The department stores around here have already put up their displays and set out materials for their “Back to School” campaigns.
Wait a minute . . . it’s only the third week of July!!!
Enough, already!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Radio … and Me - 17
This month marks a turning-point in my relationship with radio; 30 years ago, I bought my first stereo headset portable model.
I began my 'love affair' with radio as a toddler … listening with my Mom and Dad to music, news and serials (The Cisco Kid, Our Miss Brooks, Boston Blackie) on a big, hot, tube-driven model, which was large enough to be a piece of living room furniture. We lived 90 km from the nearest stations, which where exclusively on AM, so there was a lot of static.
But, after dark, you could listen to most of the big 50,000-watt Clear Channel stations all along the Eastern Seaboard -- in Boston, New York, even down to Miami -- and what an adventure THAT could be for a young fan!
I began my 'love affair' with radio as a toddler … listening with my Mom and Dad to music, news and serials (The Cisco Kid, Our Miss Brooks, Boston Blackie) on a big, hot, tube-driven model, which was large enough to be a piece of living room furniture. We lived 90 km from the nearest stations, which where exclusively on AM, so there was a lot of static.
But, after dark, you could listen to most of the big 50,000-watt Clear Channel stations all along the Eastern Seaboard -- in Boston, New York, even down to Miami -- and what an adventure THAT could be for a young fan!
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