As every other institution, the success was there thanks to the people working in it. They worked hard to make the program as it was, the sound as it was and the effect as it was. It had a mix of everything and at the same time it was not a mess, but rather a nice everyday companion. Luckily, I got to know these people during my 3-month internship at Retro in 2005 :)
As I mentioned, I really liked the program schedule. Retro music was not just randomly aired with no meaning. Instead it was structured and served, reminding me of yummy dishes at different times of the day - sometimes it came as a lovely romantic dinner, sometimes like a rocky breakfast, sometimes bringing me a nostalgic feeling of something I liked to eat in the past, sometimes like a light Sunday brunch.
Every show on Retro had a really cool jingle attached to it. I loved listening to those jingles, so in a moment of some inspiration and idleness, I made the following two wallpapers.
Funky Time was a set of songs that made me have this 'cool' feeling about retro music. It was running every Saturday afternoon.
'I'm feeling good... on Friday... with Retro Radio' was a random jingle, not connected to any show. It was just reminding me it is Friday and I am again listening to good music.
At 12 am each night, Retro used to air an incredibly nice slow song - just instrumental. I never learned by whom it was. Not because I didn't want to. No. It was because I knew it will come every night at 12. That was exactly when I wanted to hear it. I didn't need it more than once per day.
But... es every beautiful thing, this one came to an end. And I will never know who authored this lovely romantic piece... :) Still, it is kinda nice!
