Yes, I know I'm a real nerd sometimes.
If you didn't grow up in Chicago during the 1960's this will mean nothing to you. It is what I was listening to during my high school years. No ipods, just a little plastic transistor radio with an earphone (yes singular, mono, no stereo) stuck in my ear. We only had two rock and roll stations, which from what I gather was a luxury back then. A lot of people grew up in hick towns with no rock and roll at all. That's why all across the midwest at night, kids would find WLS on the radio. It would carry hundreds of miles after the sun went down because that was when the FCC allowed them to crank up the wattage.
If you aren't bored yet, here's a bit of WCFL from the early 1970's for my younger brothers and sisters.
Oh wow Alan! Did you know that Dick Biondi is still on the radio - WLS too! Thanks for the flashback.
ReplyDeleteI remember my parents talking about WLS, it must have been fun.
ReplyDeleteDennis, you mean back when it was called the Prairie Farmer Station, and they talked about livestock prices? That was back in the early 1930's. How old are you?
ReplyDeleteDick Biondi is on WLS-FM now. Alan, Have you heard the "old" AM WLS lately?? It would make you throw up, they even gave a gig to Rod "the moron" Blagovich! How low can you go! And I remember how disapointing it was to see the pictures of the DJ's, they were all old men!!
ReplyDeleteMy fav was Art Roberts. I had my sister's turquoise colored hand-me-down transistor radio with the big gold colored V shape on it and the 1 foot long antennae that pulled out from the top.
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