Since its inception, Ms. Scates said, the program has been responsible for bringing free concerts and arts events to local audiences.
He does miss music, but there are gramophones, and there are inventions like the radiophone that hold some promise of bringing distant concerts to listeners.
The station was heavily involved with bringing concerts to the Ohio Theater in Lima.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday bring free concerts on 6 outdoor stages.
In addition to other events, the venue will also bring major concerts back to Orlando.
The weekend brings concerts by the Eastern Connecticut and Norwalk Symphonies, both with programs a little off the normal orchestral path.
He concentrated his career initially in musical theater and then on bringing popular classical concerts to a new audience through his "Concerts for the Family" series.
He began a foreign film series and brought small concerts into the theater.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick also became a fixture, supporting a budding arts community that brought concerts to the town and arts programs to schools.