further AM wonderfulness
KABL AM 960 out of Oakland plays all sorts of big band jazz, vocalists from the great Age of the Rat Pack, and older songs from Neil Diamond, the Carpenters, etc. They know their demographics, since every ad during station breaks is for reverse mortgages, insurance, and medalert bracelets. I'm certainly learning the lyrics to all those jazz standards my mom liked to sing to herself while making breakfast.
Oh, and the best thing about them is that Mondays through Fridays, from 9-10 PM, they play radio dramas and comedies. The show name is When Radio Was, hosted by a nearly comatose Stan Freeberg, but this show plays old noir radio dramas, old sketch comedy programs, and other things from the 40s and 50s.
And then there's KOH AM 780 out of Reno, and any real gander around the website pretty much gives you the tenor of the day over there on the air in Reno. However: late night is the domain of Coast to Coast with George Noory and Art Bell, sort of a two-man Kook Batshit AM Truth Squad. Highly entertaining, especially when they talk to people who've seen UFOs and ghosts.
And then there's always listening to the local Bay Area Hateful Jesus station to see what's got the Focus on the Family people worked up. Duh. The "foundation of traditional marriage", every single day.