Barney Pip, WCFL Chicago, July 25, 1970 (1:04:17)

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… You’re making it, with Barney Pip …
[Description by Uncle Ricky. Contributed by John Quincy] This must have been close to the end of Barney Pip’s long tenure at WCFL. Obviously spooked by WLS, Big Ten was tightening up — so much so, that Pip sounds like he “phoned this one in”. There’s no trumpet playing or clever patter, just lots of live spots. Barney gets in and out quickly. And, even though it’s nearly 2AM in the morning, there are two newscasts, delivered by John Ganas. This is another high-fidelity studio recording of WCFL made by the station’s Production Manager, Tom Konard.

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