Makes me want to run out and pick this format up.... and put it on one of the 20 signals in Meridian.... maybe Q101.
Great radio station silenced, she says
Monday, January 23, 2006 10:45 PM CST
I am writing this letter to the thousands of Meridian Star readers in East Mississippi and West Alabama who might also be radio listeners, even though many of us are bombarded with all types of “attention getters” to deter our thoughts and dreams, our quality time, when we might be at home or riding (driving) in our automobiles, on the job.
As a radio listener myself - a senior citizen, if you will - I do not enjoy the music that most of the so-called current stations are playing. It's just not for my generation. So, until about two years ago, I had stopped listening to the radio in my car as I worked. I am sorry, folks, but most all the stations sound just alike. What a shame!
But in August 2003, people like me were blessed. For 28 months we were touched and thrilled beyond all expectations, with music from the past 60 years - from the 1930s to the 1990s, which included big band, pop, Western swing, classic country, bluegrass, 50s classics, gospel and whatever. It was surely the most thrilling entertainment and good music I have ever heard on any radio station. You can't believe how great it was.
The station was AM-670 WYLS. The on-air personalities were Tim Craddock, Jared Rainer, Carl and Thelma Fitzgerald and Noel Adcock. Citizens, it was real radio. The WYLS owners changed all that up without any notice on Dec. 31 and did away with that great music, and our family group of real radio fans lost our radio station.
I want to tell you York, Ala., radio people: You messed up. You had a great radio station, and now you have nothing. These listeners are gone and your AM 670 is now silent on our radios. We are some upset listeners. It's really sad.
Charles Naylor
Meridian
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Great radio station silenced, she says
Monday, January 23, 2006 10:45 PM CST
I am writing this letter to the thousands of Meridian Star readers in East Mississippi and West Alabama who might also be radio listeners, even though many of us are bombarded with all types of “attention getters” to deter our thoughts and dreams, our quality time, when we might be at home or riding (driving) in our automobiles, on the job.
As a radio listener myself - a senior citizen, if you will - I do not enjoy the music that most of the so-called current stations are playing. It's just not for my generation. So, until about two years ago, I had stopped listening to the radio in my car as I worked. I am sorry, folks, but most all the stations sound just alike. What a shame!
But in August 2003, people like me were blessed. For 28 months we were touched and thrilled beyond all expectations, with music from the past 60 years - from the 1930s to the 1990s, which included big band, pop, Western swing, classic country, bluegrass, 50s classics, gospel and whatever. It was surely the most thrilling entertainment and good music I have ever heard on any radio station. You can't believe how great it was.
The station was AM-670 WYLS. The on-air personalities were Tim Craddock, Jared Rainer, Carl and Thelma Fitzgerald and Noel Adcock. Citizens, it was real radio. The WYLS owners changed all that up without any notice on Dec. 31 and did away with that great music, and our family group of real radio fans lost our radio station.
I want to tell you York, Ala., radio people: You messed up. You had a great radio station, and now you have nothing. These listeners are gone and your AM 670 is now silent on our radios. We are some upset listeners. It's really sad.
Charles Naylor
Meridian
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