WLS, now that's a blast from the past... used to listen to it here in WNY on a "tiny" SONY radio that dint even have an external antenna
Posted on 09/01/2018 7:22:52 PM PDT by nanetteclaret
WLS, now that's a blast from the past... used to listen to it here in WNY on a "tiny" SONY radio that dint even have an external antenna
I remember those. Didn’t Rudy’s Muffler Shop advertise too?
Amazing!
In Southern Wisconsin we received WLS even in the daytime often, but at night I recall KAAY Little Rock, KOMA OK City, and WWL New Orleans sometimes.
Absolutely! It was exercise for the imagination much like reading a book. A few years ago I searched for that show and sure enough there were downloads for it but I cant remember where now.
Steve Dahl and pals do a FANTASTIC show after Rush on WLS. No politics, just the day’s weird news and their personal lives. Hilarious. I listen daily. Makes the workday zoom.
I love these radio "airchecks" on YouTube. It's like a time capsule.
In the late 70s I could get WLS in Norfolk, Va on a clear night.
At between 1500 and 1600 kHz I was also able to pull in Radio Moscow, the National Bureau of Standards ticking the atomic clock from Boulder, Colorado, and HCJB broadcasting from Quito, Equador.
Then someone gave me an old 1940's Sivertone shortwave console with a green "magic eye" tube, and my whole listening world changed.
FReegards!
We listened to WLS all the time in Peoria. Then watched Bozo on WGN and Captain Jinks & Salty Sam on WEEK. Good days.
I had a 1972 Kelly Green Gremlin. No radio (but it did have an 8track tape player) , no A/C, no carpet, roll up windows, and a stick shift. I was a hippy then (voted for George McGovern), so I was in to the whole “hippy” lifestyle. I was disabused if that notion and the summer of 1980 with 100+ temps convinced me to get with the program and I was finally able to get a car with A/C.
I listened on my transistor radio in the 70’s. I lived in a tiny town in Vermont, surrounded by mountains. There were a couple of others, one in New York and one out west somewhere. But, WLS was the most consistent.
I loved it, holding the radio towards the window, middle of the night. lol
Listened to Dick Biondi (sp) every night.
I guess it did! That’s cool!
I remember Captain Jinks & Salty Sam. WEEK was one of the 3 channels we got. Channels 19, 25 & 31. And we actually had to change them by turning a knob!!
Of course. One of the clear channel stations with 50,000 watts. All i had in the truck was AM. Drove lots of miles late at night. WLS, WWL, KOA, KVOO, WBAP, WKY were the set stations. Same on the tractor back then working ground at night.
Good ,I haven’t thought of Bozo in years——my kids loved him and I could get things started for dinner when it was on.
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That’s interesting that up north you got all the stations down south.
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