Any Mid-West folks remember AM Broadcast "Beaker Street"?

[TELECOLLECTOR]

As a teenager in Salina Kansas I remember sitting in cars and listening to Beaker Street on the weekend during the late 60's. They (Clyde?) played a bunch of underground (for me) music with all the super-cool Hippy trimmings.......

They broadcast from Little Rock, AR.

 

[scottlr]

KAAY Little Rock

Yes indeed. And after the music show was Beaker Theater which ran old 40s radio shows.

 

[Ibdiba]

Oh yeah -- Clyde Clifford from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. I started listening to it in junior high in northeast Oklahoma; didn't get a lot of sleep in high school, either. Remember "Ballad of the U.S.S. Titanic?" Beaker Theater was great, too. I recall an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's short story "Nightfall" that was fantastic.

My wife grew up in Kansas City and listened to Beaker Street as a teenager, too. "Beaker Street" provided the soundtrack to a lot of parties all over the Midwest!

 

[frank62]

Sure do.

 

[1big1]

yup.

 

[dr.slide]

listened to it back in the early '70's....had to drive outside the city in order to get reception.....we were in northern illinois!!!! remember 'the ballad of the titanic', arlo's 'pickle song', some of the earliest psycoactive momoents in my friends and my lives.

 

[roadfilm]

Listened on my little am radio, I'd take it to bed with me when I was Like 9-10 years old. Loved Beaker Street and yes I remember the Titanic song.

 

[dr.slide]

if i remember correctly, we wouldn't be able to pick it up till the radio station turned the antenna at a certain time....it went from static to strong in a three or four second sweep of time..... it was cosmic to hear the station tune itself in.. then the party was on..

 

[Roark]

Listened to Beaker St. a bunch out on the front porch, as to not wake the parents. We weren't doing anything else...... I promise.

 

[GuitarG]

You guys will love this. Here's a site with a number of clips from Beaker Street.
http://kaay.podomatic.com//

 

[StompBoxBlues]

listened to it back in the early '70's....had to drive outside the city in order to get reception.....we were in northern illinois!!!! remember 'the ballad of the titanic', arlo's 'pickle song', some of the earliest psycoactive momoents in my friends and my lives.

Those are some I remember too. I grew up in Chicago, but we spent summers up at a cabin in Wisconsin, on Lake Superior...I couldn't bring in the station every night, but a lot of nights I could, outside, aiming the antennae. I feel sorry kids today never get that kind of expreience...there is something magical about it, understanding you are picking up radio waves that are bouncing between the earth and clouds..

I remember, if the Titatinc was also the one with the sailor bringing a ton of rop on the ship, and the captain asking what's that for (smoking!) ?

Also "Two Hangmen", lot of Arlo, lots of interesting music.

I seem to recall just after that or around then FM got cool as hell too, near Chicago.

 

[Stratobuc]

I lived in Little Rock in the early 70's. Used to listen to Beaker Street on a little AM tucked under the pillow so the folks wouldn't hear. Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, etc.... it was strong motivation to pick up the guitar!