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Element 99

Do you remember when there was no FM radio? Do you even know what it is?

Posted - January 31, 2019
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  • 628
    Hey there Element99
    610 KFRC...with Dr. Donald D. Rose.
      January 31, 2019 5:41 PM MST
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  • Awww, Dr Don D Rose.  He was great. I can still hear the "610  KFRCeeee" jingle in my head.   Do you happen to remember Pat McCormick and Charlie and Humphrey?  Another favorite of mine.




      January 31, 2019 5:47 PM MST
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  • 628
    Hey Lavender..
    .Ohhh...Charlie and Humphry...sure do, Wow, what a blast from the past..
    How bout' Creature Feature with...what was his name...Wilkens, Bob Wilkens..
    Do you by chance remember the show that started with a clown driving a fire truck down the road waving, my younger brother was one of the studio kids on that
      January 31, 2019 6:00 PM MST
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  • 628
    Dialing for dollars...
      January 31, 2019 6:01 PM MST
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  • I loved Creature Feature with Bob Wilkins.. that was always fun to watch.   I don't remember the program with the clown. I even tried Googling it, but I couldn't find it. How fun for your brother though.    That reminds me of Romper Room with Miss Mary Ann.  They filmed it in Oakland, and I always wanted to be one of the kids.   Dialing For Dollars!  My dad loved that show.   Wow, I had forgotten all about that one.
      January 31, 2019 6:08 PM MST
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  • 628

    I had to call my brother to ask...Hocus Pocus...
    The man who played him also was Santa Clause at Sant's Village..
    Haha.."I see lavender and....." as she looked at her magic mirror

      January 31, 2019 6:22 PM MST
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  • Yes, I just found it!  

      January 31, 2019 7:30 PM MST
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  • 628
    Hahahaha...wow...thanks lavender, I'm gonna send that to my brother
      January 31, 2019 7:34 PM MST
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  • The very end, when he backs out of the drive way and the message appears, "Be Back Monday" seems vaguely familiar to me.   Looks like a great, retro show though.
      January 31, 2019 7:37 PM MST
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  • 16794
    I still listen to AM radio occasionally. I prefer the ABC cricket commentary to the drivel on TV.
      January 31, 2019 7:48 PM MST
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  • 44620
    I use it as a lightning detector. I dial up a blank area and it can pick up lightning long before it gets there.
      February 2, 2019 2:02 PM MST
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  • 53509


      RandyDMillennial: Like, which app is that found on, dude ?

    ~
      January 31, 2019 9:13 PM MST
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  • 19937
    You mean like Cousin Brucie on WABC?  Yes, I remember. :)
      January 31, 2019 9:41 PM MST
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  • 3523
    FM = Frequency Modulator, I think.  I don't know how it works but it got rid of a lot of static from lightning and improved reception in tunnels, parking garages etc.  I google it and come back with the complete, correct answer.
      February 1, 2019 8:41 PM MST
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  • 44620
    You don't need to...I was an electronics tech in the Navy.
      February 2, 2019 2:04 PM MST
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  • 53509

      (Frequency Modulated)
      February 2, 2019 7:02 PM MST
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  • 44620
    A frequency modulator is the device that does the modulation, therefore, he was partially correct.
      February 2, 2019 7:07 PM MST
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  • Sure I remember that.  We used to listen to Uncle Larry Lujack on WLS radio in Chicago.  Oh and I can't forget Chicken Man aka Benton Harbor ... WCFL in Chicago!  
      February 2, 2019 10:19 AM MST
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  • 44620
    We could pick up WLS in Toledo. I remember Larry Lujack.
      February 2, 2019 2:05 PM MST
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  • Papa was the only one in the house with a radio.. I think it was AM. lol
      February 2, 2019 7:05 PM MST
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  • 6098
    I think there has been FM since 1940 or so. My parents sometimes listened to show music and classical in stereo in the 1960s.  I probably did not listen until I left home in the mid 70s and got with people who liked it. 

    A more apt question would now be does anyone remember AM radio? 
      February 3, 2019 10:25 AM MST
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