Favorite radio station of all time?

[Joe P]

WBGO - Newark, New Jersey. The station primarily plays jazz, Frequency: 88.3 MHz

[njcardave]

Originally Posted by Joe P

WBGO - Newark, New Jersey. The station primarily plays jazz, Frequency: 88.3 MHz

Born and raised in Newark,NJ. I have to agree WBGO played on my radio all day on Saturday's. WNEW 102.7 NY played at night. Alison Steel "The Nightbird".

[njcardave]

Originally Posted by docdownload

WNEW NY with such DJ's as Scott Mooney Jonathans Swartz Dick Neer Alison Steel the Night Bird Zachary and Roscoe Not sure about any of the spelling. This was in the 60's They had no play lists, they could play for 20min without a commercial. If you anybody of greatness and performing at the Garden, you were on the Scott Mooney Show
Some of these DL's are now hosting on Sirius Radio's Classic Vinyl from the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

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[NZ421291]

In Auckland:

In the 70's it was Radio Hauraki.

In the 80's it was 1ZM.

In the 90's it was Radio B FM (Auckland University Radio Station),

in the 2000's it's 'The Rock'.

In London in the 80's:

BBC Radio 1 with the Legendary John Peel.

In Australia:

Triple M.

[GaryProtein]

I just heard a rock station I listed to since the middle 1960s is going off the air. WPLJ has been broadcasting to the NY-NJ-CT tristate area. WPLJ 95.5 FM (previously WABC-FM) will have its final broadcast May 31st.

This is yet one more reason FM radio has become a wasteland.

I don't need or want any ethnic, religious or other non-music stations cluttering the FM dial.

It's no wonder I don't listen to the radio any more.

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

I just heard a rock station I listed to since the middle 1960s is going off the air. WPLJ has been broadcasting to the NY-NJ-CT tristate area. WPLJ 95.5 FM (previously WABC-FM) will have its final broadcast May 31st.

This is yet one more reason FM radio has become a wasteland.

I don't need or want any ethnic, religious or other non-music stations cluttering the FM dial.

It's no wonder I don't listen to the radio any more.

Gary... well that is sad, I grew up with WPLJ

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by PHC1

Used to listen to WMMR for a few decades, mostly commuting. With the satellite radios in cars I typically don't listen to FM anymore...

As an undergrad at Penn WMMR was the rock station of choice. Back then, WRTI was 100% jazz and WFLN, an equally good classical station. Unfortunately, the folks who listened to classical had far more $$ than those who listened to jazz and they "merged" (almost at gun-point) the classical format into WRTI in 1997. The upside is the programming on WRTI in its 12hr/12hr classical/jazz format is about as good as it gets, as is the audio quality of its broadcasts. WMMR is, however, a sad parody of its former self as it has gone the way of the majority of radio. When congress changed the rules to allow consolidation of media outlets (radio, newspapers, TV, etc.) they fostered the downfall of so much once excellent media. Unfortunately, for congress (on all sides of the aisle) it is all about how much $$ they can stuff into their pockets.

[charlieoz]

KOMA (AM) out of Oklahoma City...clear as a bell at night...boasted 50,000 watts.
Not much to listen to out here in the desert of west Texas the late 60's....Lot's of drive-in movie time with it....

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by charlieoz

KOMA (AM) out of Oklahoma City...clear as a bell at night...boasted 50,000 watts.
Not much to listen to out here in the desert of west Texas the late 60's....Lot's of drive-in movie time with it....

Small world........... I grew up in north-central OK and listened to KOMA thru the early 60's.

[aclearspot]

KOMA,remember the ads for local bands ?king Midas and the Mufflers,Eric and the Norsemen. How about the ads for The Monkees in Wichita with some guy named Jimi Hendrix Experience.