Chris Edwards, Tom Campbell, KYA San Francisco 1969 (0:14:24)

… KYA Golden Gate Great …
Description by Uncle RickyChris Edwards (d. January 31, 2014) and long-time pitchman Tom Campbell are heard on
Avco Broadcasting’s KYA, San Francisco, in August of 1969.

For all the years KYA was a viable radio station in the San Francisco radio
market, airchecks of KYA are difficult to find! I was really excited to find
this aircheck in the John Rook Collection.

Newsman Larry Brownell reports that it’s 62 degrees in The City at 5:30, and the U.S. has acknowledged submarines carrying nuclear missles. More on the murders, but first, this word from

This is a particularly good composite if for nothing more than the classic spots: Please don’t start shaving those legs… Young Legs! Hair-Free and Care-Free! Vanilla Fudge for Coke, $3 tickets for Blind Faith with Free, along with a few rarely-played PAMS custom (?) jings and a big-time “imager” for the Fortune Phone Spectacular all combine to make this one really fun quarter-hour.

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