Historical FM & DX Snippets (in RealAudio)
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Hear what radio used to sound like!!
In Stereo. Received by "yours' truly in Brockton, MA
This was the THE end of a great Boston radio giant and the beginning of another Boston radio success story, WBMX ("Mix 98.5"). It was tastefully done (I might add)!
In Stereo. Received by "yours' truly" in Wareham, MA
This was during the time WLS was experimenting with the (now deleted) Harris AM Stereo system. This was received with a modified AM Belar/Harris/C-QUAM receiver (decoder). WLS is now using the C-QUAM AM Stereo system.
In Stereo. Courtesy of John Sampson, Leominister, Massachusetts (Thanks mucho, John!)
It was loud, brashy Top-40 FM radio.....and we loved it!! It was the beginning of the end for Top-40 music on AM radio, as well. It sounds as crisp and clear (and LOUD!!) as you remember!! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!
(PLEASE NOTE: This exhibit was recorded for the RealAudio 8 Player.)
Boston/Providence FM Historical Snippets- 1956-1985
Courtesy of Ron Marchant from WJIB/Cambridge, MA (Thanks, Ron!)
Includes WCOP-FM/100.7 (now WZLX), WVCA-FM/104.9 (now WBOQ)- featuring the late, great Simon Geller, WGBH/89.7 with WBUR-FM/90.9-an early "dual-stereo" simulcast in 1960, WHIL-FM/107.9 (now WXKS-FM), WPRO-FM/92.3, WTBS-FM/88.1 (now WMBR), WBCN/104.1, WNAC-FM/98.5 (now WBMX) and WPFM/95.5 (now WBRU)
WPRO-FM (92.3), Providence, RI- Simulcast from WPRO-AM (630)
August, 1959
Courtesy of Ron Marchant from WJIB/Cambridge, MA
WDME-FM (103.1), Dover-Foxcroft, ME-
Unique DX from way up yonder in Central Maine
Received by "yours' truly" in Brockton, MA in August, 1990
WXIL-FM (95.1), Parkersburg, W.VA-My very FIRST meteor scatter reception from 12/13/90
Received in Brockton, MA by "yours' truly"
Rare FM Winter E-Skip, 1992-I stayed up all night for this one (12/21/92)
Received in Stoughton, MA by "yours' truly".
Includes WMC-FM/99.7 (Memphis, TN), KQMN/91.5 (Thief River Falls, MN), KFJM/90.7 (Grand Forks, ND), KXDL/99.7 (Browerville, MN), KKDL/95.1 (Detroit Lakes, MN), KCRB/88.5 (Bemidji, MN), WNCB/89.3 (Duluth, MN) and CITI/92.1 (Winnipeg, MB).
Format change on 9/30/94 (now WQSX)Received in Stoughton, MA by "yours' truly"Some random thoughts from the late, great Simon Geller (in 1988)Courtesy of Ron Marchant from WJIB/Cambridge, MA
This was recorded in April, 1988, toward the end of Simon's tenure at WVCA-FM (now WBOQ).
He was probably the most famous "one-man show" in radio history. Just give a listen."Come on over to the FM side!"These were the famous Sonovox voicers that made "Arko" famous.
WRKO-FM (ex-WROR, now WBMX) became Boston's FIRST FM Rocker on October 12, 1966.
FM radios became a HOT item in Boston, that fall!"Stereo 105"Boston's FIRST LIVE Top-40 FM Rocker actually came from Framingham, MA.
Stereo 105 was the first real FM competition to long-time Top-40 AM rocker WRKO.
AND, they were GOOD!"Boston's First and most powerful Concert Station"Courtesy of Ron Marchant from WJIB/Cambridge, MA
WXHR-FM, one of Boston's premier FM radio stations is still alive today as WTKK/"96.9 FM Talk".
Prior to that, it was WSJZ, WKLB, WBCS, WCDJ and the late and lamented WJIB-FM, one of America's most listened-to "beautiful music" stations (1967-1990)."Q-103, Boston's Quality Rock"Recorded by "yours' truly" in Brockton, MA
103.3 FM in Boston was one of the Hub's premier FM stations. It started life as WEEI-FM in 1948. Eventually it became WHTT Power 103 in 1983, WMRQ in 1986. And today, it is the famous WODS Oldies 103.3. Here is the 7:00 pm format switch that started the one and a half year experiment that eventually gave way for Oldies 103, in the fall of 1987.Courtesy of Frank Fitz, a Boston area radio personality
and all an around cool dude and radio-junkie!!
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