| Indeed. I'm glad that I held on to my approx 100 reels of pre-recorded music from 1958-61. I've managed to obtain some digitally-remastered versions of some of these and it's amazing how wonderful they sound, even by today's standards.
Anyone remember WWRL (later changed call letters to WRFM) out of NYC? Around 1964, I got a Grundig Transistor 16 AM/FM/SW radio at Grand Way on Main St in Danbury. Tuning around the dial, I found what eventually became my alltime favorite FM station. When I moved north, it became a challenge to receive WRFM; the Grundig was no longer able to pull it in, but I had a Karg Labs FM tuner that was real hot and I erected a 25' mast with Radio Shacks 175-mile 10-element log periodic antenna and was once again able to listen. (There was WPSB in Bridgeport, but they were more into 'soul' music and the format was really mixed-up prior to the WEZN takeover).
WRFM not only had the music, but they announced all the music titles, so you knew what you were hearing, and they had a pretty nifty journalism department, headed up by Jim Branch.
Those were wonderful years. |
