Lee Moore gave a whole generation of Northeastern urbanites like me their first exposure to real country music -- thanks to the mighty northward beam of WWVA. He deserves a place alongside the recently much celebrated Harry Smith for bringing a breath of the "old, free America" into our darkened bedrooms. It was listening to WWVA while I was in high-school that prepared me for total immersion in bluegrass and roots music when the folk boom came along.

James, in Bristol, R.I.