You OKC area folks remember when KOMA was the boss.

[SoonerP226]

People have said they could hear it in the clothes dryer and garage door and some got music in their mouth when wearing braces.

I used to be acquainted with a guy who grew up in Moore, and he said he could hear KOMA when he opened their fridge.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Directional radio is voodoo. You should see coverage maps from stations along the north and south borders.

 

[turkeyrun]

Christmas of '64 or '65, I received a 7 transistor pocket radio. At 9 pm, I could put the radio on my bedroom window sill, tune to KOMA and receive the signal as if it was next door. We lived in west Texas (Midland). Listened to KOMA through HS.

 

[aarondhgraham]

People have said they could hear it in the clothes dryer and garage door and some got music in their mouth when wearing braces.

That's what happens when you have 50,000 watts of electromagnetic energy coursing through the air.

My best friend lived within sight of the KOMA antennae,,,
He hung a tin pie plate on their screen door,,,
Got as clear a sound as my car radio,,,
Tinny, but loud and clear.

There were a lot of folk who were afraid of that,,,
The FCC always said it was "safe", but,,,
How would they know long term?

Aarond

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[mtnboomr]

Wasn't KVOO that way too out of Tulsa?

Yes, KVOO AM was a nationwide "trucker's station." They could be heard from Mexico to Canada, and coast to coast, after dark. Listened to it all the time as a kid.

 

[Snattlerake]

WKY with Danny Williams was my growin up station because we couldn't get KOMA at the farm.

When KWHP FM in Edmond came out, I switched to the FM stereo signal. I saved up and as a freshman in HS, bought a Radio Shack receiver and LAB 400 turntable.

I was poopin in tall cotton with stereo!

 

[John6185]

I had a crystal radio (only radio and no TV in the home) and Id listen to KOMA and then when I was stationed in Las Cruces a bunch of the boys and I listened to KOMA.

 

[Preacherman]

I listened yesterday on my way back west and lost signal in between Weatherford and Clinton. I kept thinking that back in high school days (80's) that all they played was old people music. They say people don't change but now I think it is a great station.

 

[CoronaBorealis]

Back in the '80s, I lived with a gal that had house a couple of blocks from the tower on SW 4th in Moore. That radio station would literally play over the phone lines she had in the house!! Was never loud --- just soft in the background.


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I lived in that neighborhood Plaza Towers which did have KOMA on the phone.
You could take a florescent light bulb and walk between the towers and it would lightly glow.

Middle tower used during the day then the other 2 were fired up at night and you can listen to KOMA in Japan and Hawaii.

Towers have been removed for some time.

People have said they could hear it in the clothes dryer and garage door and some got music in their mouth when wearing braces.

I used to be acquainted with a guy who grew up in Moore, and he said he could hear KOMA when he opened their fridge.

Wonder how many folks from that era ended up with cancer? Radio waves are at the low end of the electromagnetic spectrum, but if we’re talking enough power to make tin plates and refrigerators play music

 

[Reedman]

I was with FM and AM stations. One of my engineers had a coffee mug that read "RF is good for you."