My parents had gotten an old radio from my grandmother, which they listened to the oldie stations on. Being the young Sherlock Holmes that I was, I came to the conclusion that it only picked up old radio stations and in order to hear newer music we'd have to buy a newer radio.
A childhood belief about radio
others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto
- I could never work out how they used to change the bands over so quickly when i listened to the radio— graham
- My parents used to have an old radio. I thought it could only play old songs, like from when they were young.— kathy
- I use to believe all the people singing on the radio were IN the radio.— Yvonne
- I used to think that the music from a car radio came out of the heater/air vents in the dashboard.— Joe
- I used to believe that if you spoke into the speakers that they would hear it at the radio station. — natalie