Emory Schley: Good riddance to the old one, hello to the new one
Ocala Star-Banner
Well, here we are! Welcome to a brand, spanking new year. It’s hard to believe the 21st century is already 20 percent behind us! When I was a young lad, the 21st century always seemed so far in the future to me. It was a time I envisioned as filled with flying cars and death rays and vacations on the moon and lots of other cool stuff! We haven’t quite attained that level of technology yet, but we’re rapidly closing in on it. Small children of today will more than likely see all those dreams and more come to fruition before the century is even half-gone.
“Your readers might like to know that Ocala has several low-power FM stations. We are all nonprofit and community run. I run Christian radio station WRGE, 97.9 on the FM dial, an LPFM station which serves East Ocala and the Silver Springs area. We are currently featuring Christmas music from many of the artists Gene used to showcase on his program: Folks like Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Doris Day and Percy Faith. Christmas carols are so comforting this time of year and this year we need them more than ever.”
PHONE PATCHES: We were also talking a bit about Amateur Radio, more popularly called ham radio.