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Radio Days


Unless you read my personal blog, you probably don’t know that I recently bought a new car, a Honda Fit.

{Momish readers roll their eyes and sigh, “oh no, not the car again!”}

Yes, I am going to talk about the car yet again.  Deal. 

Thanks to my new shiny car, I am now safer on the road, have a back windshield wiper (!), power windows and a radio for the first time in six years.  A radio!!!  And no, I am not that cheap that I drove to work every day in silence for the past six years rather than dish out the cash to replace my stolen one.  I just refused to throw my hard earned cash away on something that was sure to slip away as soon as I got it.  The original radio was stolen within the first month I had the car causing 800 bucks of damage to the console. Oh thank you very much universe for once again teaching me the valuable zen lesson of placing too much of my energy into meaningless possessions; I am surely a better person for those six years of silence.  (my turn to roll the eyes)

Anyway, I know I am way late to the game here, but have you heard the new radio station WRFF Radio 104.5?  Loving it!! It’s so nice to listen to really good songs that are not overplayed, especially while stuck in a major traffic jam surrounded by morons.  Them and BEN FM are slowing bringing my blood pressure down to safe levels again.

I’m also enjoying the “new” morning shows like Preston and Steve.  Those guys are certifiable, I am convinced.  At first I thought the 10,000 marbles thrown down the Art Museum steps was a farce, just like the time they fooled everyone into thinking they were actually throwing iPods off City Hall’s roof.  But, lo and behold it was for real.  It wasn’t until I saw the YouTube video posted by Philly Transplant that I knew it was legit.  Not being much of a baseball fan, the entire point of the 10,000 marbles for 10,000 losses was well, kinda lost on me you might say.  It was still funny though, especially all the hoopla it created.   

So, there have it.  Lots of outdated radio news for ya.  C’mon guys, I can’t be the maverick of All Things Philly every day, you know.  Cut me a break!  After six years, I have ease back into having radio days again.

4 Responses for "Radio Days"

  1. Sparky Duck

    July 18th, 2007 at 11:17 am

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    Preston and Steve new? You don’t remember Y100 do you? Its a sad state of radio in Philadelphia when the mix stations are the ones that people point to as good, me included.

  2. Momish

    July 18th, 2007 at 11:57 am

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    I do remember them on Y100, but they moved over to WMMR during my quiet years. So the new show seems “new” to me!! Always lagging behind, that’s me!

  3. R

    July 18th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

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    WXPN is pretty good. That’s my favorite radio station. Preston and Steve. . . yulk

  4. Momish

    July 18th, 2007 at 6:21 pm

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    R: XPN is great! (And intelligent for the most part) I like Preston and Steve, but it seems with this new they are a bit raunchier than they were before. Or, maybe I just got older and wiser :)

    The marble thing was good clean fun!


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