Ugh, I used to listen to 92.3 WXRK, KRock, all the time. I’m from Jersey and sometimes the signal would be a little weak and I’d have to hold the floppy antenna of my stereo (with five-disc CD changer and double tape deck), but I’d record songs on tape as they came on for later listening, and the double deck was great for making mixtapes.
Well, in fairness, I got 92.3, but I also got 94.1 WYSP out of Philadelphia. Both played rock and rock was all I needed. 103.2 was alt and decent sometimes. 97.5 ended up going way too pop.
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Top 40 Radio. It was the default in most stores and restaurants.
You didn’t have to go hunting for music, music came to you.
People in small towns were hearing Motown and people in the city were hearing Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton.
These days, most of the places I go into have a 1980s station on.
Also, variety TV shows.
that was one of the most awful parts of this era, and it continues to this fucking day.
Ugh, I used to listen to 92.3 WXRK, KRock, all the time. I’m from Jersey and sometimes the signal would be a little weak and I’d have to hold the floppy antenna of my stereo (with five-disc CD changer and double tape deck), but I’d record songs on tape as they came on for later listening, and the double deck was great for making mixtapes.
I was lucky.
I lived in New York and had a lot of radio choices.
Well, in fairness, I got 92.3, but I also got 94.1 WYSP out of Philadelphia. Both played rock and rock was all I needed. 103.2 was alt and decent sometimes. 97.5 ended up going way too pop.