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[Rodney Bullock]

I know you guy's have seen this youtube clip of the former homeless guy. I remember him on the radio. It's funny how no matter what happens to folks their god given talent never seems to get lost. I was listening to some clips of Wolfman jack on the internet here a couple of nights ago.

Radio has turned a corner on us. The AM station are not what they use to be however with thw invention of SAt. light radio. Am radio might make a come back. I remember folks owning radio stations and running them. they were not rich it was just a job. I see now only big corp. own radio station or i'm I wrong. This internet has Doo Wop, oldies and some long gone radio personalities. INTERESTING;)

[Oldguy48]

I've been watching this story develop, and it's great that this guy has gotten the chance to turn his life around. His talent is incredible. I hope he is successful.

As far as the AM stations, a friend of mine used to own/operate one. He ran the place on a shoestring budget, and finally gave up. The cost of maintaining aging equipment, and all the other overhead was just too much to make it a profitable venture. I listen to satellite radio, but avoid AM and FM broadcast radio, simply because I get annoyed with the advertising.

[Paul Beard]

Just wait when FM first started there were no commercials until enough people started to listen . The owners then found out they could sell advertising and the rest is histroy. Last I heard was on Sat. radio they have commercials on talk shiows not on music only stationsa.

[Rodney Bullock]

The first thing Sat. Radio said was they were going to be commercial free. This was the selling point. all that changed when they merged and got all the subcriber's they needed. Oh well what can you do.

On another note I was looking at some old GM car perks and saw that they had a record player, shaver, flash light and telephone. All this in the 50's and 60's. Ibet that phone was rotory.

I know you guy's can still remember when radio was THE only entertainment. So much has changed in our life time.

We still can't find a why to make a plymouth run off tap water:D

[michael.warshaw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5GjvyoyDMc

[1940plymouth]

Rodney,

I remember growing up in the late '50's and '60s, we had three tv stations, one out of Plattsburgh,NY and one out of Burlington, VT, and one out of Montreal, Quebec. If we wanted to watch the "Mickey Mouse Club" we had to manually turn the antenna to get a channel out of Poland Springs, Maine, but it was always very snowy. Boy did I have a crush on Annette:)

The radio stations were all AM and would fade in and out. I remember listening to a station out of Buffalo, with the "Chickenman" in the evenings and how the Yankee games would fade in and out while trying to listen to them at night, but the day games would come in just fine.

I have sat radio in the house and garage, much better listening and far less commericails, plus I have my choice of what I want to listen to.

My thoughts,

Bob

[Big_John]

I spend a lot of time driving for work, so I have a Satellite radio in my vehicles. Its great to not have to listen to commercials or really stupid DJ's. I do miss local news and weather sometimes, but then again, when I do tune in a local radio station, I get really sick of hearing the names of local towns mispronounced and a real generic weather forecast. Its pretty obvious that the forecast/news was recorded someplace else, who knows where, maybe hundreds or thousands of miles away.

The Sat stations I listen to don't have commercials, although there are a few stations (especially talk and news) that do have them.

[MacTexas]

Can't get Rush Limbaugh on Sat radio, so I still listen to AM everyday.

[Reg Evans]

Mega Dittos Mac.

[Frank Elder]

Can't get Rush Limbaugh on Sat radio, so I still listen to AM everyday.

Mega Dittos Mac.

That would be a reason for me to GET sat. radio.