Memories of John Garabedian and V-66...

[Doug Drown]

>>BTW keep in mind that in 1971 FM was
still a non factor. While college kids were getting tuners for dorm
rooms, 95% of car radios were AM only.>>

Back in the late '60s, a few AM rockers were simulcasting on FM for at least
part of the day ---WBZ and WHYN come to mind particularly.  I thought that
was cool, because the signals were so much clearer.  I realized that radio
would never be the same when some FM stations, like WVBF (nee WKOX-FM),
began employing Top 40 formats in the early- to -mid-70's.

How many of us had FM converters in our cars?  I used mine from around 1970,
when I first bought it in Mass., until 1979 when I purchased my first
brand-new car here in Maine.  Audiovox was the brand.  It worked really
well.

-Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
To: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
Cc: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Memories of John Garabedian and V-66...


> Bud was still at WMEX in late 1971 as I went to the Bruins home opener
> with him in October and he recorded his show that afternoon. He had us
> in stiches when he told the story of the hack he and Dale Dorman
> pulled in Syracuse. One night they played the same records at the same
> time driving button pushers nuts. BTW keep in mind that in 1971 FM was
> still a non factor. While college kids were getting tuners for dorm
> rooms, 95% of car radios were AM only.