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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ThaDood on September 05, 2026, 1659 UTC

Title: WGN 720, late night host Rollye James talked about FM DX´ing and AM Stereo call?
Post by: ThaDood on September 05, 2026, 1659 UTC

FWRéd from an e-mail QSO with Boomer:

¨Hey, oddities on the air, I was listening to 720 AM from Chicago, after midnight on Wed morning I think. The show's host was Rollye, she had a caller talking about AM/FM DX. They were talking about FM skip from other cities, then AM, and then the guy brought up AM stereo! He actually had a stereo radio back then! Rollye knew all about that stuff too. I thought I was recording, but didn't get it, I wonder if a playback of her show could be on 720's website? It's something you never hear.¨

https://wgnradio.com/rollye-james/               http://www.rollyestream.net/downloading.html

Well, that´s pretty cool! Anyone else remember Rollye James, when she was a fill-in guest-host for C2C AM like over 20 years ago? The podcast archive, if found, could be dated 9/3/2026. Anyway, THANKS Boomer!!!!

Title: WGN 720, late night host Rollye James talked about FM DX´ing and AM Stereo call?
Post by: Dude111 on September 10, 2026, 2307 UTC

I rememeber being in a car with a radio that had a button to enable the stereo pilot on an AM station..

It sounded quite good!