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WNEW-NY. Scott Muni was my favorite dj. A progressive rock station, they played entire sides of rock n roll albums between commercials. From the late-sixties to when The Clash broke up, this was the only station I'd listen to.
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In the sixties, it was WIBG (Wibbage), in Philadelphia.
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Apr 19, 2014 - 6:15 PM
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dan the man
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Only 4 responses, wow, the apathy. When I was a kid, my father always had on WPAT[EASY LISTENING- WINS- [NEWS]. So I heard a lot of old pop, film themes, classical. When I was a teenager, I loved WCBS FM[THEN THEY PLAYED THE TOP 40 FROM 1956 TILL AROUND 1970]They had a doo wop show on Sunday nights, count down a top 20 hit list from a certain date in history on the weekends ETC, ETC.As I got older, stations like WYNY[soft rock] WPIX-FM- MIX ETC ETC.But when cable and then the video revolution came around, little time for the old radio in my life. Now in recent history with the computer and non stop music at work[mix, no station]it is little of interest to me.This was by the way all New York stations.
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In the UK, the best radio station in the world...BBC Radio Four. Drama, comedy, documentary, & it is my favourite station (not was), I prefer it to TV.
Yes, it's tv without the pictures of course. Does this type of radio station exist outside the UK? This is the channel that broadcast the amazing, and still contender for best, dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings. I took some real convincing of the quality of many of the Jackson film series' performances with this remarkable serial still in my head. Gandalf for starters. I have this on cd and still play it.
A friend of mine has a standing joke when people are surprised that he listens to radio drama, he says "the pictures are better on radio"!
And of course, Radio 4 is probably totally responsible for Doctor Who fans' taste for audio drama, which means the fanbase is probably unique in all of sf/fantasy fandom for the sheer amount of audio drama pouring out of one company to the delight of many. Part of that uniqueness extends to many fans in years gone by (including friends of mine), making their own, along with the usual fanzines and fan fiction in print.
I myself have just got into a radio comedy, via it's crossover to tv, with Count Arthur Strong, who I find hilarious on my first purchase of his show on cd.
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I forgot to mention the other great BBC station, Radio 2. I listen to it daily at work, when it's a pop station for we older listeners. So we get everything from as early as we can think right to the more reasonable songs in the very latest chart. This includes movie and tv themes on many occasions.
But far more to the taste of this forum would be the regular evening show Star Sound. This weekly Monday night show was mercilessly short, but every week played a program of genuinef film music from all the greats. At it's peak in popularity it got a second edition, Star Sound Extra on Thursday nights. I recorded many an edition on cassette tape.
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