Charlie Greer, WABC New York, August 1969 (0:28:56)

… … Money talks, nobody walks … …

[Description by Uncle Ricky]

Charlie Greer (1923-1996) was on WABC for a long time. From many miles away, through the fading and static, I remember Charlie as the pitchman for those rhythmic Dennison’s spots — bedtime stories from the proverbial transistor radio under my pillow. Hearing them again reminds me how strange I thought it all was. If I lived in New York, I could shop at Dennison’s at 1 in the morning!

This wonderful aircheck from Man from Mars includes several Dennison’s spots, plus a Palisades Amusement Park spot. Jim Branch does the newscast. I initially suspected this recording was made from WABC-FM, but Don Tandler tells me the aircheck was made in the WABC studios by Charlie Greer himself, and willed to fan Steve Thomas. Contributor Ed Brouder received it from a fellow collector in Utah, years ago. It’s not truly “high-fidelity”, but the clarity and presence of the overall recording is quite different from the reverb and hetrodyne-enhanced memories of my pillow-surfing years.

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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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