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Alan Freed, WJW Cleveland, 1954 (0:29:09)

The Bruce Portzer Collection
… This is Alan Freed, the old King of the Moondoggers …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]

Our thanks to contributor Bruce Portzer for this unscoped version of a REELRADIO Classic: Alan Freed “The Moondog”, WJW, 1954. The original ‘scoped exhibit (from Programmer’s Digest, November 1973) was HITBOUND on March 29, 1997.

Now, on February 23, 2003, we are pleased to introduce this contribution from Bruce, which is not only unscoped, but includes an additional segment that was not featured in the Programmer’s Digest excerpt. Bruce places this aircheck from March or April of 1954, based on Freed’s mention of a Palm Sunday (April 11, 1954) concert.

REELRADIO pays music licensing fees to present unedited music online. If you enjoy full-length airchecks like this one, your tax-deductible contribution to our operating fund will help keep this and other “unscoped” exhibits available.

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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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