See, out little group of DXers heard a lot of S/WB radio out on Long Island back
in the prolific DX days. A few of us indeed heard, at one time or
another, each of the AMs in the market. The 'new' ones made it to the
area near Kennedy Airport as well ; WPTS 1540 and 750 from Olyphant, for example.
Even though two of us wound up in radio eventually, at the time we were teens, and
paid virtually no attention to things like ratings. We just wanted our Rascals and Chiffons
and Beatles and Stones coming ut of the transistor speakers. Local WABC seemed to
play three songs all week, and local WMCA was a bit too hokey (yet somehow too
'Manhattan' at the same time) for us kids way out in the country
Well, wife & I have been living here, 120 miles west of JFK, for 20 years now. But with
this great, convenient forum -- especially with the expressed WARM nostalgia -- helping
keep the portable radio dial handy still , I figured to ask of those who *were here* for all of that
radio, say, from around 1962 - 1969, some questions. No doubt most of the blanks of the
puzzle will be filled in.
Even though there are different counties involved here, I'm basing this as questions about
the two main cities mentioned nowadays in the ratings as being one place.
Was WARM indeed *it* for that time frame?
It was by far the most solid Scranton signal near JFK. We'd get them in the DAY, mixing
with WEEI Boston and WROW Albany......
What was the go-to MoR station for the parents?
You know, S/WB's equivelant of WOR or WNEW?
Was there only one big MoR or maybe one for WB and one for Scr? .......
Pooch's parents were both from Scranton. While Moms brought along her love of
doo-wopp/Presley/Liberace/Andy Williams when they moved to Philly, Paul imported
his love of C & W. Figuring him to've been maybe late 20's around 1963, what
station would have been his main dude-ranch sanctuary for that genre ? ......
For rhapsodies amid the elevators in town, was there a Beautiful Music station on AM ? ....
On the a s s umption that WARM had the big morning show : Which show was the
main MoR listen for adults? .......
How much impact did WCDL 1440 have ? I ask because they were quite the regular
nearing sunset on Long Island -- which had its OWN 1440 station!
And a few of us DXers once heard their FM (94.3, was it?) off a portable while we were
on a ski lift in the northeast Catskills ......
Which would have been the first FM station to play contemporary pop (Top 40 or AoR) and
as such would have begun chewing away at the AM music audience? ......
The closest big NYC pop-music signal would have been WABC 770. Did they get any discernable
audience in those days ? ......
Same thing vis-a-vis WOR 710 ......
WBAX used to come in as the 2nd-most steady station on Long Island, after local WGBB
signed off at 1AM. (Mixing with WBAX, not as loud, would be Top 40 WWCO from
Waterbury CT, a station and city that wound up occupying the eastern end of what is now I-84).
Was WBAX as popular in Wilkes-Barre as WARM was in Wilkes-Barre? ....
How well did the stations in Honesdale, Nanticoke and Tunkhannock fare ? ....
Thanks for the time, NEPA radio folks !
in the prolific DX days. A few of us indeed heard, at one time or
another, each of the AMs in the market. The 'new' ones made it to the
area near Kennedy Airport as well ; WPTS 1540 and 750 from Olyphant, for example.
Even though two of us wound up in radio eventually, at the time we were teens, and
paid virtually no attention to things like ratings. We just wanted our Rascals and Chiffons
and Beatles and Stones coming ut of the transistor speakers. Local WABC seemed to
play three songs all week, and local WMCA was a bit too hokey (yet somehow too
'Manhattan' at the same time) for us kids way out in the country
Well, wife & I have been living here, 120 miles west of JFK, for 20 years now. But with
this great, convenient forum -- especially with the expressed WARM nostalgia -- helping
keep the portable radio dial handy still , I figured to ask of those who *were here* for all of that
radio, say, from around 1962 - 1969, some questions. No doubt most of the blanks of the
puzzle will be filled in.
Even though there are different counties involved here, I'm basing this as questions about
the two main cities mentioned nowadays in the ratings as being one place.
Was WARM indeed *it* for that time frame?
It was by far the most solid Scranton signal near JFK. We'd get them in the DAY, mixing
with WEEI Boston and WROW Albany......
What was the go-to MoR station for the parents?
You know, S/WB's equivelant of WOR or WNEW?
Was there only one big MoR or maybe one for WB and one for Scr? .......
Pooch's parents were both from Scranton. While Moms brought along her love of
doo-wopp/Presley/Liberace/Andy Williams when they moved to Philly, Paul imported
his love of C & W. Figuring him to've been maybe late 20's around 1963, what
station would have been his main dude-ranch sanctuary for that genre ? ......
For rhapsodies amid the elevators in town, was there a Beautiful Music station on AM ? ....
On the a s s umption that WARM had the big morning show : Which show was the
main MoR listen for adults? .......
How much impact did WCDL 1440 have ? I ask because they were quite the regular
nearing sunset on Long Island -- which had its OWN 1440 station!
And a few of us DXers once heard their FM (94.3, was it?) off a portable while we were
on a ski lift in the northeast Catskills ......
Which would have been the first FM station to play contemporary pop (Top 40 or AoR) and
as such would have begun chewing away at the AM music audience? ......
The closest big NYC pop-music signal would have been WABC 770. Did they get any discernable
audience in those days ? ......
Same thing vis-a-vis WOR 710 ......
WBAX used to come in as the 2nd-most steady station on Long Island, after local WGBB
signed off at 1AM. (Mixing with WBAX, not as loud, would be Top 40 WWCO from
Waterbury CT, a station and city that wound up occupying the eastern end of what is now I-84).
Was WBAX as popular in Wilkes-Barre as WARM was in Wilkes-Barre? ....
How well did the stations in Honesdale, Nanticoke and Tunkhannock fare ? ....
Thanks for the time, NEPA radio folks !