The famous country music venue and radio show “The Grand Ole Opry” turns 100 years old today. Grand Ole Opry host Charlie ...
Traditional AM / FM radio isn't as popular as it once was, but these apps are keeping the legacy alive and well. You don't ...
Before the first television station came to Knoxville in the fall of 1953, the chief entertainment in the average household was radio. Families listened to music, religious programming, soap operas, ...
The mission was supposed to be simple: Drive to my father-in-law’s house, head into the garage, and grab one of his spare garden hoses to replace the one I accidentally chopped in half with the ...
KCAL Old Time Radio recreates radio shows from the 1940s and 50s and performs them live. Before television shows like ours, families used to gather around the radio and listen, not just to music, but ...
Rich Gardner, an author and self proclaimed music fanatic, joins Bob Sirott to discuss some of the latest publications in his catalog of books documenting the best selling records, top charts, and ...
KRTH (101.1 FM) celebrated a birthday last month: the oldies station turned 82 in early August. It was in May of 1940 that the Federal Communications Commission issued the first construction permits ...
When host Peter O’Dowd asked his 13-year-old daughter what songs are popular on TikTok right now, she responded with “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka from 1959. Music writer Ted Gioia has ...
Please check your inbox for your confirmation. If you’re driving through the greater Ravenswood area and tune your radio dial to 87.9 FM, you might just enter a sort of radio twilight zone. On tap?
For yet more proof that nothing lasts forever in radio, the venerable 92.3 FM — once known as "Disco 92," then "K-Rock" (Howard Stern's terrestrial radio base for 20 years) and more recently "Alt 92.3 ...