The longtime CFNY/Q107 voice recalls how his love affair with the medium began on the other side of the dial - and laments so many now going silent. (The fact he also mentons the Lloyds brand, which I also had, is a bonus!)

"Every time I hear that an AM station disappears, a little piece of my heart goes with it. For many of my generation, AM was our introduction to radio.

When my grandmother gifted me a little Lloyds transistor unbidden for my sixth birthday, the world changed. Up until then, the only radio I knew was what Mom and Dad played from the kitchen counter or in the car. Now that I had my own radio, I discovered that there was a whole universe of news, entertainment, and, above all, music out there. It’s because of that radio so many years ago that I’m here to tell this story."

No matter what happens in the future, I will always love AM radio