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[radiotvnut]

That's a nice RCA radio! I have one that's in a different cabinet than yours; but, it uses the same chassis. Mine needs a new dial string and some general service; but, it's highly restorable.

On the subject of radio in my area, AM pretty much consist of talk and black gospel music. One of the talk stations is a mostly automated locally owned station; but, they will break in if something major is happening weather wise. A year ago, we had 5 local AM stations and one other AM station that was located about 35 miles away. Now, we are down to 3 locals and the one distant station. A hole-in-the-wall black gospel station went silent last February and I heard it was for sale. I can't imagine who would buy it because it's a poorly maintained dump. We rode by the building the other day and it's overrun with vines and weeds. A few weeks ago, the Southern gospel AM station went silent. I haven't found out what's going on with it. The slightly distant station is still running a black gospel format, two of the locals are running a talk format, and the last local is doing black gospel.

Most of the FM stations consist of the usual modern top 40, rap, and country crap. We have a "classic hits" station and a "classic country" station; but, they are automated and play the same songs over and over. It's like having your CD player set to shuffle play + the commercials. The local community college runs an automated station; but, they play mostly older music from the '40's through the '90's and a lot of it is stuff that hasn't gotten airplay around here in ages. When I listen to FM, it's usually that station. I have an SSTRAN transmitter that I use for AM because I can't take what the commercial AM stations around here put out.