AM Radio (not _talk_, therefore not politics...) - Beyond Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 12:29 PM I grew up listening to AM 'cause I wasn't into the "hard rock" the FM stations were playing in those years. (When I was a kid I thought Pink Floyd was hard rock.) I still like the sound of music over AM, the flat mono, fuzz, and crackle. In Seattle we have 880 AM KIXI which plays the old standards. Unfortunately their mix runs to anything smooth and oooh-y and they play way too much Barry Manilow, Anne Murray, Carpenters, Bread, Olivia Newton John and similar drool. (For the record: I actually like the Carpenters and Bread...But only occasionally, and never with Frank or Dean.) KIXI also play modern artists doing classics, such as Royal Crown Revue and Better Midler (not so bad if I don't have to watch her perform). We also have Classic Country 1090 which plays, yes, classic country. Sadly their "classic" picks head well into the early 90's so there's Garth and Judds to wade through (on the other hand the modern mainstream country makes Garth and the Judds sound classic). Country music sounds best on AM, especially when stuck at a railroad crossing counting box cars going by. In central Washington there used to be an AM station that had an elevator music format. Riding across the state on a Greyhound bus listening to their broadcast was very surreal.

I grew up listening to AM 'cause I wasn't into the "hard rock" the FM stations were playing in those years. (When I was a kid I thought Pink Floyd was hard rock.) I still like the sound of music over AM, the flat mono, fuzz, and crackle.
In Seattle we have 880 AM KIXI which plays the old standards. Unfortunately their mix runs to anything smooth and oooh-y and they play way too much Barry Manilow, Anne Murray, Carpenters, Bread, Olivia Newton John and similar drool. (For the record: I actually like the Carpenters and Bread...But only occasionally, and never with Frank or Dean.) KIXI also play modern artists doing classics, such as Royal Crown Revue and Better Midler (not so bad if I don't have to watch her perform).

We also have Classic Country 1090 which plays, yes, classic country. Sadly their "classic" picks head well into the early 90's so there's Garth and Judds to wade through (on the other hand the modern mainstream country makes Garth and the Judds sound classic). Country music sounds best on AM, especially when stuck at a railroad crossing counting box cars going by.

In central Washington there used to be an AM station that had an elevator music format. Riding across the state on a Greyhound bus listening to their broadcast was very surreal.

Post #83024 by woofmutt on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 12:29 PM