Randy Lundquist, KCPX(FM) Salt Lake City, 1984 (0:45:17)

… Hit after hit after hit – the new KCPX 99 …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles] Ron Hart closes out his show and introduces Randy Lundquist in this FM stereo exhibit from (best guess) January, 1984. It’s 20 degrees in Salt Lake City and this would be a near-perfect recording except for stereo alignment errors that were very difficult to correct. Like our first KCPX aircheck, we are delighted with the JAM jingles, some of the same as those in use at KKHR in Los Angeles. There’s reverb on the mic only, but I consider this a mistake. It should be on the entire program chain if you’re gonna use it at all. The jocks apparently have been told to speak briefly – because there is absolutely no idle chatter here. However, the format gets high marks because they identify the station, one way or another, before every song. Ah, those were the days, when the iPod format had not yet become mandatory.

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. 

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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