There aren’t many commercial terrestrial radio stations that don’t broadcast their signal over the net.
 
And there aren’t many sponsored stations that rely at least partly on volunteers, who don’t get paid anything.
 
There are even fewer in the U.S. that are run by a former radio pirate.  
 
And there are likely none that have a playlist consisting of a large number of 78s.
 
Yes, 78s.
 
Welcome to WHVW-AM, a small one-lung radio station in at 950 AM in Poughkeepsie, New York that’s really an oldies station. Its repertoire consists of American folk music, jazz, blues, pre-1964 oldies and lots of 78s from the owner’s own vintage collection.
 
The articles below are anything but recent but somehow this little radio station, bought at a bargain price by a guy who used to work on the old Radio New York International pirate outlet that once broadcast on shortwave, offers a plethora of obscure music and programming, while still fiercely serving its local community of license.
 
It’s an anomaly in this day of big corporate ownership and despite several attempts, I can’t find a working stream of it anywhere on the Internet. They don’t even have an actual webpage, although there is a Facebook page.

I’m not sure it would be the kind of format I’d listen to on a regular basis, but I sure would like to at least hear what they’re up to.
 
In this day and age, it’s likely to be a breath of fresh air. If it can somehow afford to stay on that air.
  
WHVW: The Hip Spot On Your Dial
 
New York Times: An Island of Idiosyncrasy on the AM Dial
 
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Here’s what one listener listed as a typical playlist one afternoon:
 
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean- Blind Lemon Jefferson
 
Waiting For A Train-Jimmie Rodgers
 
Der Freischotz: And Even If Clouds-Weber
 
Royal Garden Blues-Bix Beiderbecke
 
Somebody's Been Using That Thing- Hokum Boys
 
Somebody's Been Using That Thing- Milton Brown & His Brownies
 
Wine Head Willie, Put That Bottle Down- Elder Beck
 
I'm Wild About That Thing- Bessie Smith
 
Elder Eatmore's Sermon On Generosity- Louis Armstrong
 
All This World Is Made Of Glass- Georgia Washboard Stompers
 
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine- Harry The Hipster Gibson
 
Open The Door Richard- Jack McVea and his All Stars
 
Open The Door Richard- Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
 
Do Re Mi- Woody Guthrie
 
Un Petit Bout De Femme- Georges Ulmer
 
Mean Mama Blues- Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
 
Nuages- Quintete of the Hot Club of France
 
Later Alligator- Bobby Charles Guidry
 
I'm So Disgusted- Jerry Irby
 
Mountain Dew- "Grandpa" Jones
 
Number 12 Let Me Roam- Victoria Spivey
 
Bella Figlia Dell' Amore- (Rigoletto, G. Verdi) Victor Opera Quartet
 
Summer Night On The River- Frederick Delius
 
Relief Check- Bobby Sue and her Freeloaders
 
Les Sons Impalpables Du Rève-Oliver Messiaen
 
It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)- Jimmie Lunsford
 
My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)- Trixie Smith
 
Freight Train Blues-Roy Acuff
 
Come On Coot, And Do That Thing- Coot Grant
 
Uncle Bud- Tampa Red
 
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream- Fred Waring
 
I Saw The Light- Hank Williams
 
I Put A Spell On You- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
 
If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time- Lefty Frizzell
 
Hot Rod Race, (pts 1,2 &3)- Arkie Shibley
 
Black Rat Swing- Memphis Minnie
 
You've Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)-
 
Alberta Hunter
 
Birmingham Bounce- Hard Rock Gunter
 
Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
 
I Hear You Knocking (But You Can't Come In)- Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
 
Relief Check- Bobby Sue and her Freeloaders
 
Les Sons Impalpables Du Rève-Oliver Messiaen