FM Radio, anyone?
I was a kid in the 70s. I remember listening to Detroit Tiger baseball on WJR AM 760 on summer evenings - the voice was Ernie Harwell. And I remember listening to music on our local FM stations, and FM sounded so much better than AM (well, of course it did!).
I remember the glow of the dial on higher end FM tuners, or on receivers. We had a Pioneer that was nice. But a neighbor had a beautiful Marantz with the heavy horizontal tuning dial. Today I own a Model 19 and a 2215b.
So, today I also own a McIntosh MR87 and I plan to showcase it in a whole house audio rack, with a rooftop antenna for the best possible reception. I also have a Magnum Dynalab MD-108 and I’m not sure where to put it, but it sure is pretty!
Yeah, I know, the SQ is crap compared to just about anything else these days. And radio stations just aren’t as good as they used to be, or as I choose to remember them (the exception being WXRT in Chicago). But I cannot let go! Anyone else?
Oh man! Ernie Harwell on Sunday nights!! What a lovely time to be a kid!
I first heard Motown on CKLW Windsor and I was hooked. W-4 with Howard Stern, WRIF with Arthur Penhallow and Steve Dahl on WABX. Man those were great times to be a Detroit boy!
I had an Onkyo T-9 with “Quartz Lock Tuning” to stop station drift. Oh boy was I a lucky kid.
I still have a soft spot for the radio. Flaws and all. |
A simple dipole. Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-300-ohm-Transformer-Natural-Receiver/dp/B07M9MXQ48 I’ve tried a number of indoor antennas, while they are better than nothing, none of them was really any better than this. The dipole has a lot of surface area, gives you flexibility in positioning, and is cheap. |
There are local fm radio stations that I like and aren’t just the same old songs rotated endlessly. One calls itself “Real Roots Radio” and has 3 stations it broadcasts on in SW Ohio and features old time country music, including bluegrass. |
@unclewilbur CKLW yes! Great tunes from across the river. |
