Bring him the brandy: RIP Mike Lange

[HanSenSE]

WHO still has Hawkeyes football, including the late-night replay. Gary Dolphin on the call.

I picked that up a time or two when I lived in the Central Valley of CA.

The Giants do a midnight replay as well.

 

[wicked]

• WBAL for the Orioles
• WTIC for the Red Sox (when out of state)
• WTOP for the Bullets and Capitals
• WFAN for the Knicks and Rangers
• WWVA for WVU games

Could never land WIP since Boston has a station on 590.

I spent most of my preteen and teen years listening to the radio at night because I was stupid enough to waste my time on sports talk. At least the callers were smarter then.

 

[Liut]

What's neat about Lange is he was northern California kid, who spent some time in Phoenix, who sent a tape to Pittsburgh.
The rest is ... how it sometimes works. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

 

[HanSenSE]

What's neat about Lange is he was northern California kid, who spent some time in Phoenix, who sent a tape to Pittsburgh.
The rest is ... how it sometimes works. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Was working for the minor league Phoenix Roadrunners alongside Al McCoy.

 

[swingline]

I think I've said this before. As a country kid, we lived at the top of the highest hill around. With my clock radio, I could pick up San Antonio, Denver, Phoenix (spotty), Chicago, Cincy, Indy, sometimes Philly and D.C. I listened to a lot of NBA quarters laying in my bed. The clock was the type that flipped over numbers to tell time, and I had that thing from, like, fourth grade until I was at my second J job 18 or so years later. I wish I still had it, for the radio alone.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

• WBAL for the Orioles
• WTIC for the Red Sox (when out of state)
• WTOP for the Bullets and Capitals
• WFAN for the Knicks and Rangers
• WWVA for WVU games

Could never land WIP since Boston has a station on 590.

I spent most of my preteen and teen years listening to the radio at night because I was stupid enough to waste my time on sports talk. At least the callers were smarter then.

WFAN lost the Knicks and Rangers some years back; they are on ESPN now.

On FM, I could pick up AAF in my car as early as I-84. That was such a good station back in the day.

 

[wicked]

At one point WAAF made the ratings books in six markets in New England. Their signal was a beast.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

At one point WAAF made the ratings books in six markets in New England. Their signal was a beast.

It's now a Christian station. There's a rock station in Hartford that flipped a few years ago. So sad

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

It's now a Christian station. There's a rock station in Hartford that flipped a few years ago. So sad

Same thing happened to WKNR in Cleveland. Which I picked up throughout Pennsylvania back in the day.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

WFAN lost the Knicks and Rangers some years back; they are on ESPN now.

On FM, I could pick up AAF in my car as early as I-84. That was such a good station back in the day.

Goddamn, that was the best station. Legit hard rock on top of the usual clashic rock fare. I could get that with some static in my remote area of Connecticut, with 102.1 out of Springfield as a backup. Loved when I had an excuse to venture closer to the state line so I could actually hear WAAF. And then when I worked in Mashachusetts for a few years? The best.

 

[brn623cl]

Isn't Mr. Lange the guy who'd bellow, "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

thx man