Larry Dixon, KVIL Dallas, March 15, 1988 Part One (scoped) (0:30:34)

Scoped
… Yes, (I’m going to stay in radio) – are you surprised at that? …
Larry Dixon, 2008 [Description by contributor Gary McBrayer] Taped directly from the radio, it’s March 15, 1988 and on this afternoon, Larry Dixon is completing his final air shift after 12 1/2 years at KVIL. Today, he is tag-teaming with Bill Gardner who has returned to KVIL to assume the afternoon drive shift as Larry moves on to mornings at WFYR-FM in Chicago. At this point in time, KVIL had dominated the Dallas ratings for over a decade. Along with Larry and Bill, you’ll hear Peggy Sears and Ray Walker in the news department, Ted Davis doing sports, and Nick Alexander in the K-V-I-L-icopter — along with the station’s usual staple of listener call-ins and promotions — all the parts that went into making the station a programming legend during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

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