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
