Dan Ingram 20th Anniversary, WABC NY, July 3, 1981 Pt. 3 (scoped) (0:38:20)

Scoped
… The only real qualification for being a disc jockey is that you must be able to defecate in less than 3 minutes …

[Description by Uncle Ricky]

Dan Ingram has the opportunity for a potty break in the third hour of his 20th Anniversary Show on WABC, New York. Howard Cosell joins Dan in his salute to ABC Staff Announcers, and Dan receives a cathedral radio with a gold plaque. Also featured: The Gasser ID and Dan’s fave jingle, newsman Rick James tells a story about the Nixon resignation, Dan’s Mom and wife call in, What Is A Dan Ingram, David Frye does My Way, and Dan speaks with Richard Factor, a founder of Eventide Clockworks and inventor of an early digital production toy.

The RESTORED version includes five songs played during the 1981 broadcast.

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