[NJARC] Philadelphia Radio

[Jim Whartenby]

Wasn't WFIL on 560?  Famous 56 was the tag line.
My first collectible radio was an Atwater Kent Model 60 console, which
I still have.  Use to listen to WFIL and WNBC on it while messing with
old radios in the basement when I was 15 or so.
AM never sounded better when the receiver was a TRF!
Regards,
Jim


--- Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> The Philadelphia market has gone nuts recently: Within
> the past 10 years(much of this recent) weve lost or
> changed as follows:
> 
> WFLN 95.7 went from decades of Classical, to newest
> pop 40 overnight, then to something else, now a great
> range of classic 70's-90's rock.
> 
> WWDB 96.5, went from decades of talk radio (Remember
> Irv Holmer, Dr. James Corea, Frank Ford?) overnight to
> pop 40, then classic rock, back to pop 40.
> 
> 1210 WCAU news radio went to all sports, as did 950
> WPEN- I used to listen to rock on '95 P..E..N' as a
> kid- I remember when Joe Niagra came back...(Shades of
> WIBG)
> 
> 540 WFIL Gone
> 
> 97.5 WPST went from original current rock(in 70's &
> 80s) to pop 40s, to classic rock. As of last Thursday,
> 97.5 is now what 106.1 is, and carries smooth jazz...
> And 106.1 took WPST call sign, and the classic rock-
> right after I said "Wow! 'PST is back carrying the
> music I used to listen to on it when the music was
> new!" and decided to listen to an old favorite station
> for a while. D'OH!
> 
> And what the hell happened to Sunny 104.5? After
> decades of elevator rock, and bop along office chippie
> music, it is now all-Latino.... Moy Loco.
> 
> There are more, but I gotta run...
> 
> Scott