My first car was a hand-me-down from the mid 70s, and my family being cheap as they were it was also AM only. I didn’t find it as bad as all that- I was introduced to country music (not my jam but I always enjoy expanding horizons), a lot of oldies (“The Music of Your Life” was the station network) so I learned all the old crooner standards and some big band. Then at night on the way home there was “Bruce” giving out financial advice to callers which was as good a way as any to learn about that stuff. Long distance trips had Paul Harvey and farm reports. But perhaps I’m dating myself, this was all in the 90s, things are different now, if I find myself on AM radio it’s usually that I’ve found a source of Spanish language music that isn’t tex-mex/Norteño.
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