Radio A Lifetime Hobby I have had an interest in various aspects of radio all of my life. 1940-1960 We got our first television when I was 8 or 9. So my prized possession before that was my very own AM radio. From Superman and Captain Midnight to Gangbusters, radio made my imagination work overtime. I do vaguely remember when our small town got its own station, WCLT, at first only FM, in 1947. I started out when I visited my Uncle George when I was a kid in Newark. He had a simple shortwave radio which absolutely fascinated me when we would go to his home to visit. This was just after WWII which I know he was in and believe he brought it back with him. I think he realized how much I enjoyed it and gave it to me at some point. I remember having it sometime after we moved to Cincinnati when I was 12. During high school I got very much into police radio (sometimes could pick up Chicago) and a lot of SWL activity. I wrote to many foreign SW stations for QSLs and newsletters. Also while in high school, my Dad took me to visit a business acquaintance, my first contact with a ham. And he had the newest of equipment back in the 50's, Single Sideband (SSB). 1960 - Present A few years later I made a friend in the college that we attended in southern Indiana and we studied together and got our licenses. I started out as WA9GRK in 1963. I learned to build transmitters. I also scrambled around on the dome of the school (pictured to the right when it was a hotel) putting up dipoles and long wire antennas. While there I also chanced to find an early Westinghouse radio (pictured below) from the 1920's. I still have it and recently it was displayed as part of an exhibit at The Works, a museum in my hometown of Newark OH. In the mid 60's I taught high school for three years in Indianapolis and ran (actually started) the school's radio club. Returning to the Chicago area in the late 60's and early 70's i did a lot of DX operation at a club station and got very involved in 2 meter repeater operation which was just starting to take off. After a long layoff from active ham radio activity, I have become a little active in the local radio scene. I have maintained my license since 1963 and have for some years held advanced class license KC8IA. Streaming Radio Directories radio-locator Shoutcast Brien's Caribbean Radio Guide reciva HD Radio Stations Liquid Compass Mike's Radio World WindowsMedia.com OTR Station Links Streamaudio.com Short Wave Tune a SW Radio GlobalTuners Selected Streaming Stations Some U.S. Stations - Talk, News 550 WKRC - Cincinnati OH 600 WREC - Memphis TN 610 WTVN - Columbus OH 640 WGST - Atlanta GA 700 WLW - Cincinnati OH 1140 WRVA - Richmond VA 1530 WCKY - Cincinnati OH (Sports) 1530 KFBK - Sacramento CA 100.7 WFLA - Talahassee FL Some U.S. Stations - Oldies 100.3 - WBIG - Washington DC 103.5 - WGRR - Cincinnati OH Some World Radio Stations LiveIreland.com, Ch. 1 - Dublin WinnFM 98.9 - St. Kitts Power 102 FM - Trinidad & Tobago Public Service/Scanners etc. Frequency Information RadioReference.com Streaming Scanner Feeds RadioReference.com Scannerfeeds Live Air Traffic Control Feeds Amateur Radio My Amateur Call Sign KC8IA Local Clubs Central Ohio Operators Club Extra-Novice (COOKEN) Newark Amateur Radio Association Public Service Organizations Licking County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) National Organizations Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) ARRL Ohio Section FCC FCC Universal Licensing System QRZ.com Open Amateur Repeaters | Ohio Shopping for Radios Amateur Radio Equipment, Scanners etc. Universal Radio Commercial Radio Equipment, HD etc. C.Crane