Uncle Johnny, WZOU Boston, 1985 (0:42:33)

… Hot Hits! Hot Ticket! W – Z – O – U, Boston’s ZOO …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Uncle Johnny is all excited about the all-new ZOO. I know next to nothing about 80’s-decade Boston radio, so we’ll ask our visitors to fill in the blanks about WZOU and Uncle Johnny by using our built-in comment feature. REELRADIO pays music licensing fees to present unedited music online. If you enjoy unedited airchecks like this one, your tax-deductible contribution to our operating fund will help keep this and other “unscoped” exhibits available. This is well-done mid-80’s CHR, even if it’s slightly fuzzy FM reception. The jingles in (infrequent) use here are from JAM, and are also featured as recorded for WAVA at REELRADIO. The Production Director was working long days at WZOU, I’d bet. There are a couple of locally-produced spots here that are better than average. But there are no 6-minute stopsets, no substitution of ponderous “imaging” elements for the DJ, and no “hip-hop”. Oh yes, 1985 was a very long time ago

Welcome to the new ReelRadio!

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”.

We remember Richard and we thank him. If you enjoy this new site, we would appreciate a contribution. We hope you enjoy the new ReelRadio!

Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum