Comments on: Wild parties down with KF-95’s old boombox

By: Larry Kratka

Larry Kratka — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:03:10 +0000

This may seem silly, but our station and students are thinking it would be cool to have a boom box broadcast trailor and reconfigure it to the 21st century for remotes. The station does full stereo remotes from a tent. A trailer would be cool. Any idea where to even begin looking for one?? Any where we can throw a free add up to look for one?

Thanks..Larry

By: donsdad

donsdad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:28:02 +0000

TommY>>> Aka Tommy Harlacrasher. Those were good times. At least you missed the glass front doors of the station.

By: carl follick

carl follick — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:35:37 +0000

Boomboxes…..i still have one that i took when KCID was sold from Caldwell to Boise. In fact i used it as a monitor under the table when KSRV-FM 96.1 THE BULL did its last remote ever from the Grand Opening at the Nampa Best Buy. Of course 96.1 is now BOB…….and your right that boombox on wheels has been around a while. Infact its probably worked at as many stations as Dave Tester

By: davearthur

davearthur — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:39:17 +0000

Tommy… remember the good ol days when we'd take that out Friday afternoons? You'd be driving all over while I did my show on the marti back in the trailer. We prolly shoulda been busted for driving while I was back there. FUN TIMES! “THE MEGA MUSIC MACHINE!!!”

By: tommy

tommy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:15:10 +0000

Oh the memories of that KF-95 Boom Box. Curt Caldwell and I throwing out candy from the top at the 4th of July Parade…huddling together with Neon Leon and Thom Overlie for warmth during the overnight hours of a December food drive at the mall…cowering inside with Evan “The Hitman” MC after the Steppenwolf concert got out at the Fair and drunk bikers were pounding on it telling us to quit playing that rap crap…Doug Hardy and I pulling it through the Kuna Christmas Parade…and of course, riding Dave Stone's bike through the junipers in front of the Amity building and wedging the front wheel between the pavement and the bottom of the Boom Box. The stories that thing could tell…

By: Elliott Klein

Elliott Klein — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:32:33 +0000

Its called BROADCASTING BACK TO THE FUTURE. Radio must get back to its roots when ever possible. That means involved in the community. Impact was the only radio group to broadcast from the Western Idaho Fair everyday of the fair, live and local. Call it dated…. I'm proud of it and it works it gets people's attention! It even has two large LCD video screens for playing video games at remotes. OK…. I challange anyone to a quick game of PONG!

Elliott

By: elchupacabras

elchupacabras — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:31:46 +0000

Peabody: Those were the days! I miss my old boomboxes! Man they sounded good when we were younger! Thanks for sharing some awesome photos. You made my day!

By: luckytohaveajob

luckytohaveajob — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:24 +0000

It is called an Ipod dock. They sell them at Walmart and Best buy. Today and in this decade and funny…they look like boom boxes.

Jim I guess maybe we should tell the dozens of people gathered around watching Wild's live mixers every night at the fair that it is old and dumb. Kindo of like radio. Hold the phone though(another dated invention) in Apple's improvements to the the 5th generation Ipod they just included an FM tuner. Hmmmm……….. makes you wonder.

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:12:42 +0000

What is a 'boom-box'? Is that like an old-fashioned iPod? Again, it's clearly a redux of an old street tool for marketing and worse yet, it came from across the street. Not a great tie to the format and it is dated. Citadel may have some old inflatables for sale…

By: aka_peabody

aka_peabody — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:39:55 +0000

This will probably be blamed on me. No, I didn't sell it to Impact. It was sold it to a DJ/sound reinforcement company. They sold it to Impact. I'm not sure who's to blame for the iPod, though.

By the way, if it is your heart's desire to see a good ghettoblaster...

I've got a collection.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8467650@N06/sets/7...