The tubes are aglow, the dial’s set, and WIWS is on the air—Ray and Dottie with hits, rarities, vintage jingles, and real AM sound. By day, John works as a designer and reissue coordinator in the music industry. Together, he and Chrissy created WIWS to reflect their shared passion for the compressed, lo-fi sound of AM radio in 1962. As an offshoot of John's design business, WIWS bridges the audio
world of radio with the visual essence of the jackets, records, and ephemera he’s collected — a way to put his vast library to use (“look at that amazing script font!”) and turn it into something living. On-air, they appear as Ray and Dottie — the fictional husband-and-wife team at the heart of WIWS. Every element of the station, from the vintage jingles to the numerous saved-from-oblivion radio spots, is crafted to capture the feel of real mid-century broadcasting. WIWS isn’t retro — it’s a genuine recreation of how radio once felt, built entirely by two people who still believe in the possibility of escaping to another dimension in time. WIWS is a production of Sellards Studios.
