As the years continue to fly by, I think it’s good to know the internet is still alive with plenty of comments that people have
written about KAAY and how much it meant to them.
Just out of curiosity I did an online search to see what’s still out
there and I was surprised at postings that are still active. They are great reading. Some folks really pour their hearts out.
The internet is always a-changin' and these postings and
links about KAAY can disappear at any time.
Catch them now before they are gone.
Here’s one from a Top 40 radio history site, Trax &
Grooves:
This is a remembrance of Beaker Street from the Winds of
Change community radio site based in Kansas City:
ART-FM is an LPFM community radio station in Louisville KY and they are big fans of Clyde Clifford:
Rex Nelson, senior editor & columnist for the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette, blogs about all kinds of things Southern and did this one on
KAAY in September 2012:
The Arcane Radio Trivia blog has an amazing depth of stories
about anything geek and unique in radio, and Beaker Street certainly
qualifies:
Finally, here are a bunch of KAAY memories on a music comments section of the TigerDroppings site from Louisiana State University:
I got turned on to KAAY in the summer of '63, when our family took a long camping trip from our home in New Jersey to the West Coast and back. Our second night camping was somewhere in Iowa, where KAAY was the loudest thing at night on my Zenith Royal 400 seven-transistor radio, which I listened to constantly with a one-ear earphone (which, when I lost, couldn't be replaced, since there were no Radio Shacks—or the equivalent—yet). The next day our car's engine blew up (kinda literally), and, long story short, was replaced. The next few nights were spent in midwestern and prairie states where KAAY was still the loudest thing, dedicating songs to listeners from the Gulf to Canada. I listened again on the way home, fully impressed.
ReplyDeleteThe other nighttime Top 40 giants in my life then were WLS/890 in Chicago, WKBW/1520 in Buffalo and KOMA on the same channel in Oklahoma City. Both of those, like KAAY, have fallen on hard times since. WKBW, now WWKB, last I checked, was operating on reduced power; and KOMA, now KOKC has yet to replace towers lost in a tornado. Alas, the whole AM band is gradually eroding away.
Great post, and keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteGrew up in Iowa ..Mason City and always found a way to stay up..lol..it was the 60s if ya get my drift to listen from around 8 till 1am. Best signal and tunes in the entire country..Thanks for the great memories
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