Radio ... and Me - 24

As we continue our trek up the radio dial, we will focus on only one 50,000-watt station in New York City, which I often captured on my first transistor radio:
-- 77 WABC, or: 'Seventy-Seven, W-A-B-Ceeeee!' billing itself:
'Musicradio WABC' was a big 'Top 40' sound that usually led the ratings battles.

(Photo by: http://www.freewebs.com/oldradios/)
(Check the history reports and jingles; it's a great website!) They had a loud, fast-paced format, with lots of jingle and live commercials, as well as distinctive ID jingles.
Their best asset, of course, was their collection of 'All American' DJs / 'personalities' -- round the clock:

Radio .. and Me - 23

My AM radio in the early 60s delivered few choices -- during the day, that is.

As have written before, the family 'tube' radio, then my new portable 'transistor' radio, captured only two or three stations.
But, after dark -- AM radio signals began to bounce across the ionosphere, and 'the heavens opened up' to a variety of excellent stations along the Eastern Seaboard! (Photo by: http://www.freewebs.com/oldradios/)

These came in reliably about 50 per cent of the time, depending on atmospheric conditions (and NOT, surprisingly, the weather), and appeared to be strongest during clear, cold winter nights. On other nights, though, signals were unreliable, or even not there.