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Where the pre-PC geeks were sure to be found!

Miraculously, this dog-eared, 30 year-old magazine has managed to stay in my possession ever since I brought it (50 cents per the marking) at a newsstand in 1975. It was heavily used then for its log of radio stations, and has continued to pique my nostalgic curiosity in latter years. To this day, I will glance through it as "falling asleep" reading. No doubt it has also made many a trip to other rooms best not discussed!

I took this historic relic to the scanner and here is the results:

Note: These are large JPG files that total over 10 MB. I chose quality over speed to assure that they are easy to read. In order that the page read more like a magazine, thumbnail images are not used. It should only take a few more seconds to travel back 30 years!

Cover, TOC, and introduction:

A little radio humor:

Pre-PC geeks who were a lot like me share their pictures and stories:

Products:

Advertising:

Dubious classified advertising. Anyone who thinks that only today's geeks get spammed and scammed needs to read these. Notice no Russian women adds like today because the Cold War was still going on. They hailed from plenty of other places, however. Also no references to "manhood enhancers"; that was way too taboo back then. I have also never been spammed about baby shoe bronzing.