Dr. Don Rose, KFRC San Francisco 1978 (scoped) (0:17:02)

Scoped
… . . . They’ve hot-wired my seat! . . . …
In Memory of Dr. Don Rose (d. March 29, 2005), contributor Bill Cooper recovered this (‘scoped) aircheck from KFRC in August of 1978. It’s been musically “restored” as of 2005 by Uncle Ricky, but I doubt that KFRC was playing the LP versions of “With A Little Luck” or “Boogie Oogie Oogie”.

There’s also some question that this is all from the same day. If so, it means Three Times A Lady was played twice in the 8AM hour! The “restored” version spares you the repeat, and also, the “restored” version of this aircheck doesn’t include all the spots, or newscasts, because they weren’t included in the original contribution.

Those technical issues aside, Dr. Don offers the weather, traffic, and every gag flawlessly. Dr. Don Rose was absolutely one of the greatest Top 40 morning guys of all time.

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”.

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