I used to listen courtesy of a tube radio. You would get to know where exactly on the band you’d get have to tune to for your best reception.
If we had an extra guy we’d send him out to move the TV antenna around so we could get the best picture. It was a little more challenging with just one person. Of course right about then the horizontal or vertical hold would go crazy & you’d have to do your best to dial it in.
I hadn’t thought of that in many year. Things were obviously not as advanced as today back then & we didn’t have as many cares as we do today.
Before anyone jumps me I’m not saying things were better or worse in yesteryear. Just different
The radio was great stuff. I would blast the race coverage throughout the house. We had an old Philco stereo console that was at least 5 feet wide, and nobody in the family got any Sunday rest due to the volume. WESC-FM has been doing the local live coverage since 1970, maybe before then, and they still do.
For my 10th birthday, my dad was wise enough to give me a little AM/FM radio that was about the size of a shoebox. It would work off AC or DC and was great; everybody won. My parents got a little peace and quiet time, and I could climb the poles (lol).
I went through two of those radios before the cable TV coverage became a routine thing.
I joke about the telephone poles, but Greenville Pickens Speedway, some other local tracks, Stock Car Racing Magazine, the Racing News Weekly that the track sold, and just a little hit-and-miss TV coverage was all I had to get my fix.
No complaining; it was great stuff. At the end of the day, it is all about the passion, and every little bit you could find was something special.