Bill Keffury, KYA San Francisco, May 23 1964 (1:02:59)

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… . . . Here’s Perry Como … and his clickers . . . …

[Description by Uncle Ricky]

The friendly and familiar voice of long-time Bay Area favorite Bill Keffury is heard on this Saturday morning hour from San Francisco’s KYA. Keffury was “sitting in” for Gene Nelson.

Bill Keffury started his radio career in 1959 at KACY in Oxnard California. He joined KYA in 1963 after working at KRLA in Los Angeles (1961). Other than some time at KROY in Sacramento (1965), Keffury stayed in San Francisco for over thirty years, working at KIOI, KCBS-FM, KFOG, KABL and KPIX. As of 2006, Bill has retired in Las Vegas and operates an online easy-listening format at nicenoise.net.

The late Tony Tremayne (d. 2004) is also featured with PulseBeat News. Tremayne worked at a number of Bay Area stations before becoming President of AFTRA, San Francisco (1968-1970).

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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. 

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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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Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum