Dan McKay, WQUE New Orleans, 1986 (scoped) (0:23:46)

Scoped
… for a small fee, we will perform at any social or bodily function …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Eric Rhoads]

Well, the jingles sound familiar, but instead of singing “The Z Morning Zoo, they’re singing “The Que Morning Crew.” Dan McKay is joined by Marilyn LeBlanc with news and Larry Matson with sports, and a special guest, funnyman Blake Clark. There also seems to be a cast of goofy characters and just a lot of people in the control room in general.

In this 45 minutes, there are three spots for TV stations! What better testament to the once-great advertising value of regulated radio? The stop sets are too long, however, and this station had succumbed to the iPod format already.

What’s the Stealing Radio Is A Crime promo about? They say it’s “National Disc Jockey Day”, but there’s a conflict with the now-published date of that and the 1986 NFL Draft reported in the news. Best bet for the date of this broadcast is April 30, 1986. If you can better pinpoint the date, please do so!

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”.

We remember Richard and we thank him. If you enjoy this new site, we would appreciate a contribution. We hope you enjoy the new ReelRadio!

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