Sadly, Another Amateur/Ham Radio And Scanner Supply Store Is Closing It’s Doors.
This particular Amateur/Ham Radio and Scanner Supply Store was owned and operated by Mr. Norm Schrein, the founder of the Radio Periodical “National Communications”.
Norm Schrein also runs a Low-Power AM/Mediumwave Radio Station licensed to Dayton, Ohio; assigned the Callsign WPVW207, and is assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to transmit it’s signal at 1660 Kilocycles.
How Happy I Am Over The Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB), And National Public Radio (NPR) Are Taking The Evil Donald Trump To Court Due To Donald Trump Wanting To Abolish The CPB, NPR, And Also PBS Television.
One Of The Favorite Country Music Artists Of The Owner Of This Blog, Patty Loveless; Is A Licensed Amateur/Ham Radio Operator, Whose Call Sign Is KD4WUJ:
An Article In National Communications Magazine About The Heyday Of CB Radio In The 1970’s And The Early 1980’s:
Two Homes Next Door To Each Other With Amateur/Ham Radio Antennas Mounted On Or Near To Them; Both On An Acre To An Acre And A Half Of Property; Both With Outbuildings On Their Premises; And Both Of Which Are Located In The Town Of Fairview Oklahoma.
Sadly, one of these Houses has an icky, yucky Basketball Hoop.
Heaven forbid that the Athletes that resides in the House with the icky, yucky Basketball Hoop comprehend just how much more important Amateur/Ham Radio, and Commercial Broadcast Radio and Television all are than Sports and Fitness (including Basketball).
A Post On Social Media With An Old Rendering Of The Transmitter Site Of WSM-AM In Nashville, Tennessee; Including It’s Blaw-Knox Diamond-Shaped Tower; Like Those Also Purchased By WBT-AM, WLW-AM, And WBNS-AM:
The Way WPTE-FM In Norfolk/Virginia Beach Should Forevermore Continue To Be: Retaining The WNRN-FM Or WJQI-FM Call Letters, And It’s Mainstream Adult Contemporary Format.
Apple’s CarPlay Allowing Access To The Audio Streaming Simulcasts Of Local, Terrestrial AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Stations; Which, Sadly; Might Discourage Younger Generations Of People From Owning A Radio Set, And Tuning Into The Actual Signal Of The AM/Mediumwave Or FM Radio Station.
Articles About New Zealand Radio Station 1YA, And It’s Television Offspring:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/shortland-street-studios
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/30763/
https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/660/Listing
Literary material about 1YA catalogued in the National Library of New Zealand:
I Will Always Miss The Announcers And Comedians On KFI-AM And KABC-AM By The Names Of Roger Barkley And Al Lohman.
Al Lohman had also lived in New York City, and worked as one of the original Disc Jockeys with the Top 40 format at WABC-AM; when it had taken it’s Top 40 format in 1960.
It is intriguing to consider whether Shari Lewis, known for her work as a children’s Puppeteer and Ventriloquist, along with her husband Jeremy Tarcher; had tuned in to Barkley and Lohman on the 50 Kilowatt signal of KFI-AM after their move to Los Angeles from New York City, via Las Vegas.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-30-ca-2397-story.html
https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/radio-s-barkley-dies-at-61-1117342402/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-15-me-lohman15-story.html
How Happy I, The Owner Of This Very Blog; Am Over Approximately 800,000 People From The Listening Public Rallying For The Prolonged Existence Of AM/Mediumwave Radio In The United States Of America:
See these earlier posts: Positive News Regarding The Staying Power Of Terrestrial AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Stations, Still More Positive News Has Emerged On The Enduring Popularity Of AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Stations, Even More Positive News Regarding The Staying Power Of Terrestrial AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Stations, Still More Positive News Has Emerged On The Enduring Popularity Of AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Stations; and Thank Goodness Terrestrial AM/Mediumwave And FM Radio Have Been A Godsend In The Wake Of Hurricane Helene.
Like Tracey Curro, Jennifer Keyte is also a distinguished Australian Radio and Television journalist.
See this earlier post regarding Tracey Curro: An Australian Radio And Television Journalist With A Distinguished Career, And Who Is Of Italian (Sicilian) Descent, But, Sadly; Has Gone Through Legal Troubles Over Which Media Outlet In Australia Would Employ Her Due To Contract Disputes, And Alleged Elder Abuse; By The Name Of Tracey Curro.
Below is a Video of a Network Ten Newsbreak that Jennifer Keyte had anchored, which had aired in circa May-June, 1987.
As of this time, Jennifer Keyte bore a hairstyle that was popular on women during the 1980’s
Tracey Curro, in addition to the numerous local Radio and Television Stations throughout Australia, and the local and regional Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio Stations and Networks; has also reported for the Seven Network’s Television Program “Beyond Tomorrow” and “Beyond 2000” (syndicated on Television Stations and Cable Channels throughout the world, including the Discovery Cable Channel), and for the Australian version of the CBS Television News Program that was originally created by Don Hewitt in 1968: “60 Minutes”.
As of the time of writing this post, Tracey Curro works as the General Manager of Strategic Communications and Engagement for Catholic Schools that are affiliated with the Archdiocese of Melbourne; in the Australian State of Victoria.
“‘Dad suffered … and I was charged with a crime’: Tracey Curro’s elder abuse nightmare.” Australian [National, Australia], 1 Sept. 2023. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A762973799/AONE?u=anon~e511b6a0&sid=sitemap&xid=0a7852b8. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
Since the late 1990’s, Tracey Curro has sported weird hairstyles:
If you ask yours truly, the owner of this very Blog; the best that Tracey Curro’s hair had ever looked was during the late 1980’s up until the mid 1990’s:
With the exception of this very strange hairstyle that she had as of 1988:
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