Ah yes, late night AM radio . . .
Many hours driving across country from and to Michigan
trying to keep "the Great Voice of the Great Lakes -
WJR" tuned in. (Of course, that was when WJR was
_really_ WJR). Those great late night shows really helped
the miles to go by. It was amazing how far I could pick it
up. I can remember times when even in Tucumcari, NM
finessing the dial around 760 would find a familiar voice
out of the dark desert stretches . . . . And WGN, and
KMOX Nothing better than the sound of a 50,000 watt
clear channel blow torch from a great city.
What ever happened to those great late night shows . . .?
FM, I guess. Man, I'd love to hear the voice of John
Doremus again on a lone stretch of road . . . .
Toby Maki
'73 Glacier 230
From: RickStapls
Date sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 02:18:49 EDT
Subject: Re: GMC: statpower question
To: gmcmotorhome
Send reply to: gmcmotorhome
> In a message dated 7/27/00 7:59:38 AM Mountain Daylight Time, rkazi
>
> > What exactly is AM? If it is a type of radio does it still exist????
>
> Ron,
> It's the type of radio I knew and loved in the 60s. It's the type of
> radio I could tune-in around Boston and still hear my favorite DJ (Dick
> Summers, WBZ, late nights) 120 miles later in the White Mountains. Out in
> these parts it's the only thing that doesn't fade away at every turn of the
> canyon or crossing of a ridge. Too bad it's been taken over by talk-talk and
> Bible-thumpers.
> My .02.
>
> Rick Staples
> '75 Eleganza
> Louisville, CO
>
Many hours driving across country from and to Michigan
trying to keep "the Great Voice of the Great Lakes -
WJR" tuned in. (Of course, that was when WJR was
_really_ WJR). Those great late night shows really helped
the miles to go by. It was amazing how far I could pick it
up. I can remember times when even in Tucumcari, NM
finessing the dial around 760 would find a familiar voice
out of the dark desert stretches . . . . And WGN, and
KMOX Nothing better than the sound of a 50,000 watt
clear channel blow torch from a great city.
What ever happened to those great late night shows . . .?
FM, I guess. Man, I'd love to hear the voice of John
Doremus again on a lone stretch of road . . . .
Toby Maki
'73 Glacier 230
From: RickStapls
Date sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 02:18:49 EDT
Subject: Re: GMC: statpower question
To: gmcmotorhome
Send reply to: gmcmotorhome
> In a message dated 7/27/00 7:59:38 AM Mountain Daylight Time, rkazi
>
> > What exactly is AM? If it is a type of radio does it still exist????
>
> Ron,
> It's the type of radio I knew and loved in the 60s. It's the type of
> radio I could tune-in around Boston and still hear my favorite DJ (Dick
> Summers, WBZ, late nights) 120 miles later in the White Mountains. Out in
> these parts it's the only thing that doesn't fade away at every turn of the
> canyon or crossing of a ridge. Too bad it's been taken over by talk-talk and
> Bible-thumpers.
> My .02.
>
> Rick Staples
> '75 Eleganza
> Louisville, CO
>
