Composite, KRLA Los Angeles, 1963-1981 (0:26:46)

… . . . So, come on along – Swing and Be Happy! . . . …

This edit from California Aircheck’s Classic Issue C-14 (December, 1981) features KRLA, beginning in 1963, and ending sometime before 1981. Starting with KRLA’s early Top 40 days (1963), we also hear ‘checks from their AOR period (1972) and their MOR/Personality format before concluding with one of the oldies formats featured between 1976 and 1998.

Featured: “T.Q.” Ted Quillin, Dave “Hullabalooer” Hull, (1964) Dick Biondi (1965 New Year’s Eve Show), Casey Kasem, Bill Slater (for Casey Kasem), Bob Dayton, Johnny Darin, Lee Duncan, Russ O’Hara, Dick Sainte & Shadoe Stevens (1971), B. Mitchel Reed, Don Burns, Johnny Magnus, and Art Laboe (1978).

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!

Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum