Listen Live and Celebrate Doris Day’s Birthday on April 3, 2010

March 7, 2010 - PRLog -- (Frederickburg, VA) FredNetRadio.com, an independent broadcasting station out of Fredericksburg, VA, responds to what listeners want to hear.  Debuting January 10, 2010, Fred Net Radio aired the first broadcast in an ongoing series featuring the exclusive music of “Doris Day and Friends” hosted by Mike DeVita, a long time fan for more than 50 years.  Mike’s appreciation of music, the arts, and his love for Doris Day’s velvet voice, matched the station’s vision of what radio should be.  His extensive knowledge of Doris Day’s musical career casts Mike as “music aficionado” and ardent Doris Day enthusiast for Fred Net Radio.  Mike broadcasts every Sunday, 3pm – 5pm EST from Baltimore, MD featuring Doris Day’s musical career; spanning 1939 (her first audition song) to her last recorded music in 1985/1986. The program is then re-broadcast each week on Wednesday at 8pm and midnight EST.

April 3, 2010 is a special day for those who love and appreciate Doris Day. Fred Net Radio will be broadcasting live out of Baltimore, MD from http://www.frednetradio.com on Saturday, April 3, from 1pm – 4pm EST to celebrate Doris’s birthday.  Fans and friends are invited to call the station to leave a personal birthday message for Doris, toll free at 877-846-9180 or 540-288-4001 option 4.  Phone lines are open now and will be open through the day of the broadcast.  Messages will be played throughout the live broadcast.

Fred Net Radio station owner, Keith Angstadt, knew at a young age that he wanted to be in broadcasting.  He began his career at the age of 11 in ham radio in Philadelphia, PA.  By the time Keith reached age 17 in 1962, he landed his first job for WFLS Radio out of Fredericksburg, VA as a Boy Friday, fetching coffee for the DJs.  But, within six months, he was holding a microphone in his hands broadcasting live on Sunday mornings.  He soon became Chief Engineer and Drive Time Announcer until departing to build a TV station, WHFV-TV.

WHFV-TV was an affiliate of NBC-TV where Keith was the VP, General Manager, and Director of Technical Operations.  Keith aired weekly editorials and local news inserts with the “Today Show.”  After WHFV-TV was sold in 1976, Keith departed to return to radio where he would spend his next 25 years with The Mutual Broadcasting System, out of Arlington, VA.  Mutual Broadcasting introduced the country to The Larry King Show, where it was common to see The President(s) and all of their secret service personnel, along with celebrity personalities including Bob Hope, whom Keith met personally.  His career with Mutual sent him to NY, Culver City, CA, and other locations used by the network.  While working out of WNEW-AM in NY on “The Make Believe Ballroom”, Keith met Rosemary Clooney and Don Pardo, and he was even introduced to Betty White.

After Keith’s retirement in the summer of 2008, he decided to start an internet broadcast station playing the music that he loved to play back in 1972.   Knowing that internet broadcasting was a growing technology and still developing, he believed in the wave of the future that might allow the little guy a level playing field while competing with the broadcast conglomerates.

On October 20, 2008, http://www.frednetradio.com commenced broadcasting.  The station is a family effort with Keith’s four daughters, one son, and six grandchildren all at the helm at one time or another.  Keith says, “While we have not made a cent yet, it has been a labor of love and my hobby.”

During the summer of 2009 Keith’s path crossed with Mike DeVita of Baltimore, MD.  “Mike and I share tastes in music that are so similar they are almost identical.  Our main interest is Doris Day, the person and her music.  This is how Mike has become one of our staff announcers.”

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