FM Radio, anyone?

Marantz 10b (mine is a rack mount chassis stuffed into reproduction wood case), Marantz 7 and 8b into Cornwall IV’s,  magnum dynalab whip antenna. Living halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, I should really have a roof mounted antenna (suggestions appreciated).  Most of my listening during the day while puttering around the house is the 10b tuned to CBC radio playing classical until 3:00pm.  The combo just works. Wish I had more stations available that I enjoyed as much (roof mounted antenna?) Their Saturday evening jazz program is very good and I love sitting in the dark watching the glow from these relics that are nearly just as old as I, though they’ve aged much better. 

I use a Magnum Dynalab MD 102 and a Fanfare FT1a.   I rotate them in my main system.  Currently have the Fanfare in place.  Great tuner , I'm spoiled by it's remote and it sounds great. 

@jasonbourne71 

WUSF… home of The Underground Railroad

At least while I lived in St. Pete from ‘65-‘75. I  LOVED that station. Attended several of their riverfront festivals too.

They were the only station around playing things like Procol Harum, long-play tunes from Brownsville Station, Bowie, others, worth staying up LATE to listen to on weekends.  Oh, and the LOOOONG versions of “The True Story of The SS Titanic” and Alice’s Restaurant.

I have a Technics ST-9038/SH-9038 combo I did some updates/repair on (better output amplifier - OPA2134 - recapped audio signal path and power supplies, fixed push buttons) and still enjoy listening to late night/weekend FM (Hot Jazz Saturday Night, The Big Broadcast), or did, up until we moved away from DC in May. 

Gotta find out if there’s a station in Nashville or Huntsville (I’m between the two) broadcasting those shows (did NPR finally go fully commercial?), until then, there’s still streaming and I love me some RadioBOB aus Stadt Hessen.

Thanks for the antenna recommendations @yyzsantabarbara ​​​​@big_greg.

I’ll look into those since the Terk is considered pretty bad now. 

I was hoping for something that would meet the WAF. If I use a dipole, I might have to disguise it inside some painted PVC tubing or something. 

Ah, I just looked up Magnum Dynalab. They have a new nice looking indoor antenna the "SR-100 FM Antenna" and I have a local distributor in NC, Audioadvice.

I’ll contact Audioadvice in Charlotte or Raleigh, NC and get some prices and delivery estimates. This one looks good for indoor use on top of my audio rack. 

Thanks again. 

@normb Great contribution, It is clear that where FM Listening really won through is how a Radio Station - Show - DJ / Presenter was able to create a Fan Club in similar context to being a Fan of the Artists who were having their recorded music played.

Even when visiting Florida in the US annually nearly 20 Years ago, my Wife and I struck up a strong like, with hours of airplay for the 'Free the Eagle' 181FM - Eagle Radio Station.