Hello, you're on Tradio
Tradio where you can buy , sell trade or giveaway. I thought for many years that Tradio was a Del Rio invention and exclusive to the town. I was so wrong. There are still stations with Tradio around today! I remember it aired everyday for only about an hour then on Saturdays for maybe a bit longer? It was free and it worked! We would take down the phone numbers and addresses for free puppies or $50 Chihuahuas and beg to be taken to see them. No such luck. However, my Grandparents made a living out of buying old antique furniture, restoring it then reselling it and Tradio played a huge part.
One year, when I was eleven or twelve, I wanted to be Harpo Marx for Halloween. I needed an over sized, brown, men's suit and tie. My mother and I had been all over town and couldn't find one. I thought I'd call Tradio and explain what I was doing and what I needed and leave our phone number. Seconds after I hung up the phone started ringing. People had suits, they had huge blue, black, grey and brown suits, they had tuxedos, they had the tie and they had comments. I remember being asked ,"Why Harpo Marx?," and ," How old are you?". My mom didn't know what I had done and after the 3rd call in a row she came into the room. Our number was private and after I told her what I did she was irked. Tradio could on occasion encourage prank callers and my classified was one of those that was just begging for stupid calls.
My Grandmother, being a loyal listener heard me and called our house laughing. Apparently the announcer made a couple of jokes and said, "Call this young lady and help her out, she needs the largest three piece men's suit in Texas!". Finally, the calls ended and we did find a suit that day for $5 at a thrift store we found through Tradio. Oh, I won the costume contest at school. By the way, the costume, was as accurate as could be: horn and rubber chicken. I also made my little sister go as Shirley Temple and my brother was Charlie Chaplin. We all won some mall costume contest where we entered as a group. Ugh! Such a dork.
One year, when I was eleven or twelve, I wanted to be Harpo Marx for Halloween. I needed an over sized, brown, men's suit and tie. My mother and I had been all over town and couldn't find one. I thought I'd call Tradio and explain what I was doing and what I needed and leave our phone number. Seconds after I hung up the phone started ringing. People had suits, they had huge blue, black, grey and brown suits, they had tuxedos, they had the tie and they had comments. I remember being asked ,"Why Harpo Marx?," and ," How old are you?". My mom didn't know what I had done and after the 3rd call in a row she came into the room. Our number was private and after I told her what I did she was irked. Tradio could on occasion encourage prank callers and my classified was one of those that was just begging for stupid calls.
My Grandmother, being a loyal listener heard me and called our house laughing. Apparently the announcer made a couple of jokes and said, "Call this young lady and help her out, she needs the largest three piece men's suit in Texas!". Finally, the calls ended and we did find a suit that day for $5 at a thrift store we found through Tradio. Oh, I won the costume contest at school. By the way, the costume, was as accurate as could be: horn and rubber chicken. I also made my little sister go as Shirley Temple and my brother was Charlie Chaplin. We all won some mall costume contest where we entered as a group. Ugh! Such a dork.
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