9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁song , ▁" W alk ing ▁In to ▁F res no ", ▁written ▁by ▁Hall ▁Of ▁Fame ▁guitar ist ▁Bill ▁A ken ▁and ▁recorded ▁by ▁Bob ▁Gall ion ▁of ▁the ▁world - f am ous ▁" W W VA ▁J amb ore e " ▁radio ▁and ▁television ▁show ▁in ▁W heel ing , ▁West ▁Virginia . ▁A ken , ▁adopted ▁by ▁Mexican - American ▁movie ▁actress ▁Lu pe ▁May org a , ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁town ▁of ▁Mad era ▁and ▁his ▁song ▁chron ic led ▁the ▁hard ships ▁faced ▁by ▁the ▁migr ant ▁farm ▁workers ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁a ▁child . ▁A ken ▁also ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁TV ▁appearance ▁playing ▁guitar ▁on ▁the ▁old ▁country - western ▁show ▁at ▁The ▁F res no ▁Bar n . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁residents ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁were ▁port rayed ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁com edic ▁min is eries ▁titled ▁" F res no ", ▁featuring ▁Carol ▁Burn ett , ▁D ab ney ▁Cole man , ▁Ter i ▁G arr ▁and ▁Charles ▁G rod in , ▁along ▁with ▁numerous ▁other ▁cele brit ies . ▁The ▁mini ▁series ▁was ▁presented ▁as ▁a ▁par ody ▁of ▁the ▁prime ▁time ▁soap ▁oper as ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁the ▁Federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ' s ▁Operation ▁Re zone ▁st ing ▁resulted ▁in ▁several ▁prominent ▁F res no