WNIC/WMTG) on the air, and later many others.
This is a question with a regional and generational answer. Mine is WKBW as just about everybody listened to it, adults and kids! it was true top 40 with personalities. If the song made the top 40 be at country adult music or good old rock ‘n’ roll KB played it.
I was in first or second grade when I found Alan Freed on WJW at night. WJW was block programmed with mostly network stuff in the daytime.
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I then listened to Specs Howard and Joe Finan on WERE, a true Top 40 station. Soon, I discovered Pete "Mad Daddy" Meyers on WJW in the shift Freed had occupied.
When Mad Daddy went to New York, it was WHK "Color Radio Channel 14" until I left or Mexico in 1963.
Later, when I visited family in the U.S., it was Norman Wain and Bob Weis' Wixie 1260 (WIXY). I even used the WIXY playlist to help pick the American hits we played at Radio Musical, Channel 57, in Quito, Ecuador.
Alan Freed - Wikipedia
I then listened to Specs Howard and Joe Finan on WERE, a true Top 40 station. Soon, I discovered Pete "Mad Daddy" Meyers on WJW in the shift Freed had occupied.
When Mad Daddy went to New York, it was WHK "Color Radio Channel 14" until I left or Mexico in 1963.
Later, when I visited family in the U.S., it was Norman Wain and Bob Weis' Wixie 1260 (WIXY). I even used the WIXY playlist to help pick the American hits we played at Radio Musical, Channel 57, in Quito, Ecuador.
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For me, the first was WING 1410 in Dayton. Back in the 60's they played the top 14 songs every night. Listeners called and voted for their favorite songs on the top 40 playlist.
Next was WNAP before 1975. They were funny and off the wall.
After WNAP started playing Uh Hu That's the Way I Like It every hour I left.
I put up a big antenna in Indianapolis and listened to WRIF and CJOM from the Detroit market. I also liked G98 and Zip 106 from Cleveland.
Next was WNAP before 1975. They were funny and off the wall.
After WNAP started playing Uh Hu That's the Way I Like It every hour I left.
I put up a big antenna in Indianapolis and listened to WRIF and CJOM from the Detroit market. I also liked G98 and Zip 106 from Cleveland.
First for me was Mega 97.9 (WSKQ-FM/New York, NY). I remember my mom dropping me off at/picking me up from pre-school everyday with it on the radio.
At night for fun you should check out 50 kW 660 KTNN Window Rock, AZ (the calls mean The Navajo Nation).
Sorry I'm so late to the game.
WVWA Pound Ridge NY.
WVWA Pound Ridge NY.
WDRC-FM changed its format several times over the years. Top 40, Album Rock, Oldies, Classic Rock. Which version was the one you tuned in?
For me, it was WABC 770. It was NYC's premiere Top 40 station. It was so strong in the ratings, when a car went past you, chances are you'd hear it playing on the car's radio. Walk in a store where the radio was controlled by young people and it was on there too. I was amazed that as a kid, when I got into some of my friends' parent's cars, it was playing there as well. I guess the parent either wanted to keep up with the current hits or played it as a favor to the kids in the car. And where I lived, the tower in Lodi NJ was visible every night from my family's picture window in the living room.
The Big D 103 oldies era from the late 80s into the early early earrrlllyyy 2000s
I didn't know about this either.
I'm going to assume the first radio station was WABZ, a small local community station where I lived. The only song I can remember is "Those were the Days" (probably Mary Hopkin).
There were three stations I listened to after we moved. WFRC was an AC when the term hadn't been invented with "Knock Three Times" and maybe the Jackson 5. That's all I can remember. But Earl Burton did the weather and I sent a recording I made to someone who posted on this site at one time. No response and he never turned that into something we could link to. If I can find the recording again and figure out how I'll link to it. But a 1000-watt local station with a man doing a weather report almost as long as a newscast is something amazing. And he moved to the other station, WREV, which was a country daytimer.
I don't remember what WDVA Danville, VA was. I just know I saw their tower lights and I asked my parents if we could find out where those lights were and drive to them. It was pretty amazing when we finally saw those four towers up close.
I can't remember which station did "High Hopes" by Sinatra or if it was even one of those three.
That was on a tape circulated around radio stations years ago!