{"id":2719,"date":"2025-07-31T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/template1\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:32:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About our station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History of Street Corner Singers\u00a0 (Doo Wop era)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2719-1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/03\/Charlie-Gracie-on-Street-Corner-Music.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/03\/Charlie-Gracie-on-Street-Corner-Music.mp4\">https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/03\/Charlie-Gracie-on-Street-Corner-Music.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3005\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Hughes-Motors.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The building on the left is our small station<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3006 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Station-Interior-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Station-Interior-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Station-Interior.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0Studio A ( We also have the smaller Studio B)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><em><strong> The music of the fabulous 50&#8217;s and the sensational 60&#8217;s. Even our jingles, fillers, and vintage commercials are tailored to keep the broadcast nostalgic to the period.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><em><strong> Playing 500 or more titles every day and never playing the same one twice. Our featured DJ hosted programs are interesting and about the music and the artists that created it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s never boring.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Listener-Map-3-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Listener-Map-3-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Listener-Map-3-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Listener-Map-3-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/10\/Listener-Map-3.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Random Snap shot of our Internet listeners map<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b class=\"ng-binding\"><em>Total listening hours <\/em>(TLH): 1332.27<\/b><strong> per week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Streaming Protocol and Delivery<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Audio for streaming depends on protocols that move data from the source to the listener efficiently. <strong>We use<\/strong> <strong>HLS (HTTP Live Streaming): Widely used for adaptive streaming, supported by most devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3149\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/02\/Stream-Diagram-124x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/02\/Stream-Diagram-124x300.png 124w, https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/02\/Stream-Diagram.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Our station is the sound of your memories<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3143\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2026\/01\/Rarely-Heard-60s_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Bringing back the old school sound<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3015\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/12\/SoundExchange_Licensee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>We spent seven years t<\/strong><strong>o procure our specialized music library.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">We pay $1,000 each year for broadcast rights. All so that our listeners may enjoy the great oldies.\u00a0 We would love to hear from you about what you like and don&#8217;t like about our broadcast. After all &#8211; it&#8217;s your station!<\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" src=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/556\/2025\/08\/Radio-Antenna.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"225\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Street Corner Singers\u00a0 (Doo Wop era) &nbsp; The building on the left is our small station &nbsp; \u00a0Studio A ( We also have [&hellip;] <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1499,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2719","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3179,"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719\/revisions\/3179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesca.st\/americasbestoldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}