Now Ayrshire Radio

Now Ayrshire Radio does one thing and does it without apology: oldies and pop, played straight. The playlist runs from Motown and Northern Soul to ABBA, Blondie, and the softer end of '70s rock. No genre-hopping, no ironic posturing. That's the appeal. Oldies radio in the United Kingdom rarely sounds this unforced. You'll get Diana Ross, then ELO, then something off Rumours, and the sequencing actually holds together. The stream runs at 128kbps, which is plenty for material like this. Ayrshire gives the station its name and its audience, but there's nothing parochial about the selection: these…