George,
I read Bill Beason’s posting and totally agree - AM was the king of the airwaves in the early 60s.
A side note - I grew up near Terre Haute, Indiana, and drove a Chevy convertible with a Delco radio in it. That receiver, and my location from their transmitters, allowed me to get a clean signal from WSM (650) in Nashville, WNBC (660) in New York City, and WMAQ (670) in Chicago.
All three were NBC affiliates (WNBC and WMAQ were o-and-os). When they took network at the top of the hour, it was like the whole left end of my car radio dial was an NBC news on the hour newscast.
Of course, WLS (and later WCFL) were the bomb, but I could also get 5000-watt KXOK in St. Louis during daytime hours. WLS, WCFL, WMAQ, WBBM, and WGN all put good signals into ‘Haute from nearly 200 miles away in Chicago, day and night.
Thanks for hangin’ with the Possum
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