What Radio station did you listen to while growing up
 

I was a radio and tv broadcaster for 45 years. I got my inspiration from KDKA in Pittsburgh. As a teenager I listened to KQV, WAMO, WLS in Chicago and of course WABeatleC in New York.

What stations were your companions during your teen years?

JLK

WPDQ and WAPE - Jacksonville Florida

On Long Island we listened to WABC and WINS from NYC. At the time in the 50's WINS was not all-news like it is today, it was top 40 like WABC. In my early 20's I worked for WBLI-FM/WGLI-AM. WGLI-AM no longer exists. The call was taken by an FM in Michigan. As a kid around the house I remember my mom listening to Jack Sterling and Arthur Godfrey on WCBS-AM.

WTLB--Utica , NY

WPRO in Providence, RI. Anyone from RI or CT would remember Salty Brine, I'm sure. He did the "no school" announcements in bad weather.

Wabc
 

Growing up in the 60s in NW New Jersey, we all listened to WABC -- Herb Oscar Anderson in the morning, Dan Ingram in the afternoon, and Scott Muni at night. Then there was Cousin Brucie, who still broadcasts on Serius/XM. Here's a link to Oldies WABC:

http://musicradio77.com/

Sure brings back the memories!!

Radio of our youth
 

Grew up in St. Louis and listened to KXOK and WIL.

Those of us with push-buttons on our car radios had two of them set to local stations WEW and WOKZ.

Both were daytimers and at night, WEW's frequency was used by WABC from New York and WOKZ's by XERF in Mexico, home of Wolfman Jack.

Me and my brothers: WLS. My parents and grandfather: WGN and WCFL. All broadcast from Chicago.

WSAI in Cincinnati. There is no real WKRP in Cincinnati. (But I bet some of you are hearing that theme song now that I mentioned it.)

Boomer

WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

WOWO for me too, and WLS, Chicago, and one station out of Ball State/Muncie. I do not remember the call letters, but we listened while sun bathing, because they had a DJ who would annouce when it was "time to turn over"..many fun memories!

CKLW Detroit MI......Lord I LOVED my transistor radio...sighhhhhhhhhhhh

WHYN - Springfield, Mass.

KSAN San Francisco - The Rock of the Bay.

WJJD Chicago with the wild Itralian Dick Biondi.

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WMEX and WBOS Boston. Arnie Woo Woo Ginsburg.

Yoda

Grew up in The Bronx New York. Listened to WINS WADO and WWRL.They played what is now referred to as Doo Wop music. It's still the only music I listen to

still growing up
wvlg!
We are surprised
and delighted wvlg plays
as much doo
wop
as they do.
Hope they do more and that they keep their live jocks
L&L

WLAC and WSM - Nashville

WSTV - Steubenville and KDKA - Pittsburgh:thumbup:

Dr. Bop on the sceeeeene with a stack of shellac and his record machine!
 

WLW The Nations Station.

In teeny-bopper days, Cousin Duffy on WPGC (DC area).

Later, DC area was the home of the Greaseman and Howard Stern.

Daytime radio was WTLB in Utica, NY. Nighttime station was always NY's WABC with Cousin Brucie and Co. Did we really learn all those great 50's/60's songs while listening to that low quality AM radio? Hard to believe today, as I listen to my Serius/XM stereo satellite radio in the car, which has better sound than most any high-end stereo system from those days.

In Cleveland the Rock and Roll hall of Fame city everybody listened to Bill Randle on WERE, and Alan Freed WJW

Radio
 

I too listened to WABC,WBLI & WGLI. Cousin Brucie was a big hit.and the music then you could understand. Gee what happened?? Only thing I think the one station from Patchogue was WPAC if I'm not mistaken.

You could understand it, but your parents couldn't.

Growing up in Jersey, there was only one.....WABC!!!

Army Guy

early radio
 

While growing up in the NE of New Jersey we listened to AM radio because thats all there was. WABC of course, radio towers were close by near Lodi and Hasbrouck heights. Listened at night to WINS,(Murry the K) WBLS (Jocko), and at times Zacherlie. Later as FM became popular WCBS-FM was the oldies station of choice. Super sunday night show, The Doowop shop with Don K Reid. I always loved the sound of the era and like listening to WVLG-AM in the Villages now. During all those years I collected those tunes and now I have them all on my MP3 player. Listen to them at home, in the car and golf cart. I also belong to the Doowop club in the Villages. I run the website for the club. WWW.doowopinthevillages.blogspot.com.
Enjoy the music!

Way back...
 

As a kid in central Connecticut, at night I listened to WABC in New York,...On good nights got WKBW out of Buffalo with Joey Reynolds then after Reynolds famous episode leaving WKBW, Sandy Beach.

On real good nights, under the covers, listened to Ft. Wayne Knights or Comets??.... hockey on WOWO...powerful signal.

Grew up in the Finger Lakes area of western NY - WKBW was our favorite.

XERB-AM at Ciudad Acuña in Mexico, for Da Wolfman! 250K Watts


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WIBG and WFIL in Philly. Oh those 8 transistors really hummed when the Beatles came on! Then came FM.......

Radio Luxemburg in Europe

AFRC Saigon with Adrian Cronauer (Good Morning Vietnam DJ)


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Having spent most the 60's in the Bronx and Yonkers, it was either WABC with Scott Muni, Dan Ingram etc or (and I'm surprised nobodies mentioned this one) WMCA with Joe O'Brien, Harry Harrison, Jack Spector and my favorite B. Mitchel Reed. Hey Scooter!
Somewhere along the line I started listening to Jean Shepherd on WOR in the evening (hundreds of his shows on line).
Walt.

Worc-Worcester MA

WRR out of Dallas, TX. Tony Garrett's "Music 'Til Dawn"!!!! He was the absolute greatest!!

What a great thread! Some people mentioned WKBW in Buffalo. Does anyone remember the Halloween night when they broadcast their own version of "The War of the Worlds"? They did it using local landmarks and such. Even on Long Island i picked up the big KB at night and I managed to catch that sensational Halloween broadcast. I've forgotten what year it was. Sometime in the '70s I would guess.

:1rotfl: I remember how cool it sounded when I added one speaker in the rear connected to a Reverberator. It still wasn't stereo, but who cared?!?

Washington, D.C. WAVA (folk music back then) and WGMS (classical)

tpop1-- WOWO broadcast the Komets. They were in the International Hockey League, at that time. Bob Chase was the announcer and may still be. He was still, a few years ago. I, also, listened to Hillard Gates who broadcast the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons on WKJG.

Chicago Radio
 

WLS and WCFL Chicago Radio Stations back in the sixties