When I was a kid growing up in Connecticut, there was a rock 'n roll radio station, WKSS, that had a gimmick. They, of course, played "singles" on the air back then. And if you really liked a song and didn't have the money to go out and buy it, but were lucky enough to have a reel-to-reel tape player, it sure was nice to tape it. Usually you ended up with the disc jockey talking at the beginning or the end of the "hit song," or you missed the very beginning of the song. But that didn't matter. Times were tough in my household. There were eight of us! I was lucky enough to have my own transistor radio, and while it was my father's tape player, I didn't mind.
Well, back to the gimmick .... This radio station came up with "Instant Replay." I loved it! Here would be my favorite Beatles or Rolling Stones song playing, I'd be trying to tape it, and all of a sudden it would end. I knew it was a top 10 song, and I would just hope, while my tape player was still running, would this be the one? Then the recorded disc jockey's voice with the drum roll would boom "INSTANT REPLAY!" That was all I needed to hear.
Instant replay meant your favorite songs would be played back-to-back. What a great idea. Sometimes while I am driving around listening to a radio station and a good song comes on, I still wish there was such a thing. I don't know if they had that in the Milwaukee area. I often listen to a CD and will replay a real good song again right after hearing it.
On this page, I would like to say, I have truly enjoyed my first month of blogging on FranklinNOW. I'm having a great time! I had no clue how much I would love it. And the other blogger's are wonderful people to work with.
I'd be curious to know if there's something you really enjoy or really dislike about what I do. Go ahead, bring it on. This page is your chance. Otherwise, I'll keep going in the same direction for now, tweaking things along the way.
