Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for March 08, 2024

10 radio stations and nothing good on.

You can get replacement tubes at Radio Shack… Forty years ago!

I had an old Stromberg-Carlson radio in my room. I’d love the soft glow as the tubes slowly warmed up. Remember going to the tube testing kiosk at the grocery store

As a small child in the early 60s I believed that singers actually went to the radio station to play live. Where I got that idea in those days I have no clue.

The old Charlie Brown had quite a temper!

Poor Freddie Mercury would be sad with CB’s attitude!

Jeez Chuck, just download some podcasts or flesh out your Spotify playlists

Speaking from the future CB, it doesn’t get any better, and the same with a device called TV and streaming services.

just wait until clear channel starts buying all the radio stations…

Charlie Brown’s problem is his radio doesn’t have a power cord. How is he supposed to plug it in?

Blaming the messenger…

Good thing he doesn’t live today with all the television stations and podcast and streaming sevices.

I dunno. I was listening to Fred Allen last night. Oh, right. That was on my mp3 player.

programs programs everywhere – all across the spectrum. but even though there are millions going on at once – not even one worth the time. I feel your pain Charlie Brown!!!!

I blame the Communications Act of 1934.

But I always do.

Homer Simpson, listening to A Prairie Home Companion: Slapping the radio, “BE MORE FUNNY!”

I find old radios like that at flea markets and wonder why they’re so beat up. It was the lousy programming!

“Bad tube” rather dates this strip !

Lots of old time radio shows are available as podcasts. Fun stuff.

Vacuum tubes? Didn’t they have solid state radios by then?

Kill the messenger.

Remember when, on certain winter evenings, you could pick up AM radio stations from far, far away? On crystal clear nights, my brother and I would turn on the radio after midnight just outside of DC and listen to WLS out of Chicago, or ‘Juicy Brucie’ on WBZ in Boston.

Change the station. Don’t kick the radio.