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In reply to the discussion: Your favorite radio station when you were a kid? [View all]Floyd R. Turbo
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Can't remember the call letters. It played The Jackson five, Osmonds, bubble gum hits over and over
Demovictory9
Oct 2023
#3
Definitely WLS & Dick Biondi - the only rock & roll I could get at night
yellowdogintexas
Oct 2023
#103
Same here - WLS clear channel - we could get R&R in my little country town that only played country.
walkingman
Oct 2023
#115
Yeah those were the days. I've listened to it a couple times when visiting OH in more recent times
captain queeg
Oct 2023
#71
Me Too but I was past being a kid. I was 18 at the time and when I was driving home from work (10 pm) I would listen to
MichaelSoE
Oct 2023
#105
In the Wichita area I listened to KICT (T-95) in HS for the music, when younger
wcmagumba
Oct 2023
#54
During the Winter, here in North Florida, we could sometimes get: 89 WLS...Chicago! (late 60s)
Chainfire
Oct 2023
#86
Chickenman ran in all day parts on CFL. It was the brainchild of production director Dick Orkin.
rsdsharp
Oct 2023
#111
AM - WRKO and WMEX (Boston) for AM back in the late 60's when transistor radio's
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2023
#110
WLAC Nashville. Late at night I could hear Howling Wolf, Little Richard, Slim Harpo, James Brown and many, many more.
retread
Oct 2023
#118
I had forgotten that. SIlly me. The studio was on the top floor of the L & C
yellowdogintexas
Oct 2023
#120
rurallib, KIOA wasn't a day timer. It was 10,000 watts in the day time, and only 5000 at night.
rsdsharp
Oct 2023
#122
Yes, I was an intense fan of WMEX, back in 66 or 67....and Cousin Brucie was in the programming.
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2023
#126