If you read our mini-bios at the top of the page, you know I’m in radio. What you may not know is I’m been in radio since before audio-visual signals were delivered to our homes via satellite. (Cable’s been around longer than I have.)
Back in the day, to receive broadcast signals, you’d use a little set-top antenna, consisting of two pieces of metal sticking up like an elongated “V.” Somebody thought it looked like rabbit ears – and the term stuck, although it’s not as common these days to see them. (Actually, right now, we don’t have satellite or cable, so we have a “rabbit ears” antenna on each TV.)
That’s why I thought it was funny when I came to work at the radio station and saw this fellow (adjusting his rabbit ears for best reception?).
Well, I guess you had to be there.