Finally, some good news regarding AM radio

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

OK, some more good news. KMOX-1120 of St. Louis is now broadcasting a music program on Saturday night called "Route 66." They play music from '55-'67. I really enjoyed it and so did the '38 Airline radio! I was looking on the KMOX website and they went all talk in 1960. I didn't think AM talk radio started until the '80's. I don't think there's a soul alive that hates talk radio more than I do.

I'm glad to see it. I'll have to see if I can pull them in here in Pittsburgh although I do listen to WABC, 770 kc, out of New York on Saturday nights. If the ionosphere is willing, I like to use my 1953 Philco 5 tube radio or my 1965 8 transistor Magnavox (Maggie) radio.

Talk radio has been around probably since even the 1940's, after World War II, I think the legendary Joe Pine got his start that way. Still, I think the modern sense that we know today didn't get much of a hold until the 1960's, I know WNBC was talk part-time then, you had talkshow hosts like "Long John" Nebbel and Joe Pine again. I think they were mainly on at weeknights. Here is Pittsburgh on KDKA radio from the 1950's until 1971, we had a husband/wife couple, "Ed and Wendy King," where the caller was not heard over the radio but either Ed or Wendy would repeat what they said.

I think there is a demand for music on AM, a lot of people fondly remember it. I'm a huge talkshow junkie myself but there are times I need to get away from that stuff and think back to the 1970's when I was a kid.