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Peregrine Took

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8. Used to be "top 40" back in the day - then it went all talk in the 80's

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:26 PM

Nov 2013

and then, horrors - right wing talkery!

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Glad to hear right wing radio is doing so poorly here. [View all] Peregrine Took Nov 2013 OP

What's real sad is that WLS used to be a great station Bluzmann57 Nov 2013 #1

In my youth, WLS formed the foundation of my musical knowledge Cirque du So-What Nov 2013 #5

I'd catch WLS in Schertz,Texas (just outside San Antonio)at night in the mid 60's.Loved it. argyl Nov 2013 #11

I used to listen all the time. Sigh...now its Limbaugh and Hannity and.....Levin. n/t Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #7

Is urban adult contemporary a music station? Shrike47 Nov 2013 #2

Used to be "top 40" back in the day - then it went all talk in the 80's Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #8

The shtik is old and tired and people are tuning in mostly out of habit Warpy Nov 2013 #3

What slays me are the retirees (some gov't) who listen all the time. Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #9

Was hoping to see WCPT in there some place rurallib Nov 2013 #4

Me, too. I wake up at 5 AM to hear Bill Press... Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #6

WGN is gradually working it's way back from the disastrous Kevin Metheny era. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #10

The "Big 89" was great back in the day. Snarkoleptic Nov 2013 #12

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