At one time during the 30's WLS was a half million watt station, people used to get it on their tooth fillings: that is ten times the maximum power now allowed on the AM dial.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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At one time during the 30's WLS was a half million watt station, people used to get it on their tooth fillings: that is ten times the maximum power now allowed on the AM dial.
WBZ did the same thing for me...up and down with signal strength. I seem to remember “The Larry Glick show”.
At night, AM stations bounce off the ionosphere which is not constant so they'll fade up and down. Yup the Larry Glick show, he was well known in Mass.
I got my long-distance AM rock from WLS in Chicago and I don't recall the call letters of the rocker in Little Rock, AR. I recall mounting a small speaker (for the radio) in a cylindrical oatmeal container in an effort to get a little more bass. Magic from the air.
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In the late 50s', I had a transistor AM radio with no speaker and the antenna built in to the permanently attached single earbud. I was living in central Tejas and, after dark, could pick up the NYC AM clear station that broadcast the Yankees. Texas had no pro baseball teams at the time and the '60 Yankees had all of those memorable players. Mantle, Maris, Berra, Ford, Kubek, Boyer, Mooooose, Slaughter, the Thronester.
It was a wonderful time...until my brother ripped the earbud out of the radio and my father refused to replace it.
I got my long-distance AM rock from WLS in Chicago and I don't recall the call letters of the rocker in Little Rock, AR. I recall mounting a small speaker (for the radio) in a cylindrical oatmeal container in an effort to get a little more bass. Magic from the air.
Beats two open 6x9's in the back window of a sedan...although there could have been some bass deflection from the back window.
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Those were my other two long-distance love affairs, WLS and KAAY Little Rock, home of the "Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford" show. Ran from midnight to 5am Central. WLS used to have great audio shows around 10:30pm like Fractured Fairy Tales and Nick Danger, Third Eye!I got my long-distance AM rock from WLS in Chicago and I don't recall the call letters of the rocker in Little Rock, AR. I recall mounting a small speaker (for the radio) in a cylindrical oatmeal container in an effort to get a little more bass. Magic from the air.
It was a small 4 or 5" speaker, a pair of 6x9's would have whomped it.
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It was a small 4 or 5" speaker, a pair of 6x9's would have whomped it.
A pair of bare 6x9's? Maybe if your ears were right up against them. Much depends upon the output of the radio but, I would have gone for the "cylindrical oatmeal container" for your 4 or 5" speaker if it was properly sealed and configured. Oh, and I am referring to bass response. A 2" tweeter on it's own for treble would be fine. IMHO.
A pair of bare 6x9's? Maybe if your ears were right up against them. Much depends upon the output of the radio but, I would have gone for the "cylindrical oatmeal container" for your 4 or 5" speaker if it was properly sealed and configured. Oh, and I am referring to bass response. A 2" tweeter on it's own for treble would be fine. IMHO.
I assumed the 6x9's were flush-mounted and had the trunk space for an 'infinite baffle'. I guess it also depends on the quality of the 6x9's.
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I assumed the 6x9's were flush-mounted and had the trunk space for an 'infinite baffle'. I guess it also depends on the quality of the 6x9's also.
Ah, yes but I did say "
That was the go to station at night in southeast MO, too. Once I had a car with FM it was FM100 in Memphis. Sadly, that station changed format sometime after we moved from the area. I tuned in the last time we were over there and it was like "what the heck is that?" It's pop now. Glad we have SiriusXM it both cars.
I assumed the 6x9's were flush-mounted and had the trunk space for an 'infinite baffle'. I guess it also depends on the quality of the 6x9's.
I put JBL 6x9 in the '98 Accord we had. World of difference. The factory audio has improve considerably since. The '13 Accord has a subwoofer (8" I think) plus the two speakers in the shelf, doors, and A-pillars.
FM used to be great until they went to AM style advertising. The HD stations are just as bad. If I listened to radio while driving, I would have SiriusXM. Now I enjoy my iPhone music or just the peace and quiet of nothing...I hate advertising!
Advertising = the dark side of capitalism. I could rant for hours, but I'll spare us and just not go there.
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How would you know where to buy car insurance? Huh?Advertising = the dark side of capitalism. I could rant for hours, but I'll spare us and just not go there.
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