Radio made by your neighbors
WZRE is the community station of the Big Bend Heritage Music Association — a noncommercial educational broadcaster rooted in Perry, Florida. We play the music of this region, share what's happening around town, and keep the Gulf Coast connected from the marsh flats to the pine woods.
On August 29, 2026 we step up from Low Power FM at 99.3 to full-power NCE at 89.9, with new transmitter sites stretching our coverage from Horseshoe Beach to the Econfina River.
Heritage music first
Local players, regional roots music, and the songs of the Big Bend.
Volunteer powered
Hosts, engineers, and helpers who live and work right here.
Noncommercial
Supported by listeners and business underwriters — not advertising.
Meet Josh Noland — Host of "God's Country," "Josh's Picks," and "Jammin' with Josh"
Josh Noland has been a fixture of Big Bend music for decades. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he spent years working as a U.S. Army Map Service draftsman before following his lifelong love of music into a full-time career, eventually building a name for himself in South Florida as a bandleader, record producer, and Country Music Hall of Fame and Cabaret of Music Organization of America inductee.
Josh moved to Perry, Florida in 2005 and quickly became a driving force behind the region's music community. He launched the "Perry Opry" concert series at Forest Capital Park, taught the informal "Tuesday Night Group" of local musicians — the very group whose members went on to found the Big Bend Heritage Music Association and WZRE — and has hosted the Sunday morning country gospel program "God's Country" since 2006, along with his music shows "Josh's Picks" and "Jammin' with Josh."