Does anyone know where there is a place on the net that would be like a
youtube where people can listen to and upload old radio recording?  I've
been  looking all over for older stuff in Detroit radio, and  haven't had
too much luck with it.




On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, T Behler wrote:

>     John:
>
> No, it was the talk radio coming out of WKBW in Buffalo I couldn't listen to
> for even five minutes.
>
> The oldies coming from W O K Y were much more tolerable, and brought back
> all kinds of neat memories.  The format was really kind of neat too.
>
> (grin)
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>
>
> > It must be pretty good if you can listen for 5 minutes, I don't know of
> > any
> > talk radio I can stand for more than about 1 second.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:13 PM
> > Subject: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> >
> >
> >> Hi, all.
> >>
> >> As many of you may know, one of my interests over the years has been
> >> monitoring patterns in formats for both AM and FM broadcast stations.
> >>
> >> Today, I was casually cruising through the AM broadcast band from here in
> >> Central Lower Michigan, and I came across W O K Y, 920 AM, out of
> >> Milwaukee,
> >> WI.
> >>
> >> What really struck me is that here was a station with an oldies format
> >> that
> >> clearly was trying to re-create the sound and aura of those 1960's top 40
> >> AM
> >> stations that many of us grew up with.
> >>
> >> During the short time I listened, I actually was rather impressed with
> >> what
> >> they were doing.
> >>
> >> I remember that WKBW in Buffalo, NY was doing this several years ago when
> >> I
> >> came across them while visiting relatives on the east coast, but they
> >> since
> >> have gone to some kind of awful talk format which I couldn't stand
> >> listening
> >> to for more than 5 minutes.
> >>
> >> In researching W O K Y further via the radio-locator web site, I notice
> >> that
> >> they are a Clear Channel station.
> >>
> >> I wonder if this is something that more clear channel stations are going
> >> to
> >> try, or whether W O K Y is just an isolated experiment by Clear Channel.
> >>
> >> I also wonder how W O K Y is doing with regard to ratings in the
> >> Milwaukee
> >> area.  I think that Howard (WA9TOP) from the list is from the Milwaukee
> >> area, so perhaps he can give us some insights from a local perspective if
> >> he
> >> is interested.
> >>
> >> I hope you all don't mind this post. I just found the situation with W O
> >> K
> >> Y
> >> A M to be quite interesting.
> >>
> >> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
> >
>