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Bob James on WGAR, Cleveland, 1977 (0:04:48)

The Dan Haber Collection
… “From the album ‘She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat’.” …

Another great hero, “The Real” Bob James was as entertaining as they got on one of the great old rockers, WGAR-AM, a 50K boomer from Cleveland. This station housed some of the best talent (including a fresh from California early Imus-In-The-Morning), and Bob James fit right in. Another of those throwbacks to the early days, this combined aircheck features lots of crazy voices and hilarious bits, everything a Top 40 jock should be. Their tag line used to be “WGAR Means Music And More”. Anyone can play the music. But this guy was definitely “The More”.

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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. 

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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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