@ CharlestonDXMan:
We'd quite often visit my Folks after they had moved to Florida in retirement. Their home for some 15+ years was in The Villages. For those not in the know, The Villages is between Ocala and Leesburg. I suspect that in a few years the place would qualify as an actual Nielson Audio market ; there must be pretty well over 100,000 population now.
When I first stayed down there for a week, I was disgusted with what Florida radio had to offer retirees like my Folks were. Only WRZN played The Standards! The FM dial was filled with Hall & Oates and Disco.
WRZN sounded *real* old-line Standards. Lots of Big Bands, and live announcers sounding as though they were talking into the mic with a finger in their one ear. WRZN was the only station playing my Folks' music!
At night, they were gone, of course. WGN and a Cuban station relegated WRZN to virtual inaudibility. And IIrc, WRZN used to sign off at 10 pm, anyway.
Subsequent visits to the Folks' place revealed some satellite daytime blemishes and compromises encroaching onto WRZN's program schedule. But I *do* recall seeing WRZN show up with things like 2's and 3's in the Ocala-Gainesville books. And somewhere in the total chaos of DX tapes I have a cassette or two of their initial sound. Thanks for the memories.
We'd quite often visit my Folks after they had moved to Florida in retirement. Their home for some 15+ years was in The Villages. For those not in the know, The Villages is between Ocala and Leesburg. I suspect that in a few years the place would qualify as an actual Nielson Audio market ; there must be pretty well over 100,000 population now.
When I first stayed down there for a week, I was disgusted with what Florida radio had to offer retirees like my Folks were. Only WRZN played The Standards! The FM dial was filled with Hall & Oates and Disco.
WRZN sounded *real* old-line Standards. Lots of Big Bands, and live announcers sounding as though they were talking into the mic with a finger in their one ear. WRZN was the only station playing my Folks' music!
At night, they were gone, of course. WGN and a Cuban station relegated WRZN to virtual inaudibility. And IIrc, WRZN used to sign off at 10 pm, anyway.
Subsequent visits to the Folks' place revealed some satellite daytime blemishes and compromises encroaching onto WRZN's program schedule. But I *do* recall seeing WRZN show up with things like 2's and 3's in the Ocala-Gainesville books. And somewhere in the total chaos of DX tapes I have a cassette or two of their initial sound. Thanks for the memories.
