Mike, I forgot the station from Jackson I used to hear regularly at
the VSDB, Va School For The Deaf And Blind, in Staunton, VA, the
inimitible "rebel radio," on 1300 WRBC.

On 9/20/14, Mike Duke, K5XU <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I too do not listen to very much AM now other than to hear an
> occasional baseball game.
>
> But, back in the day, in addition to some of the powerhouses that have
> already been mentioned, these stations had outstanding signals into
> Mississippi.:
>
> WKYC, 1100, Cleveland which was where I heard Jackson Armstrong.
>
> And then there was KAAY, 1090, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their
> overnight program, Beaker Street, with Clyde Clifford, was legendary.
> For those who do not know this program, it was FM album rock music on
> an AM station. He would play groups like Iron Butterfly, Jefferson
> Airplane, and some really crazy stuff like The Legend of the Titanic by
> Jami Brockett.
>
> I was close enough to Memphis to hear both WHBQ, and WMPS. With a good
> radio, I could hear both of them during most of the day, and at night
> too, but not too well at night.
>
> >From New Orleans, there was WNOE, and WTIX. They would go directional
> away from me at night, but had good daytime signals here.
>
> There was also a soul station in New Orleans that was WYLD. That one
> couldn't be heard this far north, but we all thought the call letters
> were cool.
>
> Here in Jackson, Mississippi, there was also a soul station on, WOKJ,
> on 1550. They were 50 KW day, and 10 KW at night with a crazy 6 tower
> directional pattern. Friends in New York, and in Denver have told me
> about hearing them at night.
>
> Gary Burbank, who did the novelty song "Who Shot J. R." while at WHAS
> in Louisville, worked here in the mid 60's before moving to Memphis. He
> came out to the school for the blind and talked with a few of us radio
> junkeys, then was the emcee for a talent show. He used the name Johnny
> Apoloo in those days.
>
> And then, there was this crazy fool that would come screaming through
> the speaker at about midnight on XERF, on 1570. That, of course, was
> Wolf Man Jack.
>
> --
> Mike Duke, K5XU
>