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01/05/2025

Thank you to all who responded to our post about closing; I’d intended to respond to each comment but it hasn’t happened.

Given the number of people expressing desire to see us move ahead somehow, and at Dottie’s encouragement mostly just to ensure we don’t lose the stream and associated url, we renewed our live365 account, although at the moment it’s still cancelled.

We’re not going to just put the old content back up…I think we’ll just play music with occasional ids for a while until we figure out what the future looks like, if there is one.

To be clear, we’re not backtracking…I think Ray and Dottie and the immersive approach are unsustainable for us, and the repetitive nature of what’s essentially a hard drive station has caught up with me. Whatever we do will be simpler and cleaner, if we move ahead.

So as soon as we have the stream back we’ll play something - we’ll post here. At her suggestion it’s just going to be our library as we take a month or two to decide what we want to do.

01/02/2025

Folks, it's been a long time coming, but WIWS is no more. With our jobs and our special needs children, even just letting it run unmaintained has become too much responsibility. All Patreon has been cancelled as of this morning, and the live365 account will be closed soon.

Thank you for your interest and support. I'm going to leave this page open for a while as I am toying with selling some of the music and transcription discs we purchased, but we'll see - any updates related to this will appear here.

We know you’re here because you love what WIWS is all about, but we need your ears! Without listeners—and a little suppo...
12/13/2024

We know you’re here because you love what WIWS is all about, but we need your ears! Without listeners—and a little support on Patreon—we can’t keep delivering the authentic AM radio experience we’ve worked so hard to create. If you haven’t tuned in lately, here’s what makes WIWS stand out:

• The only online station (as far as we know) that recreates the sound of classic AM radio, complete with authentic mono sound and compression, vintage jingles, and that beeeeeeeauuuuuutiful reverb!
• A lately much-improved mix of hits and deep cuts—thanks to some upgrades this year, we now can control hits to misses, so the days of long nap-time sessions in the middle of the day are gone!
• Daily 1964 news updates from Dottie’s dad, Rick Peters, adding a personal and authentic touch. (What year should we switch to next year? 1965 is way too modern!)

Our focus has always been on conceptualizing the music in its original environment—creating a true time-machine experience, even if we’re not a live, fully functioning station.

We feel WIWS is better than ever, but we can’t keep the music playing without you. If you’ve been waiting to check it out, now’s the time. Plus, your support on Patreon could make all the difference, and we’d love to have you tuning in!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

Not ironic. Not kitschy. Not all flying saucers or leather jackets. Not turning a legit 65-year-old 7up ad into dumb sex...
12/11/2024

Not ironic. Not kitschy. Not all flying saucers or leather jackets. Not turning a legit 65-year-old 7up ad into dumb sexual innuendo using Photoshop. That's not us.

The Ray Ford Show just plays the damn music. In CONTEXT. We're all about context. Put your radio on and experience just about the most real time machine you can find in 2024. THAT'S the context.

Listen now!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

A listener sent this clipping in asking if Ray had more coffee than usual this morning as the show is so hoppin'...we we...
12/06/2024

A listener sent this clipping in asking if Ray had more coffee than usual this morning as the show is so hoppin'...we went down to the control room to check and he has the door locked and is yelling at the top of his lungs about what a genius Lorrie Collins is. He's tuned in today for sure, you should be too!!!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

Folks, Christmas time is here again on WIWS! This year, we're trying something a little different, mixing the classic, t...
11/28/2024

Folks, Christmas time is here again on WIWS! This year, we're trying something a little different, mixing the classic, traditional songs with a lot of the great 50s and early 60s rock and roll holiday tunes. Tune in, and...get that turkey going already!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

Ray’s down in the production room playing with this new Scotch tape getting ready for tomorrow’s thanksgiving programmin...
11/27/2024

Ray’s down in the production room playing with this new Scotch tape getting ready for tomorrow’s thanksgiving programming practicing saying “cranberry sauce” over and over…we keep telling him it sounds like “I buried Paul” but he says, “What the heck does that have to do with thanksgiving?” We don’t know either, but tune in tomorrow!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

We've been down 17 flights of stairs in the historic McLean building to dig out all the holiday records for this year's ...
11/23/2024

We've been down 17 flights of stairs in the historic McLean building to dig out all the holiday records for this year's all-day traditional Christmas music extravaganza coming this Thanksgiving. If you like your merry moods minus Mariah, this is the place to be for a good, old-fashioned AM radio seasonal celebration! Tune in next Thursday all day on WIWS!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

11/21/2024

"WIWS, man, it’s a rhythm station, a soul station, a heartbeat of Beckley blasting through the digital ether like a ghost from a Wurlitzer past—pulsing mono reverb through the veins of the night. It’s a vibe, a trip, a time machine spinning B-sides and hidden gems conjuring up a mood something like cigarette smoke curling up around your girl in your ‘62 Oldsmobile. Ray and Dottie weave the sounds of golden AM radio, where jingles jangle like change in a soda shop pocket and Dottie's old man Rick drops news flashes like they’re fresh off the press in ’64. It’s nostalgia with grit, a jukebox sermon for the lost and restless, the dreamers, the ones who still hum in harmony with the static on the dial."—Fenton Knobhob, Beat Visionary

Two NEWSFLASH updates!First, we have reports from far-flung corners of the world that the Android app is working again! ...
11/19/2024

Two NEWSFLASH updates!

First, we have reports from far-flung corners of the world that the Android app is working again! Please report back here if it's still not connecting, and we'll send more donuts down to the engineering staff to motivate them!

Also, after a few listeners called in about Ray's record picks being very repetitious, we checked his logs and discovered he's played "No Chemise Please" and several other tracks far more than other approved cuts. He's insisting payola isn't involved, but we DID notice a huge box of Roi-Tan ci**rs under his desk.

ANYWAY, we've taken steps to have Ray play a better, more balanced mix of music...we told him he can play "his" records - even "Chemise" now and again but not every other day. Tune in and see what you think of the new Ray Ford Show rotation TODAY!

live365: https://live365.com/station/WIWS-a02808
Apple/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wiws-radio/id1630120494
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiwsradio.app
Echo: "Alexa enable live three sixty five" and then, "Alexa play station double you eye double you ess radio."

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