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That thread on CKRW made me lament how much great radio we missed in other places we couldn’t possibly hear in Toronto.
If the Internet and streaming had been around in the heyday of Top 40 radio, imagine what we could have listened to. Is there one or two stations you would have loved to monitor?
My choices would have been KHJ Los Angeles for morning man Robert W. Morgan or maybe KFRC San Francisco, where Dr. Don Rose held the top rating for years.
I also would have loved to have heard some of the Vancouver radio talent we never got to experience here on stations like CKLG or CFUN.
It’s an “If only” scenario but as Cher said, “If I could turn back time,” those are the ones I’d like to have tuned in live.
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That thread on CKRW made me lament how much great radio we missed in other places we couldn’t possibly hear in Toronto.
If the Internet and streaming had been around in the heyday of Top 40 radio, imagine what we could have listened to. Is there one or two stations you would have loved to monitor?
My choices would have been KHJ Los Angeles for morning man Robert W. Morgan or maybe KFRC San Francisco, where Dr. Don Rose held the top rating for years.
I also would have loved to have heard some of the Vancouver radio talent we never got to experience here on stations like CKLG or CFUN.
It’s an “If only” scenario but as Cher said, “If I could turn back time,” those are the ones I’d like to have tuned in live.
for me it would be these free form stations and others like them:
KMPX FM ( San Fran)
KSAN FM ( San Fran)
WNEW FM ( NY)
WBCN FM (Boston)
WMMR ( Phil)
KSHE ( St Louis)
CHOM FM (Mont)
Note Howard Hesseman below. He was a San Fran free form DJ:
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Radio and TV waves apparently bounce around in space for eternity, so if we could figure out a way of tuning into them we wouldn’t need the internet for enjoying vintage transmissions!
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Radio and TV waves apparently bounce around in space for eternity, so if we could figure out a way of tuning into them we wouldn’t need the internet for enjoying vintage transmissions!
At last! A solution for that missing morning aircheck of Al Boliska on CHUM! The Holy Grail for collectors.
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Radio and TV waves apparently bounce around in space for eternity, so if we could figure out a way of tuning into them we wouldn’t need the internet for enjoying vintage transmissions!
You know that I have dreamed that there would be some kind of atmospheric condition one day that would allow us access to those radio waves. Kind of a retro tropo, Remember that Twilight Zone episode where the man was pulling in old radio broadcasts.
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Remember that Twilight Zone episode where the man was pulling in old radio broadcasts.
That episode was called "Static" and is available to watch free on Tubi, with a U.S.-set VPN.
"Static" On Tubi
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Radio and TV waves apparently bounce around in space for eternity, so if we could figure out a way of tuning into them we wouldn’t need the internet for enjoying vintage transmissions!
At last! A solution for that missing morning aircheck of Al Boliska on CHUM! The Holy Grail for collectors.
Al Boliska is a name I have come across a few times and the last time I heard it was when Gene Stevens talked about him on Vintage Favourites on AM740 and played “The Ballad of the Dying Cowboy”, a novelty song that Boliska recorded in the 60s. I was looking online to confirm the name of this song and noticed that Boliska died a day before his 40th birthday, young.
We’ll figure out how to get those old transmissions somehow!
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Remember that Twilight Zone episode where the man was pulling in old radio broadcasts.
That episode was called "Static" and is available to watch free on Tubi, with a U.S.-set VPN.
"Static" On Tubi
Thanks Fitz and RadioActive, I will watch it at some point!
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At last! A solution for that missing morning aircheck of Al Boliska on CHUM! The Holy Grail for collectors.
Al Boliska is a name I have come across a few times and the last time I heard it was when Gene Stevens talked about him on Vintage Favourites on AM740 and played “The Ballad of the Dying Cowboy”, a novelty song that Boliska recorded in the 60s. I was looking online to confirm the name of this song and noticed that Boliska died a day before his 40th birthday, young.
I had no idea until I read the 1960 article below that Boliska was not responsible for that song. It was recorded as part of a contest from listener submitted tunes and that one was picked as the winner. 
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I ...noticed that Boliska died a day before his 40th birthday, young.
Yes, just 39 and way, way too young. Amazing what he packed into those short 40 years. 
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Thanks RA, now I know everything about Al Boliska! I enjoy threads like this where I get something out of it, thanks again!
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Can somebody please fast forward this story for me and tell me what took his life?
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Can somebody please fast forward this story for me and tell me what took his life?
This is what Wikipedia says about the reason for his early demise, according to a 1972 Montreal Star article.
"Although he was known to have been unhappy about turning 40, his cause of death was determined as asphyxiation caused by an acute lung obstruction rather than suicide."
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