[rshoffer]

WOW... is WVLG ever a great radio station! A year ago I said to my wife, "I'da moved here just to listen to this station."
Does anybody know how long it's been on the air?
Where do the DJ's come from/ Are they all Villagers?
I do wish they had a Sun am Beatle's Brunch like my oldies station back home.

[Hawkwind]

Try WIND FM out of Gainsville if you are into Oldies. It is on 92.5 on the FM dial and has coverage thought TV. Or better yet you can listen live over the internet.


It is better than the Oldies stations that we have here in northern Ohio and I listen to it all the time. In the winter it was nice to listen to the weather reports of temps in the 70's and it was 5 degrees here and snowing.

[cybrgeezer]

Actually, the station in Gainesville is WNDT. WIND is in Chicago.

In the Central Florida area, I also listen to the oldies station out of Ocala, WMFQ at 92.9 FM; good, strong signal in The Villages.

WVLG is a good station, but the AM signal is a bit muddy; FM is sharper. But when traveling, I've tuned in to WVLG and gotten it a pretty good distance from The Villages, like in Inverness and (scratchy) in Crystal River.

My early working life (starting at age 17) was in radio and I keep up with it somewhat. I've told friends and family that I started as the youngest announcer in the St. Louis market and might need to go back to work part-time in the business as maybe the oldest announcer in some other market someday.

I wonder if WVLG will be hiring when I'm ready to move ... ?

[LELANDJANE]

WVLG has always been one of my favorite parts about the villages. When I leave I always listen going up I75 all the way past Gainesville.

[rshoffer]

Originally Posted by cybrgeezer

Actually, the station in Gainesville is WNDT. WIND is in Chicago.

In the Central Florida area, I also listen to the oldies station out of Ocala, WMFQ at 92.9 FM; good, strong signal in The Villages.

WVLG is a good station, but the AM signal is a bit muddy; FM is sharper. But when traveling, I've tuned in to WVLG and gotten it a pretty good distance from The Villages, like in Inverness and (scratchy) in Crystal River.

My early working life (starting at age 17) was in radio and I keep up with it somewhat. I've told friends and family that I started as the youngest announcer in the St. Louis market and might need to go back to work part-time in the business as maybe the oldest announcer in some other market someday.

I wonder if WVLG will be hiring when I'm ready to move ... ?

I agree 92.9 is good, but, "oldies" should include 40's and especially 50's music with a good dose of Doo-Opp mixed in.... thus my vote for WVLG.

[JohnM]

Does WVLG have an internet site for listening like many radio stations do?

[kyblue]

I love the radio channel - but - wish after 9 they would play some 70's and 80's music. Listening to the 50's music late at night is just not right. We have the baby boomers that may want to hear some later music. This does not mean that you have to be a specific age to go to bed early - just saying 70's and 80's would be great late.

[rshoffer]

Originally Posted by kyblue

I love the radio channel - but - wish after 9 they would play some 70's and 80's music. Listening to the 50's music late at night is just not right. We have the baby boomers that may want to hear some later music. This does not mean that you have to be a specific age to go to bed early - just saying 70's and 80's would be great late.

Ima boomer.... 59 yo, but, my mom had the radio on all the time so i was weaned on Johhn Mathis, Nat King Cole, The Platters etc.... There were songs my mom used to play that I hadn't heard for over 40 years... until, I moved to The Villages. I can't get enough of it.

[SABRMnLgs]

We've been here for awhile now and I found 720 in Hernando. Especially like Saturday mornings when the play "Big Band Jump" from 10-12PM. Two problems though, to many vocal, not enough instrumentals. And foget about picking the station up when the sun goes down.
Tried to get WVLG when we lived in Orlando but same thing, to many vocals and not enough instrumentals and the station disappears when the sun goes down. So even now I don't listen to it. Seems kind of patronizing though. No other station I know advertises open houses and the like like this one does.
Course the Hernando station has a funeral home for an advertiser. Kinda the same thing I guess. But Hernando at least doesn't baby talk their listeners.
Ever see that Rob Newton guy on the TV station on the weeks ends. Makes you want to . He acts and sounds like he's talking to a bunch of
children instead of adults. And forget any real news. It's bingo or bocce ball or spinning wheel club meets on so and so days. What an absoulte bore.
Course as RB states, "That's only MY opinion".

[bebemary]

The station along with the TV are owned and controlled by the developer. Puppets on a string. Nuff said?

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by bebemary

The station along with the TV are owned and controlled by the developer. Puppets on a string. Nuff said?

I am not quite sure why that matters. You get the golf closings and some local info that is pertinent to the Villages. Information we need as Villagers to keep up our lifestyle!!

Plus - channel 99 - the Villages weather is tuned into WVLG so you can get the weather and Villages news at the same time.

Z

[Indy-Guy]

Originally Posted by bebemary

The station along with the TV are owned and controlled by the developer. Puppets on a string. Nuff said?

I for one have no problem with the developer owning the radio station. I feel that the developer gave us an option to purchase in what I feel is a special community. The developer did a great job in building it and they have come to enjoy it and I do. Including his radio station.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by SABRMnLgs

. What an absoulte bore.
Course as RB states, "That's only MY opinion".

So change the station!

[Number 6]

I listen but think there is a real lack of 60s rock and roll. This station plays more Michael Buble than the Beatles, Byrds, Spoonful and Stones combined. Don't hold your breath for a Beatles Brunch.
Again, that is just my opinion. I have CDs in the car.

[NJblue]

What I miss most is a classical station (at least I have not yet found one). I do get DirecTV so they have the classical stations on XM for home listening. I'm not sure what the solution is to satisfy the wide range of people's musical interests. WVLG tries to be almost everything for everybody, but at times I'm not always in the mood to jump from Johnny Mathis to The Rolling Stones to The Platters. I often wonder if I were selected to be Villager of the Day and I told them my favorite song was the Triumphal March from Aida if they would play it on the air.