I once had the same thoughts about TV (since I don’t listen to the radio much). I had high hopes for the G4 network as a haven for geeky television. Every time I turn it on, though, they are showing an episode of Cops. Bleh.

I remember listening to Dr. Demento in the 70′s. It was a lot of fun. I periodically hear him here in Los Angeles on The Sound (100.3 FM)… they do a re-union type of thing with DJ’s that were on the original 94.7 KMET (The Mighty Met). If you want to read some interesting radio stuff for the era, Wikipedia has some very interesting write-ups on KNAC (explains ‘freeform radio’ etc) KMET, etc. The Wikipedia articles detail an interesting life and sad death of stations. Just go to their website and enter the appropriate call letters.

Thanks for the article.

Closest thing I got. It’s an online station, but apparently if you have the phone capability you can listen to it elsewhere.

“Nerdy Show present 8BitFM! A streaming radio station devoted to an 8Bit Generation! 8BitFM is dedicated to bringing you the best and newest nerd music available, be it chiptunes, circuit bending, classic gaming music, video game inspired music, nerdcore hip-hop, Dementia comedy, parody, filk, or any form of fan music!”

Don’t be put off by the description. These guys love comics (and run a comic shop), role playing games, classic TV shows, etc. With recent changes to the station, they have added talk show podcasts about a number of subjects, including their role playing forays.

May not be for everyone, but there you go.

Like near anywhere in America, we “had” great radio stations in the past but now they are mostly gone. If you are really interested in history of radio in the era… check out Wikipedia’s info on KNAC – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNAC Tells you about “freeform radio” etc.