I grew up in the suburbs of NY. The station, if I remember correctly was WNEW FM. Allison Steel was referred to as the Night Bird. She came on around 11PM nightly. She had a sultry voice that just drew you in! Her program was so orchestrated that she would almost literary take you away. All of her songs blended into a theme. One song seemed to take you right into the next so smoothly. Not like so many other DJ's that would put you into a frame of mind and then on the next song rip you totally out of where you were. This all w/o the fanfare of the funny cigarettes. Going back almost fifty years. Robert TN
What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey?
I am older so my radio stations of influence were in their prime during the British invasion and many, many American singers and groups.
The stations I listen to the most were WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KAAY out of Little Rock, Arkansas and KOMA out of Oklahama. When I was in the Air Froce I had a few stations near the main base I was stationed at outside of Rapid City, S.D.
Of course systems and better and better systems and FM became the dominate source for broadcast/online music. I did learn much of what I liked and eventually purchased through early radio listening.
I still listen to radio mainly for Jazz stations and NPR news.
The stations I listen to the most were WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KAAY out of Little Rock, Arkansas and KOMA out of Oklahama. When I was in the Air Froce I had a few stations near the main base I was stationed at outside of Rapid City, S.D.
Of course systems and better and better systems and FM became the dominate source for broadcast/online music. I did learn much of what I liked and eventually purchased through early radio listening.
I still listen to radio mainly for Jazz stations and NPR news.
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