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Reminiscing
I'm addicted to journaling. For the past several years I have been transcribing my hand-written journals to my personal blogs.
The "project" brings back a lot of memories.
I am now beginning to transcribe journal "N-1: Road Trips, 2013 -- present."
First entry with some editing:
Perhaps one of my favorite journals, aesthetically. Carried around in my 2012 Honda Civic for years and simply recorded randomly, generally during cross-country trips.
- First entry: 2013 -- cross-country, Dallas to Williston, ND. "Most difficult tip to date. Highly nostalgic."
- Dallas to Oklahoma City: trucks everywhere; very, very busy
- best country music in US: OKC
- 1960's rock station in ND -- OK radio station (KOMA).
AI prompt:
KOMA radio was well known to reach North Dakota back in the 1960s. Are there any articles on that bit of trivia?
AI reply:
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“With the big 50,000-watt signal … KOMA was the main station for the hits. … Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through.”
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A blog post about the AM dial confirms:
“The station would routinely advertise concerts in Nebraska and North Dakota to its wide listenership.”
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The official KOMA history page recounts that KOMA became a 50,000-watt station and had an unusually large reach.
I need to take Sophia on more cross-country trips before either of us get too old!
The N-1 journal:
Some of my library of journals; many have been transcribed:
A Musical Interlude
Link here. This was first posted August 8, 2025. Wow. Patreon. Patreon.com/JWOHonkyTonk.
