[BC] In the AM radio wars of the '60s, they talked big and talked back

Cowboy curt at spam-o-matic.net
Tue Oct 6 14:28:52 CDT 2009


On Tuesday 06 October 2009 03:16 pm, Glen Kippel wrote:

>  But, many station owners
>  thought FM was worthless (and I worked for an FM that bought their license
>  for $1.00) and let some long-haired people do their thing.  Couldn't hurt --
>  nobody listens to FM, right?  So, there was a fresh new sound, few if any
>  commercials, and listeners discovered FM.

 Frank can correct me, but I seem to recall one of the highest ever rated
 stations in the country, who's initials are WMMS but shall remain nameless,
 came about by a very similar path.

-- 
Cowboy



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