Dale Parsons, Real Neal Steele, WGH Norfolk VA 1975 (0:08:20)

… I know the truth hurts – and I’m sorry I said it …
Dale Parsons and Neal Steele were my favorite DJ’s when I was a kid. They changed shifts right around my bedtime. They would invariably do some crazy stuff in the first few minutes of Dale’s show on WGH. It became a sort of running bit. Here are just a few of their zany stunts. Dale Parsons went on to be PD at WTAR across town. There is a legendary story that when Dale left WTAR to go to New York and program WNBC, Dale and Neal pulled a stunt where they played the same records at the same time on both stations for a whole shift. Dale was on at WTAR for his last show, and Neal was on at WGH. They just stayed on the phone with one another and pulled all the same records.

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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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