tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post4436948155114417801..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Sepia Saturday 358 : Radio Waves Alan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-70284948840421321512017-03-12T22:30:47.674+00:002017-03-12T22:30:47.674+00:00Great radio memories. I remember the old wooden or...Great radio memories. I remember the old wooden or wood veneered radio my parents had, and enjoyed being able to twiddle with the reception at night in particular, when you seemed to be able to tune in to a lot more distant and interesting broadcasts from all over.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-23928887876112407472017-03-11T20:01:28.451+00:002017-03-11T20:01:28.451+00:00My life could also be measured in radios. When I m...My life could also be measured in radios. When I moved to London in the 80s my first big purchase was a Philips AM/FM/SW digital model. I quickly became a devotee of all the varieties of BBC radio and the SW allowed me to hear voices from home. I still prefer listening to baseball on the radio rather than watching it on TV. Sadly the selection of analog SW stations is not what it used to be, so I have converted to an Internet Radio set that lets me select global stations far beyond the reach of radio signals. No static either.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-58606917096835579302017-03-11T19:03:35.493+00:002017-03-11T19:03:35.493+00:00Indeed it is (circa 1969)Indeed it is (circa 1969)Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-25071501595281676702017-03-11T16:06:34.124+00:002017-03-11T16:06:34.124+00:00I do like the sound of your invention Alan; let me...I do like the sound of your invention Alan; let me know when its patented. I too inherited a radiogram and loved it; tweaking the dial to tune into a crackly radio statio and what a sound! <br /><br />Is that Issy? It's not captioned. Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-21238854409309919602017-03-11T00:28:54.602+00:002017-03-11T00:28:54.602+00:00I inherited a big combo record player/radio/shortw...I inherited a big combo record player/radio/shortwave radio when my family got a snazy new one for downstairs. This was while I was in college in the late 1960s. Before that, I remember listening to Radio Habana Cuba on the big radio downstairs in the dining room.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-36270471122339830862017-03-10T21:27:01.274+00:002017-03-10T21:27:01.274+00:00Me too, many radios in my past. I was unusual I t...Me too, many radios in my past. I was unusual I think, as a teen, in that I never bought records, nor played many that belonged to my little sister. She did give me some at one point, which started a collection that I played. But I preferred the radio for many choices, including the latest recordings.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-35452497369046051282017-03-10T20:51:48.597+00:002017-03-10T20:51:48.597+00:00A retrospective memory camera would be great :). O...A retrospective memory camera would be great :). Often when looking at old photos it is the things in the background that we then took for granted that are now more interesting.Anne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970750528434435027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-2756474688346946002017-03-10T19:44:51.392+00:002017-03-10T19:44:51.392+00:00I remember the old Bakerlite radio and listening a...I remember the old Bakerlite radio and listening as a child to "Children's Favourites" on a Saturday morning. My first personal radio was a tiny transistor which kept me company for many years. My first click/radio was a present from my daughter, soon after she started working and I wouldn't want to be without one now, to wake me with the morning news and send me to sleep with relaxing classics. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-81637236264668238072017-03-10T18:52:59.386+00:002017-03-10T18:52:59.386+00:00I wish I had been able to see my grandparents'...I wish I had been able to see my grandparents' crystal radio set, but unfortunately it was long gone by the time I was born. I grew up with a couple of console radios and remember listening to the news and football games and things like "Hopalong Cassidy", "The Lone Ranger", "Roy Rogers", "Fibber McGee and Molly", "Dragnet", "The Inner Sanctum" and etc. But when most of those programs turned to television and the radio became mostly music, I turned to records so I could listen to the kind of music I enjoyed the most. The only time I listened to the radio after that was when I was somewhere where I couldn't play records - such as at the beach or sunbathing on the back patio. Even then I took my portable record player outside once on a summer day and played an LP while sunbathing. Unfortunately, the LP melted because I didn't think to keep the record player under cover instead of letting it sit out in the sun. Oh well. :)La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-86313597827038388972017-03-10T14:52:29.904+00:002017-03-10T14:52:29.904+00:00My radio was plastic with some sort of woven fabri...My radio was plastic with some sort of woven fabric covering the speakers, I suppose. The radio was multipurpose. It had a clock and an alarm in addition to the AM and FM stations. <br /><br />I enjoyed your memories with or without pictures. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-28538238421029609342017-03-10T13:56:28.730+00:002017-03-10T13:56:28.730+00:00I spent my earliest years listening to an old bake...I spent my earliest years listening to an old bake light radio from my mother's adolescence. I received a small transistor radio as a gift in childhood and later, from about fourteen onward had a radio built-in to my then stereo system which I listened to nightly as I was doing homework. Still rather listen to radio than watch television.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com