Dave Fox, KAYK K-96 Provo/Salt Lake City UT 1976 (1:03:07)

Unscoped
… . . . Filling A Void, 24 Hours A Day . . . …

[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles]

And here’s more rare Salt Lake radio with this hour of smooth-talkin’ Dave Foxx on K-96, KAYK AM-FM/Provo Salt Lake City from June 9, 1976. Yes, it’s stereo, but there’s really nothing over 10Khz. “Stereo” and “hi-fidelity” are not necessarily the same thing, and this exhibit is a good example. There were lots of misaligned carts at the radio station, and fading on the mobile cassette recording side, mostly near the end. One song was restored at cassette flip.

Dave is playing a young adult list, all familiar, with a decided preference for 25-49 females. The station had been previously known as KFMC, a mostly automated “old music” format, and there is even a Sound-Off segment featuring a letter from an angry ex-listener who doesn’t like the new “MusicRadio” format!

Check out that very casual newscast, during which Dave offers a special update from The Mormon Church. And is that Dave on the promos and “imagers”, too? It almost sounds like a one-man radio station!

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