tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post7131665870789826690..comments2023-10-25T05:27:29.747-04:00Comments on Hazard's Glory Years: Turn The Radio OnWandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317006270413179850noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-47776631980393610342009-06-02T12:52:33.470-04:002009-06-02T12:52:33.470-04:00Well, that surely does take me back. I listened t...Well, that surely does take me back. I listened to those same stations and some of the same programs. That was during the war years. Our antennae wasn't much, so we mainly listened after the sun when down. Reception was better then.<br /><br />However, after the war, something big happened. Hazard got a radio station. We had hit the big time. It was WKIC with the Singing Miner, and state basketball tournaments all the way from Lexington. Sometimes Hazard's team would be there and it got pretty darned exciting. <br /><br />Before WKIC, we would all go downtown where a loud speaker had been set up and an account of the tournament came to Hazard by telephone. I remember when they lost the connection with about a minute to go. I expected a riot, but folks mostly just grumbled a bit and went home.Howardnoreply@blogger.com