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1970 Los Angeles Composite, KGFJ, KRLA, KHJ (0:33:07)

The Barry Salberg Collection
… out there with our love pumps thumpin’ …
[Description by Uncle Ricky from notes by contributor Barry Salberg] This excellent fast-moving composite includes some of the best popular music jocks on the air in L.A. in May of 1970. Originally recorded by Tom Greenleigh for contributor Barry Salberg, it includes segments from three legendary stations and seven outstanding personalities. (00:00 – 05:38) KGFJ: Don Tracy, Jim Wood (05:39 – 17:22) KRLA: Jay Stevens, Dick Sainte, Russ O’Hara (17:23 – 33:00) KHJ: Chuck Browning, The Real Don Steele Just prior to this aircheck, Jay Stevens had been at KFRC. The KHJ segment includes Thom Beck with a fabulous Irwindale Raceway spot, and the Steele show wraps with a Fractious Friday signoff. The intro for KSTN’s Barry Shane at the end of the exhibit was a gag for the contributor.

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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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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