WEES 107.9 radio brings nostalgia to local airwaves

In a radio studio at the Gold Coast Mall on 115th Street, five people, most of them retired, work together for one common goal: flooding the airwaves with nostalgia.

The low-powered, nonprofit station WEES 107.9 has been taking the Ocean City area on a musical trip to the past for about a decade. Three times a week, volunteer disc jockeys play scheduled shows featuring music from the ’50s and ’60s.

“It’s mostly a nostalgia hour with rock and doo-wop, but we do have a children’s hour,” said volunteer Rick Bohs, who DJs a show Saturday mornings.

With a radio station united by fond music memories, there’s bound to be a divergence in those exact memories among DJs. Some shows are defined by an artist, as is the case with “Sinatra and Friends” on Friday evenings. Others feature specific genres such as “Roots of Reggae” or Dino Fradelos’ “Dean of Doo-wop” program.

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