AM Radio -- Not GMC, but could have been

[bob mclaughlin]

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From: owner-gmcmotorhome
[mailtowner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of T Maki
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 12:49 AM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: GMC: AM Radio -- Not GMC, but could have been

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
Tobi wrote "What ever happened to those great late night shows . . .?"

There's still one on 50,000 watt 820 WBAP " The Midnight Cowboy"
Try it.
Bob McLaughlin

 

[diamondlouis]

Not to forget Wolfman Jack on XERF Del Rio, Texas

76PB
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "T Maki"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 1:48 AM
Subject: GMC: AM Radio -- Not GMC, but could have been

> 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
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> 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
> >
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