Radio signals

On Friday afternoon, I bought a SONY under-the-counter radio/CD player with the remote control and the works. It was to replace the malfunctioning piece of electronic junk that had been serving as a radio in the kitchen. Supposedly the new one would also be a little stronger and pull in clear Boston signals. It’s not as if I’m that far away from Boston.

The installation required drilling a couple of holes through the undersides of the kitchen cabinet. No problem. Radio was nicely installed. I switched it on. Not a single radio station I wanted came in. After grumping around for the better part of Saturday afternoon, I decided to move the radio to another kitchen cabinet. Drilled more holes and installed. Turned the radio on and a whole lot of radio stations came in, although the signal for WGBH and WBUR (Boston Public Radio stations) came in weakly.

So I dragged out a spool of wire and draped it all around the kitchen to see if I could pull in a stronger signal. No. I rearranged the power cord. Tried it bunched up and stretched out. Up higher, down lower. Depending on the radio station, one of the above would work, but nothing worked uniformly for all stations.

Suddenly, for no discernable reason, all the stations came in loudly and clearly on Sunday.

Today, not a single radio station comes in. Except for the WUMB...University of Massachusetts, Boston’s Folk Radio station which just happens to have a transmitter in my town. Fortunately it’s a terrific station that I love.

But I wanna get my public radio stations, too. And why do they come in some days and not others? I am so annoyed. This place is a radio black hole. I need a radio that gets public stations In The Kitchen. I don’t think this radio has a place to attach an external antenna, either. Still, maybe if I ran a wire up to the roof.....