Like many of you guys, I came of age with AM radio at the time of the British Invasion. Where I lived in central Kansas, the sole AM rock & roll station went off the air at sundown, so it was always an adventure at night finding the "big city" rock stations like KOMA in Oklahoma City, WLS in Chicago, KAAY in Little Rock. The AM radio I used at home was my parent's hand-me-down and still a tube type model. The old AM radios of the 40's and early '50's had tremendous tuners because stations were still few and far between. The also used decent speakers, especially in those huge old consoles.
At least for my baby-boomer tastes, there hasn't been any decent music made in the last 25 years, and I usually don't bother turning on the radio in the car at all. I'd rather just think about the day's events, rather than listen to the inane junk they call Top 40 nowadays. I wouldn't be opposed to buying my next car without a radio at all. I'm getting more like my old man every day!
At least for my baby-boomer tastes, there hasn't been any decent music made in the last 25 years, and I usually don't bother turning on the radio in the car at all. I'd rather just think about the day's events, rather than listen to the inane junk they call Top 40 nowadays. I wouldn't be opposed to buying my next car without a radio at all. I'm getting more like my old man every day!
