[Description by Uncle Ricky]

Contributor John Long credits this selection to an Aircheck Club LP. This wonderfully rare hour of Bob Chase with newscaster Bob Mann and sportscaster Bob Mack(?) may be the first known example of the All-Bob format. This is HOT Cold-War Top 40, with WQXI Hotline – Inside Information from Atlanta, Washington D.C., New Delhi – it was “Instant Information – Any hour, any minute.” It ends with the 8AM lead story: JFK is expected to announce the resumption of nuclear tests ‘in the atmosphere’, but that is preceded by the Radio Moscow feature! It is VERY 1962. It is delightfully Atlanta and Southeastern U.S. as well.

The #1 record is played TWICE in the 7-8 AM hour. (It only took five minutes to drive to work then, so the listening times were much shorter!) The total treasures and individual “format” elements contained in an inventory of this exhibit are staggering: in addition to a full five minute newscast (plus an edited half hour teaser) and sponsor tags, you’ll get Wendy the Weather Girl, WQXI News Cruiser, and an “Auditorial” by then GM Kent Burkhart, regarding the merits of Top 40 Radio.

Also: The Dixie Piano Company, Atlanta Dairy Perfect Flavor Milk, Dixie Transmission Service, York Imperial-Size Cigarettes, and 666 Cold Preparation. (Obviously, the Devil’s Decongestant..) Jingles! Some PAMS 18 and other and also, very unknown custom song and station jings for Hey Baby and Duke of Earl; verbose “Good Morning” gag. Spots! The Birth of Busch-Bavarian Beer, VIP (Edie Adams!), Phil Silvers for Ford, A&P and … the 62 cent shrimp basket (with slaw and buttered rolls…)

This one could claim the REELRADIO AWARD for Most Stuff In an Hour, 1962.