RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A woman who identified herself Rachel from San Ysidro, California, called in the syndicated "The Art Laboe Connection Show" last month with a message for Alex "the Wizard."

"Babe, I want you to know I love you more than the distance between us," Rachel told her husband, who is serving time in a state prison in Delano, California. "We got mail from you this week." She then asks DJ Art Laboe to play "God Blessed Our Love" by Al Green. He obliged.

In Boston, DJ José Massó of 90.9 WBUR-FM,'s "Con Salsa!" got a similar letter from a Massachusetts inmate. The writer wanted a...