Today, 73 years ago

[Jangler]

Hey gang, crank up the FM stereo tuner and celebrate the reason why you listen to that hard rock/alternative music stuff in the first place. Commercial FM broadcasting began in the U.S. when station W47NV in Nashville, TN started operations on this day in 1941. W47NV was the first commercial FM radio station to receive a license, some 20 years after its AM radio counterpart, KDKA in Pittsburgh. For those of you who don’t remember, FM stands for ‘frequency modulation’ as opposed to ‘amplitude modulation’.

 

 

[pstall]

I thought this was your birthday thread.

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[Anybodyhome]

And remember the stereo's that were literally pieces of furniture in your living room to play that music?

 

[pstall]

And remember the stereo's that were literally pieces of furniture in your living room to play that music?

 

 

i see these ever so often when i go to the Habitat for Humanity Re Store. If I had a man cave one of these would be in there.

 

[Anybodyhome]

i see these ever so often when i go to the Habitat for Humanity Re Store. If I had a man cave one of these would be in there.

 

 

The one pictured below is similar to the first stereo I ever owned as a teenager. I bought it from a neighbor for $8 and it cranked! Had a 12", 10" and a couple 4" speakers in it. I replaced the 10" as it was torn and I learned all about vacuum tube electronics. You find a supplier for tubes and you can likely rebuild one of these back to almost new. 

 

 

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

in b4 " Back in my day".

Back in my day...........

A dime bag was a wonderbread bag full of pot and it was a dime.

We refered to condoms as " what the fug is that?"

We walked to school 4 miles, in a foot of snow, barefoot, up hill both ways.

[Argus Plexus]

Lol vamp that's fuging classic

[DC Amp]

FM was so cool, you actually capture the stereo effect in your car without having to listen to a hi-fi phonograph record player.

 

 

So I'm told.  ;)

[2jakefansinva]

And remember the stereo's that were literally pieces of furniture in your living room to play that music?

 

 

had one given to me that was very similar.

[Anybodyhome]

We walked to school 4 miles, in a foot of snow, barefoot, up hill both ways.

 

Actually, back in my day we were so poor that me and my brother only had one pair of shoes between us so I would carry him the first mile and he would carry me the second; we'd switch off everyday. When the snow was really bad, he'd wear one shoe, I'd wear the other and after a mile we'd switch which feet they were on.

 

All this while living in San Diego.....

[Anybodyhome]

FM was so cool, you actually capture the stereo effect in your car without having to listen to a hi-fi phonograph record player.

 

 

So I'm told.  ;)

 

The birth of "free-form" radio began in LA with the AOR station KLOS 95.5 which I grew up on. Jim Ladd, Jeff Gonzer and JJ Jackson were 3 of their premier DJs, and Ladd and Jackson still work in the biz on Sirius/XM stations.

 

KROQ came on the scene with a more hard rock, metal edge to them and I listened to both until I was leaving for the Navy in 1973.

 

[The KP]

Samsung sells soundbars with tubes but they are pricey.

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[PanthaSan]

in b4 " Back in my day".

Back in my day...........

A dime bag was a wonderbread bag full of pot and it was a dime.

We refered to condoms as " what the fug is that?"

We walked to school 4 miles, in a foot of snow, barefoot, up hill both ways.

 

 

Dammit!