Chris Borden, KTKT Tucson, Arizona, 1959 (0:11:27)

… If you don’t want it heard on KTKT News, don’t let it happen …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Chris Borden is featured in morning drive on Top 40 legend KTKT in Tucson, Arizona, on April 9, 1959. Borden went from KTKT to KEWB in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked with Gary Owens, Casey Kasem, Ted Randall and others. He then spent two years at KSFO with Don Sherwood, Jim Lange and Al “Jazzbeau” Collins, followed by a year at KNBR. Chris left radio for filmmaking, and was also the founder of the broadcast school attended by Sly Stone (of The Family Stone.) About this aircheck, Chris writes: This was when radio was fun and we could do anything we wanted! I used a lot of voice tracks and musical stingers.

Welcome to the new ReelRadio!

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. 

Many thanks to the web folks at the Beasley Media Group for countless hours of work.  Again thanks to the board members of ReelRadio, Inc. for their faith in us. 

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”.

We remember Richard and we thank him. If you enjoy this new site, we would appreciate a contribution. We hope you enjoy the new ReelRadio!

Board of NCBHP
North Carolina Broadcast History Project