Local retired broadcaster Gerald Gaule has re-launched an Old Time Radio/Nostalgic service that is heard on the web and in the Albany area on AM 1700. Syncopated Radio Network plays a wide variety of music from 1898 to 1950 (Jazz, Ragtime, Popular, Standards and more), plus old time radio broadcasts from 1929 to 1962 and the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre from 1974 to 1982. The station is available through AM 1700, Destiny Media and in the future will webcast over Live365.com.

AM 1700 is an FCC-approved Part-15 microbroadcaster that operates with less than one-tenth of a watt and serves a portion of southwest Albany and follows strict FCC rules and regulations. It was built with former broadcasting engineers and amateur radio friends. After several months of research, 1700 AM was found to be the best frequency.

SRN has over 14,000 songs and over 12,000 OTR archives and is non-commercial and has no sports or news, just old-time music and nostalgia. It is self-supported. All music royalties and such are paid through registering the Part-15 station to BMI, and most recordings are public domain.

SWEET HOME, Ore. - A search is underway for a Sweet Home man who was reported missing on Saturday afternoon, the Linn County Sheriff's Office said.

Mark Joseph Hardin, 49, was reported missing by his wife at about 2 p.m. on Saturday. She said he had not been seen since Friday.

Hardin is known to hike in the Upper Calapooia area. Deputies found his vehicle, a Chevy Lumina, at 3:16 p.m. Saturday near the 100 line gate on the Upper Calapooia Road. Linn County deputies checked the area on foot and with ATVs but did not locate Hardin.

On Sunday, additional deputies and members of the Linn County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team joined the search effort until about 11 p.m.

The search continued Monday with deputies, 15 members of Search and Rescue and four Linn County Sheriff's Mounted Posse members on horseback.