I often hear 40s and early 50s music on CBC Toronto 740 AM. (Used to be CBL Toronto.)
Bacon, WA3WDR ----- Original Message ----- From: "W1EOF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:34 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Music from the 40s > Todd - > > I know it doesn't sound the same as those 6V6's pushing your speaker, but > there are streaming alternatives on the internet. Somebody said that WABC > streams although I have not checked out their website. There are also quite > a few on live365.com. My favorite though is WMKV in Ohio. Pretty much 24/7 > 40s style music. Lastly there is XM radio which has a channel devoted to 40s > music. > > I don't have a good AM broadcast receiver setup in the office at the moment > but I will soon. I should be able to get WABC here in RI most nights. > > 73, > > Mark W1EOF > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Todd, KA1KAQ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:37 AM > > To: Discussion of AM Radio > > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] (no subject) > > > > > > On 1/23/06, ne1s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It was like being caught in a time warp. Some of my fondest childhood > > > memories are of hanging out in my grandfather's cellar in Chatham, NJ > > > building, fixing or otherwise diddling with some radio with > > WABC cranking > > > the tunes. > > > > I used to enjoy listening to big band music on 830 WCRN out of > > Worcester/Framingham area but they went to an oldies format sometime > > last year. I like oldies too, but it's hard to find 40s type music on > > AM these days so I miss WCRN in that sense. At 50kw, they have a > > potent signal up this way. You might give them a try too. > > > > There was also a station over in NY that played big band music a few > > years ago, but they got bought up by Disney and ended up playing > > children's music and soundtracks from Disney movies. Think it was > > WQEW? Up near the top of the dial. > > > > It's always more enjoyable to hear some old music on AM broadcast > > rather than more talk radio, but to me at least, there's nothing like > > hearing some Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey tunes rumbling out of a big > > old speaker with the receiver dials and tubes glowing away. > > > > Thanks for passing this on, Larry - I'll have to fire up that SX-28A > > in the front foyer that you were tuning around with in December - bet > > it'll sound great, WABC always comes in here well. (o: > > > > de Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/06 > > _______________________________________________________ _______ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >
