Keeve Berman, KQV Pittsburgh, PA. August 7, 1962 (0:29:23)

… Yesterday we were talking about sending a boy to camp, there’s been a change of plans – I’m going to Nassau …
Description by Uncle Ricky This exhibit is UNSCOPED, meaning that all the music is included. We are required to pay a fee for each listener for all musical performances on this recording. Plus, we must also pay the cost of Internet bandwidth to deliver it to you. We are a user-supported organization, and if you enjoy this exhibit, please say thanks with your support. Keeve Berman moved to Pittsburgh in 1961 as part of the KQV news team, but he was also tapped as a D.J. for weekend and vacation fill-in. On this Tuesday morning, August 7, 1962, Berman is heard subbing for vacationing Jim Gearhart. Later, Berman continued his career in news at WOR and ABC Radio in New York. Also featured: An intro and close to the sports report by Pie Traynor. This is a studio recording, made prior to any station processing. We don’t know if KQV was running reverb in 1962, and we’ve used minimal processing for this online version. Undoubtedly, this station sounded a bit more aggressive on the air. Our thanks to The John Rook Collection for this rare recording. John joined KQV as Program Director in 1964.

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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. 

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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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