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Joey Reynolds, WKBW Buffalo NY 1965 (0:15:25)

… Fred’s really out to win, friends – he’s got the oldest campaign speeches …
[By Uncle Ricky]  This wonderful aircheck of 50KW WKBW in Buffalo, N.Y. was snatched from the ether, and it includes some low-level original static and AM crosstalk. The reception imperfections do not tarnish the quality of the content. Joey Reynolds, “The Mayor of KB Country”, sounds very comfortable and relaxed here. A quarter-hour of this program was sponsored by Adam, Meldrum and Anderson – which is now either an International Bank or an Ice Rink, depending on what you choose to read on the Internet. What it was then was a local personality on a BIG full-service Top 40, with two newscasts per hour, selling a local department store. This is increasingly rare because so much radio is now generic and computerized (and there’s Wal-Mart.) But in October of 1965, Joey Reynolds did this Radio Show on WKBW, and this is as “reel” as it gets.

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This site is now operated by the North Carolina Broadcast History Museum. 

We want to thank the board of ReelRadio, Inc. for their stewardship since the passing of the founder Richard Irwin in 2018.  It has not been easy and they have maintained the exhibits for future generations to enjoy.

I met Richard Irwin, aka Uncle Ricky, when we were freshmen at East Carolina University.  We both had worked at local stations in our hometowns.  No one was more passionate about radio, especially Top 40 radio, than my friend Richard. 

Our goals with this site are to preserve the exhibits and make them available free of charge for people to enjoy.  Over time, we hope to add some airchecks to the site.  This will not happen immediately.  Time and resources will determine the future of new exhibits. 

Many thanks to the web folks at the Beasley Media Group for countless hours of work.  Again thanks to the board members of ReelRadio, Inc. for their faith in us. 

Richard Irwin’s hope was that his site would live on long after his passing. He said, “I hope REELRADIO will survive as my contribution to the ‘radio business’. The business is allowed to forget me, but the business should never forget the great era of radio that we celebrate here”.

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Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum